Melinda SmaleMichigan State University Measuring the economic impacts of GM crops in developing agriculture poses particular challenges. In order to ensure that information generated is relevant and usable, continued improvement in methods is needed as diffusion of these crops steadily expands. In…
Patricia ZambranoInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DCMelinda SmaleMichigan State UniversityJorge H. MaldonadoUniversidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaSandra L. MendozaKungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Sweden Although the literature on gender in agriculture is extensive, gender has been under studied in the published…
José Falck-ZepedaInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DCArie Sanders, Carlos Rogelio Trabanino, and Rolando Batallas-HuaconPanamerican Agricultural School (Zamorano University), Honduras Insect-resistant/herbicide-tolerant (Bt/RR) maize has been approved for commercialization in Honduras, and has been sold commercially since 2006. In 2007-2008, we conducted…
Jose M. Yorobe, Jr.University of the Philippines-Los BañosMelinda SmaleMichigan State University Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize is the first genetically modified crop to be introduced to Philippine farmers. Since its commercialization in 2003, evidence has accumulated regarding the economic benefits of adopting Bt…
Marnus GouseUniversity of Pretoria The South African smallholder GM maize experience has been—to date and internationally—the only example where a subsistence crop is produced by smallholder resource poorfarmers using GM seed. Their experience is thus of great interest, especially to African decision…
Ekin BirolInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Melinda SmaleMichigan State UniversityJose M. Yorobe, Jr.University of the Philippines-Los Baños The only country in Asia to have approved a biotech food or feed crop is the Philippines, where Bt maize was initially commercialized in 2003….
Melinda SmaleMichigan State UniversityPatricia ZambranoInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Rodrigo Paz-YbarnegarayFundación Valles, CochabambaWilly Fernández-MontañoIndependent Consultant The Bolivian National Constitution of 2009 prohibits the commercialization of genetically modified organisms, but the decree permitting the unique event of glyphosate resistance was enacted earlier. Herbicide-tolerant…
Andrew P. Griffith, James A. Larson, Burton C. English, and Dan L. McLemoreUniversity of Tennessee The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 has prompted the development of renewable energy. The research objective was to determine what contracting terms provide sufficient incentives…
Michele C. Marra, Nicholas E. Piggott, and Barry K. GoodwinNorth Carolina State University Recently, one type of corn rootworm has developed resistance to a single strain of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that is genetically engineered into corn seed. This resistance development has occurred…
