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Prospects for Bt Cotton Technology in India
(AgBioForum, 2004)
Cotton is a very important crop in India; farmers there face the challenge of losses due to various insect pests. The first genetically modified crop in India, Bt cotton, has been introduced to address bollworm infestation. ...
National Agricultural and Texas Journalists' Attitudes Toward and Information Sources for Biotechnology Issues
(AgBioForum, 2006)
What sources of information do media professionals use, and what is the frequency of use, when covering agricultural biotechnology issues? Fifty Texas and 40 national agriculture journalists responded to this study. ...
Swedish Consumer Preferences for Animal Welfare and Biotech : A Choice Experiment
(AgBioForum, 2006)
This paper compares consumer preferences for immunocastration versus surgical castration and no castration using willingness- to-pay estimates from a choice experiment. Results suggest that consumers place a higher value ...
International Patent Behavior of Nine Major Agricultural Biotechnology Firms
(AgBioForum, 2006)
This paper examines the international patent behavior of nine major firms for seven patent authorities: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Patent Office (EPO), Japan, and South Africa. The patent sample is based ...
Will Developing Countries be the Early Adopters of Genetically Engineered Forests?
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Although anticipation of a biotechnology revolution has led to expectations of high rates of adoption and substantial financial returns, one area that has been slow to develop is that of tree biotechnology, particularly ...
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 ...
Determinants of Corn Rootworm Resistant Corn Adoption in Indiana
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Adoption of transgenic corn resistant to corn rootworm (CRW corn) was analyzed using a probit model with data from a survey of Indiana producers. Operator age, farm size, and regional and self-reported measures of rootworm ...
The Farm-Level Impact of Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans in Romania
(AgBioForum, 2005)
This paper examines the farm-level impact of use of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GM HT) soybeans in Romania. It covers the context of soybeans in Romania, weeds, conventional control measures, and the impact ...
Social Acceptance of Plant-Made Vaccines : Indications from a Public Survey
(AgBioForum, 2005)
The use of transgenic plants for production and oral delivery of vaccines has been shown effective in animal trials and Phase I human clinical testing. The use of edible plants for production of vaccines represents an ...
Differential Effects of Perceived and Objective Knowledge Measures on Perceptions of Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2005)
This paper compares the effects of perceived and objective knowledge measures and their relationship to a series of agricultural biotechnology applications using data gathered in a survey of regional Southwestern adults ...
Climate Change for Biotechnology? UK Public Opinion 1991- 2002
(AgBioForum, 2003)
The 1991 2002 Eurobarometer surveys show a steady decline in optimism about biotechnology in the United Kingdom (UK)
through the 1990s. After 1999, there is more optimism and less opposition to agri-food biotechnologies. ...
Agronomics and Sustainability of Transgenic Cotton in Argentina
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Transgenic Bt cotton can halve pesticide application rates in Argentina while significantly increasing yields. Yield effects are bigger than in other countries, due to the current low levels of insecticide use. Although ...
The Dynamics of Biotechnology in the Soybean Marketplace
(AgBioForum, 2003)
The goal of this paper is to explore market system dynamics associated with recent and potential future adoption of biotechnology in the soybean marketplace. The rapid and dramatic adoption of herbicide-tolerant varieties ...
Role of Public and Private Soybean Breeding Programs in the Development of Soybean Varieties Using Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Modern biotechnology has and will continue to play a valuable role in public and private soybean breeding programs. Tools provided by biotechnology will not replace soybean breeding in the public and private sectors but ...
Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods : Does it Really Provide Consumer Choice?
(AgBioForum, 2003)
The mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) food aims to provide consumer choice. However, in the European Unionand elsewhere, GM food with mandatory labeling has disappeared from the retail shelves. Food processors ...
The United Soybean Board's Better Bean Initiative : Building United States Soybean Competitiveness from the Inside Out
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Improving compositional quality traits for oil and protein content in soybeans has been a key factor in the industry for almost a
decade. In order to build United States soybean competitiveness, the United Soybean Board ...
Long Hedge Example with Options
(University of Missouri Extension, 2000-12)
This guide describes how to place an input (long)hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with buying an input used in your business. A long hedge in the options market is accomplished by
purchasing ...
Short Hedge Example with Futures (2000)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2000)
This guide describes how to place an output (short) hedge in the futures market to reduce the price risk associated with selling an output used in your business.
The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech : A Global Perspective
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Book review of "The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective"
The Economic Impacts of Introducing Bt Technology in Smallholder Cotton Production Systems of West Africa : A Case Study from Mali
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Africa has been slow to respond to biotechnology even as its pest management grows increasingly obsolete and insects remain a major adversary of its farming. Opponents of biotechnology cite concerns over the scientific ...