George GaskellProfessor of Social Psychology and Associate Director BIOS (The Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine and Society), London School of EconomicsNick AllumLecturer in Quantitative Sociology, University of SurreyMartin BauerSenior Lecturer in Social Psychology, London School of EconomicsJonathan JacksonLecturer in Research…

William A. MastersDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University; The Earth Institute, Columbia University This paper identifies market failures that limit biotechnology research for farmers in low-income regions and proposes a sys- tem of cash prizes to reward the dissemination of successful innovations….

Colin A. Carter and Guillaume P. GruèreDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis The mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) food aims to provide consumer choice. However, in the European Union and elsewhere, GM food with mandatory labeling has…

Cecilia Mark-HerbertSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala As the boundaries between food and medicine are fading, businesses face new challenges. These challenges include integrating research and development and marketing processes that shorten the time to market a new product. A “market pull”…

James Payne, Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, and Stan DaberkowEconomic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture The likelihood of adopting corn rootworm (CRW) Bt seed technology was analyzed using an ordered logit model. Data used to estimate the model came from United States Department…

Jikun HuangCenter for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of SciencesQinfang WangBiotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences This article provides an overview of China’s agricultural biotechnology development policies. Research goals, strategies, priorities, commercialization, and…

Funing ZhongNanjing Agricultural UniversityMary A. MarchantUniversity of KentuckyYulian DingNanjing Agricultural UniversityKaiyu LuNanjing Agricultural University This article provides insights on Chinese consumers’ awareness of and potential attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) foods and identifies major factors influencing these attitudes as assessed by telephone…

Quan Li, Kynda R. Curtis, Jill J. McCluskey, and Thomas I. WahlWashington State University A consumer survey in Beijing, China, was conducted in August 2002. Although the majority of surveyed consumers reported that they had little or no knowledge of biotechnology, their…

Jikun Huang, Ruifa Hu, Cuihui FanCenter for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of SciencesCarl E. PrayDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers UniversityScott RozelleDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis The…

Mary A. MarchantUniversity of KentuckyCheng FangFood and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsBaohui SongUniversity of Kentucky China is a key player in global agricultural markets. Soybeans are an important commodity for both the United States and China, whereby China is the leading…