Justus WesselerTechnische Universität MünchenDavid J. SpielmanInternational Food Policy Research InstituteMatty DemontAfrica Rice Center Today more than ever, the global bioeconomy is the subject of focused attention from public policymakers, corporate decision makers, researchers in the social and biophysical sciences, and the general…
Johan F.M. Swinnen and Thijs VandemoorteleLICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance & Department of Economics, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven) There are major differences in biotechnology regulation among various countries and in particular between the European Union and the United States….
Carl E. Pray and Latha NagarajanRutgers University In 2006, the governments of major cotton-producing states in India ordered all seed companies to lower their prices of Bt cotton seed to Rs. 750 per packet of seed, down from Rs. 1,600 per packet….
Maros Ivanic and Will MartinThe World Bank Constraints on land and water resources, growth in population, and an apparent slowdown in agricultural productivity raise concerns that food prices may rise substantially in the coming decades. A key question is whether policies aimed…
Jennifer A. Thomson and Dionne N. ShepherdUniversity of Cape TownHodeba D. MignounaAfrican Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) A number of crops with a variety of traits are being developed by public-private partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa. These include maize that is resistant to the…
Jeffrey D. VitaleOklahoma State UniversityGaspard Vognan, Marc Ouattarra, and Ouola TraoreInstitute National Environment et Agricole (INERA) Program Coton, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso has emerged as one of the more progressive and proactive sub-Saharan African countries regarding biotechnology. In 2009, slightly…
Dario G. Frisio, Giovanni Ferrazzi, Vera Ventura, & Mauro ViganiUniversità degli Studi di Milano We provide an in-depth analysis of biotechnology patents filed in the European Patent Office (EPO) and US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), building a comprehensive dataset of more…
George B. FrisvoldUniversity of ArizonaJeanne M. ReevesCotton Incorporated While crop biotechnologies deployed worldwide with herbicideresistant (HR) or insect-resistant (IR) traits have provided significant economic and environmental benefits, these benefits are threatened by the evolution of insect and weed resistance. This article examines…
Viktoriya GalushkoUniversity of ReginaRichard Gray and Stuart SmythUniversity of Saskatchewan The development of intellectual property (IP) protection in plant breeding brought much-needed private investment into canola research in the 1980s, but at the same time, fragmented research and IP ownership. In the…
GianCarlo Moschini, Harvey Lapan, and Jingbo CuiIowa State UniversityJoseph CooperUS Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service This article assesses the main welfare implications of US policies to support biofuels, with an emphasis on corn-based ethanol. The analysis relies on an open economy,…
