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How Low Can You Go? The Consequences of Zero Tolerance
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Establishing tolerance levels for the presence of unwanted materials that may inadvertently become co-mingled with products that are acceptable in markets is a problem for regulators that requires arbitrary lines in the ...
How Distorting Policies Can Affect Energy Efficiency and Sustainability : The Case of Biogas Production in the Po Valley (Italy)
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Similarly to other EU countries, Italy began subsidizing electric energy production from renewable sources such as biogas. This proved to be an inefficient way of using available resources. In the Po Valley -- the most ...
Modeling of Gene Flow by a Bayesian Approach : A New Perspective for Decision Support
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
In the European debate about GMOs, the coexistence between GM and non-GM crops is a major stake. The regulatory coexistence measures currently considered by Member States mostly rely on fixed separation distances at a ...
Conflicting Rules for the International Trade of GM Products : Does International Law Provide a Solution?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties was designed to provide guidance regarding the legality of primacy between international agreements. Article 30 of the Convention states that when one party to a previous treaty ...
Farmers' Perceptions of Biopharming
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
This article investigates farmers' perceptions of biopharming in the United States through a survey administered to tobacco farmers from several tobacco growing states. Responses indicate that farmers have very limited ...
The Economics of Labeling GM Foods
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
This article focuses on the economics of labeling genetically modified (GM) foods and some implications of GM-labeling policies. Food labels are one potentially important source of information about attributes of food that ...
Comparison of Sampling Strategies to Evaluate Rate of Transgenic Adventitious Presence in Agricultural Fields
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Methods have been developed to detect transgenic presence in non-GM maize fields. These detection methods may be used to determine whether the regulatory transgenic rate threshold (0.9%) is exceeded, but the results are ...
Direct Democracy, State Governments, and the Re-energized GMO Debate : Implications of California's Proposition 37
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
It is often convenient to divide the world into those countries that have been generally accepting of agricultural biotechnology and those that are not. While the debate over biotechnology continues to rage where biotechnology ...
Preliminary Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plant Use in Ukraine
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Proposed research for Ukraine is an attempt to adopt and develop a system of pre-release risk assessment of GM crops after the idea of F.T. de Vries and developed by K. Ammann based on integrated information (specific ...
On the Economics of Crop Rotations to Inhibit Corn Rootworm Resistance Development
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Corn rootworm resistance to one of the corn rootworm traits has been found in a few isolated places in the Corn Belt. Several crop rotations have been proposed by industry officials and academics to attempt to eliminate ...
Economic Aspects of Segregation between GM and Non-GM Crops in Italy
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
This article assesses the food supply chain for non-GM soybean meal, with particular regard to the upstream stages between overseas producers, international trading companies, and their supply to Italian feed producers. ...
Evaluation of the Agronomic, Environmental, Economic, and Coexistence Impacts Following the Introduction of GM Canola to Australia (2008-2010)
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Despite genetically modified (GM) canola receiving Australian regulatory approval in 2003, commercial production did not occur until 2008 due to concerns relating to coexistence. Following commercial release, a three-year ...
Consumer Preferences for Functional GM Foods in the UK : A Choice Experiment
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
The aim of this study is to investigate consumer preferences for functional GM foods in the United Kingdom. A choice experiment methodology was utilized to elicit respondents' purchase intentions with regard to GM bread ...
Coexistence in the Case of a Perennia l Species Complex : The Potential Challenges of Coexistence between GM and Non-GM Prunus Species
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
The characteristics of Prunus species highlight the complexity of maintaining coexistence between genetically modified (GM) and non-GM Prunus in the case of commercial production of GM Prunus species and have implications ...
Horses as Sources of Proprietary Information : Commercialization, Conservation, and Compensation Pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Horses indigenous to East and Southeast (E/SE) Asia, including native, landrace, feral, and wild populations, embody valuable genetic diversity. Conservation efforts for animals have largely been driven by humane altruism, ...
Influence of Air Temperature on the Stability of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS) in Maize (Zea mays L.)
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait that suppresses the production of viable pollen. CMS is a useful biological tool for containment strategies to reduce or prevent gene flow and cross-pollination ...
Analysis of the Prevalence of CDC Triffid Transgenic Flax in Canadian Grain Stocks
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
CDC Triffid transgenic flax was deregistered in 2001 due to concerns about the effect of its production on offshore markets. A decade after removal of CDC Triffid from the commercial system in Canada, it was detected in ...
Use of Novel Techniques in Plant Breeding and Practical Consequences Concerning Detection, Traceability, Labeling, and Risk Assessment
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Genetically modified plants (GMP) are regulated by comprehensive EU legislation. Cisgenesis, intragenesis, oligo-directed mutagenesis (ODM), zinc-finger nucleases (ZFN), and agroinfiltration were examined concerning ...
Special Issue in Honor of Jimmye S. Hillman : Introduction
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
In March 2013, the annual research conference for US Department of Agriculture multi-state research project NC-1034 (Impact Analyses and Decision Strategies for Agricultural Research) was held at the University of Arizona, ...
GIMI 2 : A Tool for Fast Estimation and Prediction of GMO Maize Contents in Real Coexistence Situations
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Coexistence of GM and conventional maize in locations where the two types of varieties are commercially grown would benefit from a tool to estimate and predict the GMO contents of conventional fields that are surrounded ...