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Heterogeneous Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Organization
(2002-11)
We outline an Austrian approach to economic organization based on the entrepreneur and the Austrian idea of capital as heterogeneous and time-dimensioned, two themes associated with Israel Kirzner's contributions. We provide ...
Role of Product Benefits and Potential Risks in Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods
(AgBioForum, 2004)
This study examines the role of product benefits and potential risks in consumer acceptance of genetically modified (GM) foods. The study analyzes consumer willingness to consume three meat products that confer specific ...
New Pathogen Testing Technologies and the Market for Food Safety Information
(AgBioForum, 2004)
New rapid and sensitive testing technologies, based on the biotechnology tools underlying modern medical diagnostics, have been developed for the food industry. The growing demand for food safety in the marketplace, combined ...
Were the Acquisitive Conglomerates Ineffective?
(Blackwells, 2001-01)
This article challenges the conventional wisdom that the 1960s conglomerates were inefficient. I offer valuation results consistent with recent event-study evidence that markets typically rewarded diversifying acquisitions. ...
Political Actors on the Landscape
(AgBioForum, 2007)
The introduction of novel foods and crops into the developing world triggers different reactions from different political actors. Quite often, the patterns of response in developing countries run parallel to policy debates ...
Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies : Alternative Interventions and Technologies
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Market failure for nutritional attributes of foods leads to underinvestment in crop breeding to enhance nutritional content of foods. As awareness of the importance of micronutrient deficiencies in the diets of poor people ...
Performance of Tissue-Cultured Sweet Potatoes Among Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe
(AgBioForum, 2008)
Tissue culture has the potential of improving the livelihoods of subsistence farmers that largely rely on vegetatively propagated crops. This study assesses the impact of growing tissue-cultured sweet potatoes on yields ...
Biofortified Foods and Crops in West Africa : Mali and Burkina Faso
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Micronutrient deficiencies, especially deficiencies of Vitamin A, iron, and zinc, are widespread in Burkina Faso and Mali and contribute to high mortality rates. Biofortification of the major food staple crops consumed in ...
Biofortification for China : Political Responses to Food Fortification and GM Technology, Interest Groups, and Possible Strategies
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Despite making enormous strides in reducing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, China still has large numbers of people who do not consume sufficient micronutrients such as iron, zinc and Vitamin A. To meet this need, ...
Assessing the Prospects for the Adoption of Biofortified Crops in South Africa
(AgBioForum, 2007)
South Africa was an early adopter of GM crops and, more recently, introduced a national food-fortification program. This article discusses the country's experiences in developing an appropriate regulatory framework and the ...
Biofortified Crops and Biotechnology : A Political Economy Landscape for India
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Micronutrient deficiencies are responsible for major health problems among the poor in India. Biofortification promises to be a cost-effective approach in enhancing the intake of micronutrients. However, it requires ...
Crop Case Study : GMO Golden Rice in Asia with Enhanced Vitamin A Benefits for Consumers
(AgBioForum, 2007)
Golden Rice is genetically modified to provide beta-carotene in the rice grain and it could potentially address widespread Vitamin A deficiency in poor countries where rice is a staple. Political opponents have viewed ...
Socio-Economic and Political Concerns for GM Foods and Biotechnology Adoption in the Philippines
(AgBioForum, 2007)
The Philippines established the first National Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology in 1980. However, it was only in 2002 when Bt corn was first commercially introduced. Strong opposition by key sectors ...
The Impact of Bt Crops on the Developing World
(AgBioForum, 2004)
Genetically modified (GM) plants are grown on more than 67 million hectares in 18 countries worldwide. A major trait used in GM crops is plant resistance to insects; this trait is based on several Bt proteins. The benefits ...
The Impact of the Introduction of Transgenic Crops in Argentinean Agriculture
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Since the early 1990s, Argentinean grain production underwent a dramatic increase in grains production (from 26 million tons in 1988/89 to over 75 million tons in 2002/2003). Several factors contributed to this "revolution," ...
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 ...
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 ...
Long Hedge Example with Futures
(University of Missouri Extension, 2000-12)
This guide describes how to place an input (long) hedge in the futures market to reduce the price risk associated with buying an input.
Unblocking a Free Market Perspective in Labor Economics
(Università di Trieste, Dipartimento di Filosofia, 2008)
In Labor Economics from a Free Market Perspective: Employing the Unemployable (2008) Walter Block presents a seemingly comprehensive free market perspective on the economics of the labor market.In this paper, I analyze the ...
Antibiotic resistance in the EU - Science, politics, and policy
(AgBioForum, 2000)
A number of resistant bacterial pathogens have become the focus of recent concern in human medicine. Studies and facts on use of antibiotics in animals suggest that animal sources contribute little to the problem. The ...