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Corn Amylase : Improving the Efficiency and Environmental Footprint of Corn to Ethanol through Plant Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Treatment of starch-based grain with an alpha-amylase enzyme is essential to convert available starch to fermentable sugars in the production of ethanol. In an effort to improve the efficiencies of corn-based ethanol ...
Bt Cotton in India : Development of Benefits and the Role of Government Seed Price Interventions
(AgBioForum, 2009)
While previous research has analyzed the impacts of Bt cotton in India, most available studies are based only on one or two years of data. We analyze the technology's performance over the first five years of adoption, using ...
Valuing Information on GM Foods in a WTA Market : What Information is Most Valuable?
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Many markets for novel food products are characterized by a lack of information. To counter a lack of information, governmental and non-governmental entities often want to provide consumers with information but do not know ...
"Health-enhancing" Products in the Italian Food Industry : Multinationals and SMEs Competing on Yogurt
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The purpose of this research is to present a detailed analytical(qualitative) study of the new "health-enhancing" products in the Italian marketplace, with a focus on both the multinational corporations and the small and ...
Vittorio Santaniello : Founder of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR)
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Vittorio Santaniello was a conscientious student, and, at the same time, a great believer in the importance of the practice of "student life," a mixture of bohemian attitudes and worldly behavior. This made Vittorio an ...
Insiders' Views on Business Models Used by Small Agricultural Biotechnology Firms : Economic Implications for the Emerging Global Industry
(AgBioForum, 2008)
The source of most innovations coming from the emerging agricultural biotechnology industry is small and medium enterprises (SMEs), yet SMEs have a high failure rate, which raises questions, such as "is there some flaw in ...
Pricing and Welfare Impacts of New Crop Traits : The Role of IPRs and Coase's Conjecture Revisited
(AgBioForum, 2008)
Crop traits are durable when embedded in varieties, and thus they may be subject to Coase's conjecture that monopolists who sell durables may be unable to earn normal monopoly rents, or in the extreme case, not any rents ...
Does Biotech Labeling Affect Consumers' Purchasing Decisions? A Case Study of Vegetable Oils in Nanjing, China
(AgBioForum, 2008)
This study analyzes whether biotech labeling has an impact on consumers' purchasing behavior in China using vegetable oils in Nanjing as a case study. An Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), which encompasses expenditure ...
How External Political-Economic Forces Affect Firms' Attitudes Toward the Industrial Use of Genetically Modified Organisms : An Analysis in the South Korean Context
(AgBioForum, 2008)
Based on survey data, this article investigates the effects of external political-economic forces on firms' attitudes toward the industrial use of GMOs in the South Korean context by performing an ordered probit regression ...
Socio-economic Considerations, Article 26.1 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety : What are the Issues and What is at Stake?
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety allows the possibility of including socio-economic considerations in biosafety regulatory approval processes and decision making for genetically modified products. Divergent opinions ...
The Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology Policies
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This article develops a political-economy framework to analyze the formation of agricultural biotechnology policies. Going beyond accounts that largely attribute differences between US and European regulatory environments ...
The Role of Coordination and Cooperation in Early Adoption of GM Crops : The Case of Bt Maize in Brandenburg, Germany
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Since 2006, several varieties of transgenic Bt maize have been approved for commercial cultivation in Germany. The German regulatory framework for growing these crops comprises moderate ex-ante regulations as well as strict ...
Science and Technology in World Agriculture : Narratives and Discourses
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The narratives characterizing the current debate on world agricultural research tend to be part of a discourse that rationalizes past experience and future tendencies along the lines of extreme recounts of successes and ...
The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Biofuel Future
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Biofuel production has increased dramatically since 2000, impacting markets for food and fuel. This article uses a partial equilibrium model to simulate biofuel impacts. We find that US biofuel production imposes costs on ...
Coping with Ex-ante Regulations for Planting Bt Maize : The Portuguese Experience
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This article investigates the attitude and practices of Bt and non-Bt maize farmers in Portugal. Thirty-seven Bt maize farmers were interviewed, representing 22.5% of the total number of Bt maize notifications in the country ...
Persistent Narratives : Why is the "Failure of Bt Cotton in India" Story Still with Us?
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Science can say nothing conclusive about many important dimensions of the global cognitive and political rift on transgenic agricultural crops. Empirical studies will not answer questions in the realms of food preference, ...
Private Sector Innovation in Biofuels in the United States : Induced by Prices or Policies?
(AgBioForum, 2009)
It has been shown in recent years that high energy prices induce investments in energy research. $100/barrel oil, strategic concerns, concerns about global warming, and pork-barrel politics have also rekindled the enthusiasm ...
Assessing the Performance of GM Maize Amongst Smallholders in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This study uses data for the 2006/07 maize production season, for the Hlabisa, Dumbe, and Simdlangentsha districts in Kwa- Zulu-Natal, South Africa, to investigate the relative efficiencies of conventional, insect-resistant ...
Biotechnology Research in the CGIAR : An Overview
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners, and 15 international agricultural research centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. Agricultural research at the CGIAR Centers entails various technologies, ...
The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology : Creative Destruction, Adoption, or Irrelevance? In Honor of Prof. Vittorio Santaniello
(AgBioForum, 2009)
The articles are from the International Consortium for Agricultural Biotechnology Research Conference held June 12-14, 2008 in Ravello, Italy. They were selected for this special issue and cover a variety of important ...