Rough Terrain for Research: Studying Early Adopters of Biotech Crops

Melinda SmaleMichigan State University Measuring the economic impacts of GM crops in developing agriculture poses particular challenges. In order to ...
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Unweaving the Threads: The Experiences of Female Farmers with Biotech Cotton in Colombia

Patricia ZambranoInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DCMelinda SmaleMichigan State UniversityJorge H. MaldonadoUniversidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaSandra L ...
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Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis: Impact Estimation Issues from the Early Adoption of GM Maize in Honduras

José Falck-ZepedaInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DCArie Sanders, Carlos Rogelio Trabanino, and Rolando Batallas-HuaconPanamerican Agricultural School (Zamorano University), ...
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Impacts of Bt Maize on Smallholder Income in the Philippines

Jose M. Yorobe, Jr.University of the Philippines-Los BañosMelinda SmaleMichigan State University Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize is the first genetically modified ...
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GM Maize as Subsistence Crop: The South African Smallholder Experience

Marnus GouseUniversity of Pretoria The South African smallholder GM maize experience has been—to date and internationally—the only example where a ...
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Bi-Modal Preferences for Bt Maize in the Philippines: A Latent Class Model

Ekin BirolInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Melinda SmaleMichigan State UniversityJose M. Yorobe, Jr.University of the Philippines-Los Baños The only country ...
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A Case of Resistance: Herbicide-tolerant Soybeans in Bolivia

Melinda SmaleMichigan State UniversityPatricia ZambranoInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Rodrigo Paz-YbarnegarayFundación Valles, CochabambaWilly Fernández-MontañoIndependent Consultant The Bolivian National Constitution of ...
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Analysis of Contracting Alternatives for Switchgrass as a Production Alternative on an East Tennessee Beef and Crop Farm

Andrew P. Griffith, James A. Larson, Burton C. English, and Dan L. McLemoreUniversity of Tennessee The Energy Independence and Security ...
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The Impact of Corn Rootworm Protected Biotechnology Traits in the United States

Michele C. Marra, Nicholas E. Piggott, and Barry K. GoodwinNorth Carolina State University Recently, one type of corn rootworm has ...
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