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  • Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods among Maltese Youths : Can Exposure to Formal Knowledge Make a Difference? 

    Zammit-Mangion, Marion; Al-Qallaf, Ameer; Vella, Joseph (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 ...

  • Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies : Alternative Interventions and Technologies 

    Unnevehr, Laurian; Paarlberg, Robert L.; Pray, Carl E. (Carl Esek) (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 ...

  • The Adoption and Diffusion of GM Crops in United States : A Real Option Approach 

    Scandizzo, Pasquale L.; Savastano, Sara (AgBioForum, 2010)
    The article aims at modelling adoption and diffusion decisions of farmers towards genetically modified crops under a real option framework. Modern GM crops help farmers to resolve two main sources of uncertainty: output ...

  • Adoption and productivity of breeding technologies : evidence from US dairy farms 

    Khanal, Aditya R.; Gillespie, Jeffrey (AgBioForum, 2013)
    Adoption and associated profitability of advanced breeding technologies are analyzed for US dairy farms. We account for correlation and selection associated with breeding technology adoption decisions. The bivariate probit ...

  • Adoption of Best Management Practices to Control Weed Resistance by Corn, Cotton, and Soybean Growers 

    Frisvold, George B.; Hurley, Terrance M.; Mitchell, Paul D. (Paul David) (AgBioForum, 2009)
    This study examined adoption of 10 best management practices (BMPs) to control weed resistance to herbicides using data from a survey of more than 1,000 US corn, cotton, and soybean growers. Count-data models were estimated ...

  • Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Practices and Herbicide-Resistant Seed in Cotton Production 

    Banerjee, Swagata, 1964-; Martin, Steven W., (Steven Wayne); Roberts, Roland K., 1950-; Larson, James A.; Hogan, Robert J., Jr.; Johnson, Jason L.; Paxton, Kenneth W.; Reeves, Jeanne M. (AgBioForum, 2009)
    Agricultural Resource Management Survey data for 2003 were used to estimate logit models for adoption of conservation-tillage practices and herbicide resistant/ stacked-gene cottonseed in the United States. The specification ...

  • The adoption of rBST on Wisconsin dairy farms 

    Barham, Brad; Jackson-Smith, Douglas; Moon, Sunyung (AgBioForum, 2000)
    Adoption of rBST on Wisconsin dairy farms has been modest, and is limited by farm operations: (1) finding rBST disadvantageous given their moderate scale and lack of use of technologies and practices that improve its ...

  • Adoption of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin and Farm Profitability : Does Farm Size Matter? 

    Gillespie, Jeffrey; Nehring, Richard F.; Hallahan, Charlie; Sandretto, Carmen; Tauer, Loren W., 1951- (AgBioForum, 2010)
    This article analyzes the adoption and profitability of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) in the United States. Probit model results show that location of the farm, farm size, operator age and education, and other ...

  • Adoption Patterns of Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans in Argentina 

    Finger, Robert; Hartmann, Michael; Feitknecht, Michael (AgBioForum, 2009)
    The adoption of herbicide-tolerant soybeans (HTS) in Argentina was a very rapid process, as HTS covered virtually all of the area under soybean cultivation less than 10 years after their introduction in 1996. In our analysis, ...

  • Advanta : Worldwide Challenges 

    Bijman, Jos (AgBioForum, 2001)
    Advanta, headquartered in the Netherlands, is the sixth largest seed company in the world. It sells seeds for a broad range of field crops in many different regions. While the company is committed to applying biotechnology ...

  • AgrEvo : From Crop Protection to Crop Production 

    Bijman, Jos (AgBioForum, 2001)
    AgrEvo is a German producer of crop protection products. In 1995 it made the strategic decision to shift from crop protection to crop production, with the help of biotechnology. It acquired Plant Genetic Systems (PGS), a ...

  • Agricultural Applications of Biotechnology and the Potential for Biodiversity Valorization in Latin America and the Caribbean 

    Espinoza, Catherine G., 1978-; Panta, A.; Roca, W. M. (AgBioForum, 2004)
    This article provides a brief account of key developments in agricultural applications of biotechnology in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries; it also focuses on the potential of developing value-added products ...

  • Agricultural Biotechnology - Master of the Universe? 

    Shimoda, Sano M. (AgBioForum, 1998)
    Technological innovation is creating a catalyst for new dimensions of growth and a corporate restructuring around the value creation potential of agriculture. This paper provides an overview of the recent commercialization ...

  • Agricultural Biotechnology : Why Do Europeans Have Trouble Accepting It? 

    Zechendorf, B. (AgBioForum, 1998)
    Agricultural experts expect "massive changes in agribusiness" when biotechnological methods and products finally penetrate the market place, as Professor Burke reminded us recently in London(Consumer acceptance, 1998). He ...

  • Agricultural Biotechnology and Industry Structure 

    Fulton, Murray E.; Giannakas, Konstantinos (AgBioForum, 2001)
    In the last ten years the seed and pesticide industries have undergone a substantial number of structural changes. These changes are due to a number of factors, some of which are common to all industries and some of which ...

  • Agricultural Biotechnology and Public Attitudes in the European Union 

    Gaskell, George (AgBioForum, 2000)
    The latest European sample survey of public perceptions of biotechnology shows that Europeans continue to support medical applications of biotechnology but have become increasingly opposed to genetically modified (GM) ...

  • Agricultural Biotechnology and Public Perceptions 

    Caulder, Jerry (AgBioForum, 1998)
    Much of the debate concerning the acceptability of agricultural biotechnology can be traced to the fact that food is viewed as an entitlement in most of the developed world. In the United States (U.S.), Europe, and other ...

  • Agricultural biotechnology and societal decision-making : the role of risk analysis 

    Wolt, Jeffrey D.; Peterson, Robert K. D. (AgBioForum, 2000)
    Knowledge and trust are major attributes of risk perception that will determine public acceptance of agricultural biotechnology. Formalized frameworks for biotechnology risk analysis afford objective, transparent approaches ...

  • Agricultural Biotechnology Development and Policy in China 

    Huang, Jikun; Wang, Qinfang (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 ...

  • Agricultural biotechnology, trade and the developing countries 

    Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (AgBioForum, 1999)
    Developing countries and their low-income people could benefit significantly from thedevelopment and use of modern biotechnology in agriculture within a proper biosafety regime. However, international agreements on ...