Obidimma C. EzezikaSandra Rotman Centre, University Health Network and University of Toronto, African Centre for Innovation and Leadership Development, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of TorontoJennifer Deadman, Jillian Murray, and Justin MabeyaSandra Rotman Centre, University Health Network and University…

Janice TranbergCropLife Canada Agricultural biotechnology research and adoption is increasing. It is estimated that by 2015 there will be a three- to four-fold increase in the number of commercialized biotech products. Also increasing are the complications with international trade given the wide…

Amir HeimanThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Scholars believe that in order to increase the acceptance rate of GM food products that offer higher value relative to non-GM alternatives, marketers need to sell them at an introductory price, and only after consumers…

Aditya R. Khanal and Jeffrey GillespieLouisiana State University Agricultural Center 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 model with selection…

Seth MeyerAgricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsJulian Binfield and Wyatt ThompsonFood and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia The US Renewable Fuel Standard sets a lower bound on the amount of biofuels used, with…

John MiranowskiIowa State UniversityAlicia RosburgUniversity of Northern Iowa With rapid expansion of biofuel production, major concerns have arisen over higher food costs and competition between food, feed, and biofuel for energy-rich commodities. Most projections are based on short- and intermediate-term commodity price…

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Charlie Hallahan, Richard Nehring, and Seth WechslerUS Department of Agriculture, Economic Research ServiceArthur GrubeUS Environmental Protection Agency This study examines the extent to which adopting herbicide-tolerant (HT) soybeans affects conservation tillage practices and herbicide use. The model is estimated using…

Theodoros SkevasWageningen UniversityEnoch M. KikulweGeorg-August-University of GoettingenHelen PapadopoulouAristotle University of ThessalonikiIoannis SkevasWageningen UniversityJustus WesselerTechnische Universität München The new EU proposal (IP/10/921) states that bans on genetically modified (GM) crops should not be based on environmental and health grounds, and it proposes a…

Derek G. BrewinUniversity of ManitobaStavroula MallaUniversity of Lethbridge This article is a broad assessment of the effect of biotechnology on canola in Canada. We examine the effects of biotechnology on the canola industry in terms of area, varieties, and yields, as well…

Davide Menozzi, Cristina Mora, and Alberto MerigoUniversity of Parma, Italy Increasing demand for fish must be satisfied sustainably, and genetically modified (GM) fish will probably be part of the solution. This article aims to describe the future trends in the salmon-farming sector…