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Frédéric Goulet is a social scientist at the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD, France). Since September 2022, he is a visiting researcher at CIMMYT, Mexico. His research focuses on science, technology and innovations studies applied to the agricultural sector. More specifically, he is interested in the emergence of new technologies or the decline of problematic technologies, and in the roles played by public policies, agricultural research, input industries and farmers in these processes. Recently, his work has focused on the emergence of microbiological alternatives to chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Since 2022, Frédéric is the coordinator of the network Public Policies and Rural Development in Latin America (red PP-AL), a network of scientists and institutions analyzing and acting on agricultural and rural development policies in Latin America.