Jeffrey D. Wolt and Robert K.D. PetersonDow AgroSciences Knowledge and trust are major attributes of risk perception that will determine public acceptance of agricultural biotechnology. Formalized frameworks for biotechnology risk analysis afford objective, transparent approaches to assess, manage, and communicate knowledge in…
Brian F. Lavoie and Ian M. SheldonThe Ohio State University Comparative advantage based on resource endowments cannot explain United States (US) leadership in biotechnology. Sources of heterogeneity within the process of research and development (R&D;) investment, such as international differences in the…
Julie A. CaswellUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst GMO labeling policy for foods is under intense development. Countries are choosing mandatory labeling or adherence to voluntary labeling. Challenges to mandatory labeling are unlikely to be successful under current World Trade Organization (WTO) rules….
C. Ford Runge and Lee Ann JacksonUniversity of Minnesota Voluntary negative labeling may provide a solution to the current controversy over labeling of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. The U.S. experience in the dairy sector with milk from cows treated with…
Jeffrey Hyde, Marshall A. Martin, Paul V. Preckel, Craig L. Dobbins, and C. Richard EdwardsPurdue University Farmers who plant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn are obligated to plant a 20% non-Bt corn refuge as part of an Insect Resistance Management program. This paper…
Drew L. KershenUniversity of Oklahoma College of Law The General Synod Board for Social Responsibility of the Church of England (1999) issued a report entitled Genetically Modified Organisms: A Briefing Paper. In this report, that is cautiously favorable towards biotechnology,1 the Synod…
Nicholas KalaitzandonakesUniversity of Missouri The importance of agrobiotechnology for the less developed countries (LDCs) has been debated for almost two decades. Food security has been a focal issue. However, discussions have been far more expansive and complex. With technological capacity being a…
Gregory Conko and Fred L. Smith, Jr.Competitive Enterprise Institute Agronomists have used increasingly sophisticated genetic manipulation of agricultural plants to ensure that food production has outpaced population growth. Biotechnology, the newest stage in that process, is jeopardized by unfounded concerns that it…
Miguel A. Altieri and Peter RossetUniversity of California, Berkeley & Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy Advocates of biotechnology affirm that the application of genetic engineering to develop transgenic crops will increase world agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and move agriculture…
Martina McGloughlinUniversity of California, Davis The objective in this article is to challenge misconceptions often put forward about the technologies of biotechnology. In particular, I challenge many of the arguments put forward by Altieri and Rosset in their paper published in this…
