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Public science, biotechnology, and the industrial organization of agrofood systems
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Concentration in the agricultural biotechnology sector and general patterns of restructuring raise important policy questions regarding public investments in research and extension. We argue that the most valuable contributions public sector...
Research Prizes : A Mechanism to Reward Agricultural Innovation in Low-Income Regions
(AgBioForum, 2003)
This paper identifies market failures that limit biotechnology research for farmers in low-income regions and proposes a system of cash prizes to reward the dissemination of successful innovations. The prize authority would ...
Introduction to Hedging Agricultural Commodities with Options
(University of Missouri Extension, 2000-12)
Producers of agricultural commodities regularly face price and production risk. Furthermore, increased global free trade and changes in domestic agricultural policy have increased these risks. As the variability of price and production increases...
News' Compartmentalization : Implications for Food Biotechnology Coverage
(AgBioForum, 2001)
news often has been perceived as an agriculture food or business story, instead of a science, environment, or investigative story. All these news emphases, or beats, have different traditions and inclinations in news reporting, which may explain how...
Determinants for farmers' decisions to participate in developing agricultural tourism activities. An empirical study of Iraq's economy
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
As he cultivates agricultural land, the farmer plays a crucial role in agricultural tourism. Farmers with less innovativeness do not contribute to the nation's economic prosperity. Agriculture tourism in Iraq is not as advanced as in affluent...
Introduction to Hedging Agricultural Commodities with Futures
(University of Missouri Extension, 2000-12)
Producers of agricultural commodities regularly face price and production risk. Furthermore, increased global free trade and changes in domestic agricultural policy have increased these risks. As the variability of price and production increases...
Can Technology Transfer Help Public-Sector Researchers Do More with Less? The Case of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Private funding for agricultural research now exceeds that of the public sector. Other changes have included policies to make greater use of technology transfer mechanisms, such as patents and licensing and Cooperative Research and Development...
US Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology : An Overview
(AgBioForum, 2000)
Three federal agencies -- the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- share primary responsibility for regulating biotechnology in the United States...
Considering Religious and Cultural Aspects of Food and Agriculture when Seeking to Introduce or Develop GMOs
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
the perceived risk and benefits associated with agricultural biotechnology. The future of agbiotech rests in true cooperative engagement across all sectors of the agricultural network to address most of these conflicts, and this requires a strong religious...
Poverty impacts of improved agricultural productivity : opportunities for genetically modified crops
(AgBioForum, 2010)
Constraints on land and water resources, growth in population, and an apparent slowdown in agricultural productivity raise concerns that food prices may rise substantially in the coming decades. A key question is whether policies aimed at increasing...
Sustainability and the Bioeconomy
(AgBioForum, 2011)
synthesis of key findings from ICABR 2011. They address questions related to the potential of the new bio-economy in general, as well as biofuels, the adoption of organic and GM agriculture to address issues related to agricultural productivity, product...
Special Issue in Honor of Jimmye S. Hillman : Introduction
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
In March 2013, the annual research conference for US Department of Agriculture multi-state research project NC-1034 (Impact Analyses and Decision Strategies for Agricultural Research) was held at the University of Arizona, Tucson. This special issue...
Public Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 1998)
Trends in public attitudes toward agro-biotechnology have been traced and analyzed in many countries around the globe. Over the years, there have been concerns about perceived environmental and food safety risks from the ...
Towards genetically engineered crops in Ghanaian agriculture : confined field trials and the 'next-door neighbor effect' theory
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)
Genetically engineered (GE) crops have a role to play in increasing agricultural productivity. However, efforts to promote genetic engineering agriculture in Africa have been met with some amount of resistance. Here, we report recent efforts...
Impact of trained human resources, adoption of technology and international standards on the improvement of accounting and auditing activities in the agricultural sector in Viet Nam
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
Recently, the adoption of accounting and auditing standards in the agricultural sector has been a global phenomenon that has gained increasing trend due to the significant role of the agricultural industry in the country's economy. Thus, the present...
EU Agricultural Policies and Implications for Agrobiotechology
(AgBioForum, 2000)
This paper provides a European perspective on how agricultural policies have developed in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). The goal is to dispel the myth that exists in some places in the US, particularly inside the beltway...
Trust, Bias, and Fairness of Information Sources for Biotechnology Issues
(AgBioForum, 2005)
What do journalists think about information source trustworthiness, bias, and fairness in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues? Fifty Texas journalists and 40 national agriculture journalists representing newspapers and television media...
The common characteristics of land and water resources to develop agricultural cultivation : a case of a developing nation
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
Indonesia produces rice as a staple crop, but its water resources are limited, resulting in a severe battle for water between industry and agriculture. In many regions, the overexploitation of groundwater has resulted in a significant lack of water...
Impact of accession to WTO on Agricultural Sector in Vietnam
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2021)
in the agriculture sector. Given that the Vietnamese economy is heavily reliant on the agriculture sector, it is not surprising that the sector contributes significantly to Gross Domestic Product (approx. 21%). However, to the best of the author’s knowledge...
Missouri has the method : agricultural science week proves
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1967)
"Reports of important research projects highlight Agricultural Science Week."--Table of contents for issue....