Maria Erlinda MutucTexas Tech UniversityRoderick M. RejesusNorth Carolina State UniversityJose M. Yorobe, Jr.University of the Philippines at Los Baños This article provides evidence on the effects of Bt corn on yield and insecticide productivity in the Philippines using a damage abatement framework…
Michel FokCIRAD UR SCA, FranceNaiyin XuJiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences / Research Institute of Industrial Crops, China In China, Bt-cotton varieties have been marketed since 1997 to help control attacks of some cotton pests, notably Helicoverpa armigera. It is estimated that Bt-cotton…
Tim DurhamFlorida Gulf Coast UniversityJohn DoucetNicholls State UniversityLori Unruh SnyderPurdue University The precautionary principle places an impractical onus on science to demonstrate the absolute safety of genetically-modified (GM) crops. Conversely, traditionally bred articles receive little, if any, regulatory attention. Procedurally, GM certainly…
Dennis N. Obonyo, Lilian M. Nfor, and Sylvia UzochukwuInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South AfricaMarianela Araya-Quesada, Francesca Farolfi, Decio Ripandelli, and Wendy CraigICGEB, Trieste, Italy Adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops has the potential to contribute toward…
Cathal Murphy and Maeve HenchionAshtown Food Research Centre, DublinMary McCarthyUniversity College, CorkGwilym A. WilliamsDublin Institute of Technology European stakeholders will soon face a decision regarding the acceptability of livestock cloning. Commercial exploitation of cloning for food purposes within the European Union will…
