Pasquale L. Scandizzo and Sara SavastanoUniversity of Rome “Tor Vergata” The article aims at modelling adoption and diffusion decisions of farmers towards genetically modified crops under a real option framework. Modern GM crops help farmers to resolve two main sources of uncertainty:…
Philipp AerniUniversity of Bern and ETH Zurich, Switzerland Most countries claim to be committed to sustainable agriculture. Yet, the meaning of the term ‘sustainable agriculture’ is largely shaped by influential stakeholders in the public debate and their respective agendas. The resulting national…
Alexander J. Stein and Emilio Rodríguez-CerezoEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) This study addresses a new issue in the commercialization of GM crops, namely the occurrence of traces—or “low-level presence” (LLP)—of nationally unapproved GM material in…
Camille D. Ryan and Stuart J. SmythUniversity of Saskatchewan Innovation is more than just science. Innovation encompasses a diversity of disciplines, such as law (patents and freedom to operate), economics (spill-over benefits and returns to investment), political science (government policy and international…
Leslie J. ButlerUniversity of California, DavisMarianne McGarry WolfCalifornia Polytechnic State University While the potential for cloning animals has been realized for at least the last 25 years, it is only recently that sufficient advances have been made to allow the technology to…
Michele C. Marra, Nicholas E. Piggott, and Barry K. GoodwinNorth Carolina State University This study provides an estimate of the anticipated value of SmartStax™ corn hybrids in the years after full commercialization. SmartStax™ hybrids have an eight-trait stack of aboveground and below-ground…
Travis J. Lybbert and Adrian BellUniversity of California, Davis The speed of Bt cotton diffusion among smallholders in poor countries such as India, China, and South Africa has been unprecedented. Hopes are high for drought-tolerant (DT) varieties that similarly reduce yield risk…
Graham BrookesPG EconomicsTun Hsiang “Edward” YuUniversity of TennesseeSimla TokgozInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Amani ElobeidCentre for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University Biotech crops have now been grown commercially on a substantial global scale since 1996. This article examines the…
Jessica C. BayerBudget Office in the City of Norfolk, VirginiaGeorge W. NortonVirginia TechJose B. Falck-ZepedaInternational Food Policy Research Institute Direct and opportunity costs of regulation are presented for four transgenic products in the Philippines: Bt eggplant, Bt rice, ringspot- virus-resistant papaya, and…
Hiroyuki TakeshimaInternational Food Policy Research Institute, Nigeria The prospect for the development of genetically modified (GM) orphan crops is reviewed from various perspectives. The article specifically assesses the potential constraints for developing GM cassava based on typical patterns of past genetic modification…
