N. Chandrasekhara RaoInstitute of Economic Growth, New DelhiCarl E. PrayRutgers, The State University of New JerseyRonald J. HerringCornell University Long-term stagnation in total factor productivity of major crops in Indian agriculture coupled with a price-incentive-based spurt in recent growth have been responsible…
Ronald J. HerringCornell University Much of the literature on agricultural biotechnology is agro-economic. How material facts on the ground relate to a unique set of politics determining deployment of the technology is less discussed. This article begins with the global rift over…
Sangeeta BansalJawaharlal Nehru University, IndiaGuillaume GruèreFormerly International Food Policy Research Institute Several genetically modified (GM) food crops have reached an advanced stage in the research and regulatory pipeline in India. The government of India is in the process of introducing a mandatory…
Gregory D. GraffColorado State UniversityGal HochmanRutgers UniversityChubashini SuntharlingamColorado State University and Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development InstituteDavid ZilbermanUniversity of California, Berkeley and Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics Agricultural science and technology policies—including public funding of crop genetics research, intellectual property protections, and…
Latha NagarajanInternational Fertilizer Development CenterCarl E. Pray and Anwar NaseemRutgers University Private seed firms in India have made significant investments in cotton breeding and biotechnology since the 1980s. These investments have paid off with a series of proprietary hybrids that were developed…
Prakash SadashivappaUniversity of Hohenheim, Germany Several empirical studies have evaluated the farm-level and aggregate impacts of transgenic crops in developed and developing countries, however there is extensive opposition in the wider public. In particular, concerns have been raised about the performance of…
N. Lalitha and P.K. ViswanathanGujarat Institute of Development Research Technology adoption in agriculture depends on the access to information by farmers. This article focuses on the diffusion of seed and pesticide technology among the Bt cotton growers in Gujarat, India. Even though…
Nicholas KalaitzandonakesUniversity of MissouriJohn KruseWorld Agricultural Economic and Environmental ServicesMarnus GouseGates Foundation and University of Pretoria In this study, we evaluate the potential economic impact of herbicide- tolerant (HT) maize in Kenya. HT maize is essentially a new weed-control approach. The potential…
