Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to analyze the dynamics that influence the introduction of algaroba in Brazil and hybrid corn in France. The production of scientific knowledge, oriented to innovation in agricultural production processes, represented a planning effort and the intensification of control of economic and social dynamics that put different social actors interacting, and therefore potentially capable of producing uncontrolled effects and consequences unplanned production modernization.

Key words:
Modernisation of agriculture; Institutional dynamics; Social processes.