Koen DillenKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenMatty DemontAfrica Rice Center (Africa Rice) and Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenEric TollensKatholieke Universiteit Leuven In ex-ante impact assessment of proprietary seed technologies, the assessor operates under scarce and imperfect data. No market has been established for the new technology and…

Stephen O. DukeUSDA, ARSStephen B. PowlesUniversity of Western Australia Glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops represent more than 80% of the 120 million ha of transgenic crops grown annually worldwide. GR crops have been rapidly adopted in soybean, maize, cotton, canola, and sugarbeet in large…

Rick S. LlewellynCSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, AdelaideDavid J. PannellUniversity of Western Australia, Perth The threat of herbicide-resistant weeds to crop production makes sustainable weed and herbicide management an important issue for agricultural extension agencies throughout the world. In this study, we examined the…

George B. FrisvoldUniversity of ArizonaTerrance M. HurleyUniversity of MinnesotaPaul D. MitchellUniversity of Wisconsin 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…

Carolina GonzálezInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia / PhD candidate, University of Hohenheim, GermanyJames GarcíaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), ColombiaNancy JohnsonInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya This article examines the factors that affect stakeholders’ positions toward genetically modified (GM) crops…

Conor Keelan and Fiona S. ThorneRural Economy Research Centre, TeagascPaul FlanaganOak Park Research Centre, TeagascCarol NewmanTrinity College, DublinEwen MullinsOak Park Research Centre, Teagasc In this article, we use a probit model to assess the factors that will influence the decision of Irish…

Robert Finger, Michael Hartmann, and Michael FeitknechtETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) 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…

Judy Harrington, Patrick F. Byrne, Frank B. Peairs, Scott J. Nissen, and Philip WestraColorado State UniversityPeter C. Ellsworth and Al FournierUniversity of ArizonaCarol A. Mallory-SmithOregon State UniversityRobert S. ZemetraUniversity of IdahoW. Brien HenryUSDA-ARS, Central Great Plains Research Station We conducted an online…

Man-Keun Kim and Thomas R. HarrisUniversity of Nevada-RenoSlavica VusovicDepartment of Motor Vehicles, State of Nevada This article attempts to identify the factors affecting location of biotechnology firms in the United States. To achieve this goal, the regional efficiency in the biotech industry…

Uche M. Nwankwo, Kurt J. Peters, and Wolfgang BokelmannHumboldt University of Berlin Biotechnology has become the dominate technology in the agricultural environment globally, possessing the capacity to address issues related to food insecurity and low productivity. Developing countries therefore cannot afford to…