RSS 1.0AgBioForum, vol. 15, no.1 (2012)
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Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods among Maltese Youths : Can Exposure to Formal Knowledge Make a Difference?
(AgBioForum, 2012)This article examines the perceptions and acceptance of GM foods in 217 Maltese youths and attempts to establish whether exposure to formal channels of knowledge -- such as biology tuition -- may act to predispose students ... -
The Market-Mediated Effects of Low Carbon Fuel Policies
(AgBioForum, 2012)This article analyzes the domestic and global rebound effects of a carbon price policy, the existing Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), and a proposed national Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and examines implications for the ... -
Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region : Main Needs and Opportunities for Strategic Capacity Building
(AgBioForum, 2012)Biotechnology has the potential to help improve food production in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a continent where agriculture plays a dominant role in peoples' lives and in trade. It is therefore critical that ... -
Food Fight : The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development
(AgBioForum, 2012)The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was created in 2002 to address global problems of agriculture and food security. More than 400 scientists contributed ... -
The Step-wise Approach to Adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) Canola in Western Australia
(AgBioForum, 2012)This article presents a review and analysis of the process of commercial adoption of genetically modified (GM) canola in Western Australia with the aim of providing information to aid in the planning for the adoption of ... -
Understanding Agricultural Species Metapopulation Biology and Ecology and the Implications for Coexistence in Low Level of Presence Scenarios
(AgBioForum, 2012)The intraspecific movement of novel traits in agriculture involves a metapopulation that includes cropped, volunteer, and feral subpopulations as well as a latent population comprised of any viable seed anywhere within the ... -
Biological Confinement Strategies for Seed- and Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow of GM Canola (Brassica napus L.)
(AgBioForum, 2012)Canola (Brassica napus) varieties containing inherent restrictions on gene flow may address problems of seed- and pollen-mediated gene flow. The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of 1) low-dormancy varieties ... -
Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow in Wheat Fields in Western Canada
(AgBioForum, 2012)Crop intraspecific pollen-mediated gene flow (PMGF) can be scale-dependent. A study was conducted in western Canada to examine PMGF in commercial spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) fields. At each of two sites located in ... -
Quantification of Low-level GM Seed Presence in Canadian Commercial Flax Stocks
(AgBioForum, 2012)Detection and quantification of the prevalence of genetically modified (GM) organism contamination in seed exports is a critical element of regulatory compliance. While the procedures to reliably detect high levels of GM ... -
Economic Implications of Low-level Presence in a Zero-Tolerance European Import Market : The Case of Canadian Triffid Flax
(AgBioForum, 2012)Triffid is the name given to a genetically modified (GM) variety of flaxseed that was developed in the late 1980s at the University of Saskatchewan's Crop Development Centre. The variety was designed to thrive in soil ... -
Pure Economic Loss and Non-Adopters : Comparing Liability in Australia, Canada, and the United States
(AgBioForum, 2012)Australia, Canada, and the United States all allow GM crops to be released into the open environment. In all three jurisdictions, non-adopters of GM crops claim they can no longer choose to be non-adopters. The issue of ... -
A Quinquennium of Coexistence in Portugal
(AgBioForum, 2012)Portugal is one of the few European Union countries that experience the "coexistence" of a coexistence legal framework with a regular coexistence practice. Since 2005, Bt maize crops have been grown in different regions ...