Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biotech Potatoes with Traits for Bruise Resistance, Late Blight Resistance, and Cold Storage

Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biotech Potatoes with Traits for Bruise Resistance, Late Blight Resistance, and Cold Storage

Joseph F. GuenthnerUniversity of Idaho In 2015 biotech potatoes re-entered the US market after a hiatus since 2001. The JR Simplot Company received regulatory approval for its Innate® 1.0 potatoes that have traits for low acrylamide and resistance to bruising and discoloration….

Health-risk Concerns vs. Medical Benefits of the GM Technology

Health-risk Concerns vs. Medical Benefits of the GM Technology

Yoko SaitoHokkaido University, JapanYuki SasakawaLife & Bio Plaza 21, JapanYutaka TabeiInstitute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), JapanShoichi ItoKyusyu University, Japan Genetically modified crops have been controversial from a health—as well as an environmental—standpoint, and the science…

Modern Biotechnology for Innovation of Agricultural Development in the Developing World: What Role can Japan Play?

Modern Biotechnology for Innovation of Agricultural Development in the Developing World: What Role can Japan Play?

Ademola A. AdenleColorado State University, School of Global Environmental Stability Genetically modified organism (GMO) technology is among a wide range of modern agricultural biotechnologies that is undergoing research and development (R&D) for developing countries in Japan, although GM crops have not been…

Florida Citrus Growers’ First Impressions on Genetically Modified Trees

Florida Citrus Growers’ First Impressions on Genetically Modified Trees

Ariel Singerman and Pilar UsecheUniversity of Florida Citrus greening is jeopardizing the Florida citrus industry. A line of research some expect to be the ultimate solution to the disease is developing trees that are resistant to it by using genetic modification. Little,…

Climate Change: Challenge and Opportunity to Maintain Sustainable Productivity Growth and Environment in a Corn-Soybean Bioeconomy

Climate Change: Challenge and Opportunity to Maintain Sustainable Productivity Growth and Environment in a Corn-Soybean Bioeconomy

Jonathan R. McFaddenUS Department of Agriculture, Economic Research ServiceJohn A. MiranowskiIowa State University Although prior research has identified the effects of climate change on crop yields, there has been little consideration of outliers, structural change, information decay, and model complexity. To incorporate…

Providing a Framework for the Analysis of the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Crops: The First Reference Document of the European GMO Socio-Economics Bureau

Providing a Framework for the Analysis of the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Crops: The First Reference Document of the European GMO Socio-Economics Bureau

Jonas Kathage, Emilio Rodríguez-Cerezo, and Manuel Gómez-BarberoInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Joint Research Centre (JRC) Unit D.4 Economics of Agriculture, European Commission, Seville, Spain An increase in the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the EU could have a number…

The Socio-economic Impacts of GM Cotton in Burkina Faso: Does Farm Structure Affect How Benefits are Distributed?

The Socio-economic Impacts of GM Cotton in Burkina Faso: Does Farm Structure Affect How Benefits are Distributed?

Jeffery VitaleOklahoma State UniversityGaspard VognanL’Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina FasoPilja Park VitalePh.D. & Former Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University This article documents the impact of GM cotton in Burkina Faso on input use and productivity. Six years of…

Herbicide Resistance: Economic and Environmental Challenges

Herbicide Resistance: Economic and Environmental Challenges

David J. PannellUniversity of Western AustraliaPascal Tillie and Emilio Rodríguez-CerezoEuropean Commission, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Joint Research Center (JRC)David ErvinPortland State UniversityGeorge B. FrisvoldUniversity of Arizona This article presents comparative perspectives from Australia, the European Union, and the United States…

Evaluation of Economic, Land Use, and Land-use Emission Impacts of Substituting Non-GMO Crops for GMO in the United States

Evaluation of Economic, Land Use, and Land-use Emission Impacts of Substituting Non-GMO Crops for GMO in the United States

Farzad Taheripour, Harry Mahaffey, and Wallace E. TynerPurdue University The main objective of this study was to evaluate potential economic and environmental consequences of losing GMO traits in the United States for the major crops of corn, soybeans, and cotton. The first…

When Do Resistance Management Practices Pay for the Farmer and Society? The Case of Western Corn Rootworm

When Do Resistance Management Practices Pay for the Farmer and Society? The Case of Western Corn Rootworm

John A. Miranowski and Katherine M. LacyIowa State University The Bt trait to control Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) in transgenic corn was first introduced in 2003. By 2014, about 80% of corn planted contained a Bt trait, significantly reducing corn insecticide use….