George B. FrisvoldUniversity of Arizona In March 2013, the annual research conference for US Department of Agriculture multi-state research project NC-1034 (Impact Analyses and Decision Strategies for Agricultural Research) was held at the University of Arizona, Tucson. This special issue, in honor…
William A. Kerr, Stuart Smyth, Peter W.B. Phillips, and Martin PhillipsonUniversity of Saskatchewan, Canada The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties was designed to provide guidance regarding the legality of primacy between international agreements. Article 30 of the Convention states that…
Michelle Hayes, Genti Kostandini, Jeffrey L. JordanUniversity of Georgia This article investigates farmers’ perceptions of biopharming in the United States through a survey administered to tobacco farmers from several tobacco growing states. Responses indicate that farmers have very limited knowledge of biopharming…
Haley McClory and Stanley P. KowalskiUniversity of New Hampshire, School of Law, International Technology Transfer Institute (ITTI) Horses indigenous to East and Southeast (E/SE) Asia, including native, landrace, feral, and wild populations, embody valuable genetic diversity. Conservation efforts for animals have largely…
Wallace E. HuffmanIowa State UniversityJill J. McCluskeyWashington State University This article discusses GM food-labeling policy options and evaluates the factors that impact the outcomes that correspond with each option. Costs and benefits associated with each policy option are also examined. These factors…
Charles B. Moss and Andrew SchmitzUniversity of Florida Plant genetic modifications can affect farm profitability through two pathways—the reduction in risk or variation in production or shifts in the relative productivity of inputs. This analysis examines the potential effect of each of…
Rémi BancalINRA, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 211 INRA AgroParisTech GrignonArnaud BensadounINRA, Unité de Recherche (UR) 341 Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées—JouyAntoine MesséanINRA, UR 1240 EcoInnov GrignonHervé MonodINRA, Unité de Recherche (UR) 341 Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées—JouyDavid MakowskiINRA, UMR 211 INRA AgroParisTech Grignon…
Enric MeléInstitute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), SpainAnna NadalUniversity of Girona, Spain Marina Melé-MesseguerConsultantMaria PlaUniversity of Girona, SpainGemma Capellades and Joan SerraFundació Mas Badia (FMB)Joaquima MesseguerIRTA, Spain Coexistence of GM and conventional maize in locations where the two types…
Alexandra Ribarits, Werner Brüller, Josef Hartmann, Rupert Hochegger, Klemens Mechtler, Verena Peterseil, Josef Söllinger, Walter Stepanek, Ingomar Widhalm, Markus Wögerbauer, and Charlotte LeonhardtAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Genetically modified plants (GMP) are regulated by comprehensive EU legislation. Cisgenesis, intragenesis, oligo-directed…
Oleg V. Novozhylov and Yaroslav B. BlumeInstitute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Proposed research for Ukraine is an attempt to adopt and develop a system of pre-release risk assessment of GM crops after the idea of…
