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Profile of Missouri's Farms and Farmers
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Missouri is home to approximately 158,000 farm operators and more than 106,000 farms. The agricultural industry is an important part of the Missouri economy; in 2002 total Missouri agricultural sales were approximately 5 billion dollars. This brief...
Collective Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
(Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2006-08)
This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship. A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis of recent studies documenting...
Patterns of Public-Sector and Private-Sector Patenting in Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Over the past 20 years, patenting in agricultural biotechnology has grown even faster than the rapid increase in US utility patents. Private firms, universities, and the federal government all increased patenting in agricultural biotechnology...
A Review of “Wheat Antioxidants”
(Journal of Agricultural & Food InformationTaylor & Francis, 2009)
The article reviews the book "Wheat Antioxidants," edited by Liangli L. Yu.
Innovation and Dynamic Efficiency in Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Innovation is the key to firm survival and growth in many industries, but nowhere more so than in agricultural biotechnology. Understanding the causes and consequences of biotechnology innovation requires negotiating a complex thicket of economic...
Collective Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
(Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2006-08)
This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship. A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis of recent studies documenting...
Continuing the Effort
(AgBioForum, 2004)
To date, agricultural biotechnology has mostly benefited farmers and consumers in the industrialized countries. It is predicted that by the middle of this century, nine out of ten human beings will reside in the world's developing countries. How can...
Agricultural Biotechnology Development and Policy in China
(AgBioForum, 2002)
This article provides an overview of China's agricultural biotechnology development policies. Research goals, strategies, priorities, commercialization, and China's organizational framework for agricultural biotechnology development are presented...
Agroindustrialization Emerging Markets: Overview and Strategic Context
(Elsevier Science Inc., 2001)
This article offers an overview for a special issue on agroindustrialization. It reviews eleven articles analyzing the agroindustrialization process in Latin America and Asia. It sets out a conceptual framework from the ...
Biotechnology Research in the CGIAR : An Overview
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners, and 15 international agricultural research centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. Agricultural research at the CGIAR Centers entails various technologies, including biotechnology...
Why Does Biotech Regulation Differ So Much Between The US And EU?
(AgBioForum, 2000)
When it comes to agricultural biotechnology, public policies in the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) have been radically different. In the US, products of agricultural biotechnology have been extensively tested and marketed. In the EU...
Introduction to the PITA Project
(AgBioForum, 2001)
Technological innovation in the agrochemical, biotechnology, and seeds industries, and in associated public sector research establishments (PSREs) has the potential to deliver more socially and environmentally sustainable ...
The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology : Creative Destruction, Adoption, or Irrelevance? In Honor of Prof. Vittorio Santaniello
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The articles are from the International Consortium for Agricultural Biotechnology Research Conference held June 12-14, 2008 in Ravello, Italy. They were selected for this special issue and cover a variety of important current and future socio...
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Stocks of Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property
(AgBioForum, 2005)
A subset of patents owned by six large agricultural biotechnology companies is analyzed from the new Initiatives for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS) Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property database. These patents account...
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...
Review of Corn: Chemistry And Technology
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)
The article reviews the book "Corn: Chemistry And Technology," 2nd Edition, edited by Pamela J. White and Lawrence A. Johnson.
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...