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Issues in Development and Adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) Wheats
(AgBioForum, 2003)
There are several contentious issues remaining in the development of genetically modified (GM) wheats. This paper summarizes current knowledge and critical issues for commercialization including evolution of GM wheats, ...
Biotech and Planted Trees : Some Economic and Regulatory Issues
(AgBioForum, 2003)
In recent years, the application of biotechnology to agriculture has resulted in a host of changes and innovations. Transgenic(genetically modified) crops are now common in much of North American agriculture. Transgenic ...
Why Are US and EU Policies Toward GMOs So Different?
(AgBioForum, 2003)
A global computable general equilibrium model is used to examine how adoption of genetically modified (GM) biotechnology affects the welfare of interest groups within the United States and the European Union in the absence ...
New Zealand Farmer and Grower Intentions to Use Gene Technology : Results from a Resurvey
(AgBioForum, 2003)
This study examines changes in the intentions, attitudes, and beliefs of farmers regarding their use of gene technology. Of 656 respondents to a postal survey in 2000, the views of 115 were assessed again in 2002. Relationships ...
Measuring Concentration in the Biotechnology R&D Industry : Adjusting for Interfirm Transfer of Genetic Materials
(AgBioForum, 2003)
A new measure of concentration is developed for innovation markets. The new measure accounts for strategic alliances in which one biotechnology firm grants another firm access to its proprietary plant gene constructs. Such ...
Is There a Market for Genetically Modified Foods in Europe? Contingent Valuation of GM and Non-GM Breakfast Cereals in the United Kingdom
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Our study provides a descriptive analysis of contingent valuation survey data to examine whether there is market for genetically modified (GM) foods in the European Union (EU). Thus far,consumers in the EU have not had ...
Choice Versus Autonomy in the GM Food Labeling Debate
(AgBioForum, 2003)
Commentary to and criticism of the article "Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods: Does It Really Provide Consumer Choice?," by Carter and Gruere.
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," ...
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"
Mandatory Versus Voluntary Labeling of Genetically Modified Food, Consumer Choice, and Autonomy : Reply
(AgBioForum, 2003)
A rebuttal of and response to the commentary "Choice Versus Autonomy in the GM Food Labeling Debate" by philosophers Robert Streiffer and Alan Rubel who had argued that the authors' previous article on genetically modified ...