Michael BlakeneyUniversity of Western Australia and Queen Mary University This article looks at two 2014 cases concerning the threat to organic farming from genetically modified (GM) agriculture. The first, March v. Baxter in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Western…
Latha NagarajanInternational Fertilizer Development CenterAnwar Naseem and Carl PrayRutgers University Genetically modified (GM) crops have never been approved for commercialization in Kenya, but debates on their suitability have been going on for more than a decade. In this article we explore these…
Simona Lubieniechi and Stuart SmythUniversity of Saskatchewan Through their diverse range of economic, environmental, and policy impacts, biofuels and their use have been routinely polarized by the mass media and in the academic literature. Although the body of literature investigating macro and…
Stuart SmythUniversity of SaskatchewanAnwar NaseemRutgers University The application of biotechnology and novel bioprocesses has proven itself to be an effective solution to the many challenges facing the agriculture, environment, and energy sectors. From genetically modified (GM) crops that increase yields and lower…
William LesserCornell University Fifteen years ago, the ‘tragedy of the anticommons’ article warned that excessive patenting of biotech products and research methods could deter rather than stimulate invention, but little evidence was offered. Here, subsequent changes in patent law, public research support,…
Etleva GjonçaUniversity of Bologna, Erasmus University, and University of HamburgAmalia YiannakaUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln We examine the effect of various patent characteristics on changes in patent ownership that occurred due to mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs in the agricultural biotechnology industry in the 1980s…
Barry K. Goodwin, Michele C. Marra, and Nicholas E. PiggottNorth Carolina State University We examine the consumer cost consequences of choosing GMO-free food over food that contains GMOs. Using text-mining algorithms applied to detailed product descriptions contained in a proprietary database of…
Michael J. Martin, Rebecca L. Hill, Anders Van Sandt, and Dawn D. ThilmanyColorado State University This research examines the trusted sources for information related to agriculture, biotechnology, and food quality, nutrition, and safety. We use correlation analysis and differences in means tests…
Gerardo H. Nunez, Alisson P. Kovaleski, Bruno Casamali, and Rebecca L. DarnellUniversity of Florida Observational studies have shown that educational attainment is related to heightened consumer perception of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically modified food (GMF). However, there is little information…
Hugo De GrooteInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), KenyaZachary M. GitongaCIMMYT, currently at the University of Cape Town, South AfricaSimon C. KimenjuTegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, KenyaFredric KeterKansas State University, USAObadiah NgigiKenyatta University, Kenya So far, few African countries…
