Jonathan R. McFaddenUS Department of Agriculture, Economic Research ServiceJohn A. MiranowskiIowa State University Although prior research has identified the effects of climate change on crop yields, there has been little consideration of outliers, structural change, information decay, and model complexity. To incorporate…
Jonas Kathage, Emilio Rodríguez-Cerezo, and Manuel Gómez-BarberoInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Joint Research Centre (JRC) Unit D.4 Economics of Agriculture, European Commission, Seville, Spain An increase in the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the EU could have a number…
Jeffery VitaleOklahoma State UniversityGaspard VognanL’Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina FasoPilja Park VitalePh.D. & Former Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University This article documents the impact of GM cotton in Burkina Faso on input use and productivity. Six years of…
David J. PannellUniversity of Western AustraliaPascal Tillie and Emilio Rodríguez-CerezoEuropean Commission, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Joint Research Center (JRC)David ErvinPortland State UniversityGeorge B. FrisvoldUniversity of Arizona This article presents comparative perspectives from Australia, the European Union, and the United States…
Farzad Taheripour, Harry Mahaffey, and Wallace E. TynerPurdue University The main objective of this study was to evaluate potential economic and environmental consequences of losing GMO traits in the United States for the major crops of corn, soybeans, and cotton. The first…
John A. Miranowski and Katherine M. LacyIowa State University The Bt trait to control Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) in transgenic corn was first introduced in 2003. By 2014, about 80% of corn planted contained a Bt trait, significantly reducing corn insecticide use….
Michael BlakeneyUniversity of Western Australia and Queen Mary University This article looks at two 2014 cases concerning the threat to organic farming from genetically modified (GM) agriculture. The first, March v. Baxter in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Western…
Latha NagarajanInternational Fertilizer Development CenterAnwar Naseem and Carl PrayRutgers University Genetically modified (GM) crops have never been approved for commercialization in Kenya, but debates on their suitability have been going on for more than a decade. In this article we explore these…
Simona Lubieniechi and Stuart SmythUniversity of Saskatchewan Through their diverse range of economic, environmental, and policy impacts, biofuels and their use have been routinely polarized by the mass media and in the academic literature. Although the body of literature investigating macro and…
Stuart SmythUniversity of SaskatchewanAnwar NaseemRutgers University The application of biotechnology and novel bioprocesses has proven itself to be an effective solution to the many challenges facing the agriculture, environment, and energy sectors. From genetically modified (GM) crops that increase yields and lower…
