AgBioForum, vol. 13, no.2 (2010)

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Special Issue: 2009 International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) Conference. Click on one of the browse buttons above for a complete listing of the contents of this issue.

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Turning Black Swans Green : The Vittorio Santaniello Memorial Lecture
(AgBioForum, 2010) Knudsen, Odin
This article argues that the severe (or Black Swan) event of a financial crisis provides the opportunity to address other threatening issues -- energy insecurity and climate change with the associated extreme weather events. The financial crisis has been catalytic in reassessing risk and the likelihood of extreme events -- whether in finance or energy or climate.
Policy Recommendations from the 13th ICABR Conference on the Emerging Bioeconomy
(AgBioForum, 2010) Smyth, Stuart J.; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Gray, Richard, 1957-; Nassem, Anwar; Paarlberg, Robert L.; Phillips, Peter W. B.; Savastano, Sara; Scandizzo, Pasquale L.; Scatasta, Sara; Wesseler, Justus, 1963-; Zilberman, David, 1947-; Pray, Carl
The International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research held its 13th annual conference in Ravello, Italy in June 2009. The theme of the conference was the bioeconomy, and this topic was addressed through research presentations from academia, government, and industry. Numerous presentations from developing countries highlighted the benefits of agricultural biotechnology in these nations. The broad range of presentations provided a wealth of insights, resulting in three policy recommendations regarding future funding, international regulation, and technology transfer.
Policies to Support Biofuels in Europe : The Changing Landscape of Instruments
(AgBioForum, 2010) Ninni, Augusto
Until 2008/2009, biofuels were considered among the best alternatives to oil consumption in a captive market such as transport fuels. Improvement of security of supply through partial substitution of imported oil, reduction of GHG emissions, improvement of income, and employment in the agricultural and rural sectors were quoted as the main drivers of the promotion of biofuels in Europe, as well as in the United States and Brazil. In the European Union, biofuels policy was supported mainly through Directive 2003/30. This article deals with the biofuel experience in Europe, providing a general analysis of the 2003/30 Directive.
Overview of Special Issue from the 2009 ICABR Conference
(AgBioForum, 2010) Wesseler, Justus, 1963-; Smyth, Stuart J.; Scatasta, Sara
The theme of the 13th International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) conference was 'The Emerging Bioeconomy.' Within this theme there were four sub-themes that contained the vast majority of presentations: the global food crisis, long-term sustainability of biofuels, food safety and nutrition, and constraints and incentives for innovation and globalization. In addition, two roundtable sessions were held on co-existence and intellectual property rights.
Low-Level Presence of New GM Crops : An Issue on the Rise for Countries Where They Lack Approval
(AgBioForum, 2010) Stein, Alexander J.; Rodriguez-Cerezo, Emilio
This study addresses a new issue in the commercialization of GM crops, namely the occurrence of traces -- or "low-level presence" (LLP) -- of nationally unapproved GM material in crop imports. The commercialization of GM crops is a regulated activity, and countries have different authorization procedures. Hence, new GM crops are not approved simultaneously. This "asynchronous approval" (AA), in combination with a "zero-tolerance" policy towards LLP, is of growing concern for its potential economic impact on international trade.

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