Graham BrookesPG Economics Ltd., Dorchester, UK. This paper examines the farm-level impact of use of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GM HT) soybeans in Romania. It covers the context of soybeans in Romania, weeds, conventional control measures, and the impact of using herbicide-tolerant technology….

James F. OehmkeDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University.Carl PrayDepartment of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University.Anwar NaseemInternational Food Policy Research Institute. Innovation is the key to firm survival and growth in many industries, but nowhere more so than in agricultural…

Carl PrayDepartment of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University.James F. OehmkeDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University.Anwar NaseemInternational Food Policy Research Institute. The agricultural biotechnology industry is characterized by heavy investment in research and development, dynamic technical change, and increasing concentration…

William LesserCornell University. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have been critically reassessed in recent years. This paper evaluates several of those analyses in detail. With regard to patent quality in the United States, analysis indicates that rising numbers of patent grants are a…

Paul W. Heisey, John L. King, and Kelly Day RubensteinUnited States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. Over the past 20 years, patenting in agricultural biotechnology has grown even faster than the rapid increase in US utility patents. Private firms, universities, and…

John L. King and David SchimmelpfennigUnited States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. A subset of patents owned by six large agricultural biotechnology companies is analyzed from the new Initiatives for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS) Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property database….

Margaret BrennanCook College, Rutgers University.Carl PrayDepartment of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University.Anwar NaseemInternational Food Policy Research Institute.James F. OehmkeDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. This paper provides some insights into the impacts of firm concentration on research output by…

Anwar NaseemInternational Food Policy Research Institute.James F. OehmkeMichigan State University.David E. SchimmelpfennigUSDA Economic Research Service. The plant variety protection (PVP) system has been criticized by some authors as being nothing more than a marketing tool and not having much effect on productivity….

Carl E. PrayDepartment of Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University.Anwar NaseemInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This paper examines the role of patents in the development and use of two platform technologies for plant biotechnology—plant transformation techniques and structural…

Jay P. KesanCollege of Law and Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignAndres A. GalloDepartment of Economics and Geography, University of North, Florida, Jacksonville This paper analyzes the evolution of property rights legislation in Argentina with respect…