R.M. Bennett, Y. Ismael, U. Kambhampati, and S. MorseUniversity of Reading, Berkshire, UK This paper presents the results of a study aimed at measuring the economic impact of genetically modified cotton in Maharashtra State, India. It is the first study of its…

Konstantinos Giannakas and Amalia YiannakaUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln This paper develops a model of heterogeneous consumer preferences to analyze the market potential of a second-generation, genetically modified, high-oleic soybean developed at the University of Nebraska. The paper identifies the factors that will determine…

Lisa HouseDepartment of Food and Resource Economics, University of FloridaJayson LuskDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Purdue UniversitySara JaegerDepartment of Marketing, University of AucklandW. Bruce TraillDepartment of Agricultural and Food Economics, University of ReadingMelissa MooreDepartment of Marketing, Quantitative Analysis and Business Law, Mississippi State…

Wuyang Hu and Kevin ChenDepartment of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, Edmonton This paper investigates consumers’ purchase intentions of vegetable oil that is made from genetically modified oilseeds (referred to as GM vegetable oil) in Beijing, China. It is found that consumers’…

Patrick A. Stewart and William McLeanArkansas State University The third generation of agricultural biotechnology looms large as plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs) and plant-made industrial products (PMIPs) both promise new, cheaper, and more plentiful pharmaceutical drugs and industrial products, such as plastics, cosmetics, enzymes,…

Ann Marie ThroCooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA Although a range of views about transgenic crops is found in both the United States and Europe, some aspects that are particularly characteristic of European views are seldom mentioned in the…

Roger N. BeachyDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis Since the emergence of agricultural biotechnology as a bona fide method for crop improvement, farmers in a growing number of countries have benefited, some to greater extents than others. The vast majority of…

Randy A. Hautea and Margarita EscalerInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications Crop improvement facilitated by modern biotechnology is one the most significant developments in plant biotechnology research and development (R&D). Within Asia, plant biotechnology has largely been acknowledged as a…

Jennifer A. ThomsonDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa Most of the plant biotechnology in Africa is being carried out in South Africa, Egypt, and Kenya. At the University of Cape Town, maize resistant to maize streak…

W. Roca, C. Espinoza, and A. PantaGenetic Resources Conservation and Characterization Division, Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Lima, Peru This article provides a brief account of key developments in agricultural applications of biotechnology in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries; it…