Stuart SmythPh.D. Candidate, Biotechnology, University of SaskatchewanPeter W.B. PhillipsProfessor of Agricultural Economics, NSERC/SSHRC Chair in Managing Knowledge-based Agri-food Development, University of Saskatchewan Numerous terminologies exist to describe product differentiation systems. The leading terms are identity preservation, segregation, and traceability. Frequently, the terminology…

Michele C. MarraProfessor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State UniversityPhilip G. PardeyProfessor, Department of Applied Economics, University of MinnesotaJulian M. AlstonProfessor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis The purpose of this study is to compile…

Michael BurtonSchool of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western AustraliaDale PearseSchool of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Western Australia A choice modeling approach was used to identify consumer preferences for various hypothetical forms of genetic modifica- tion in beer, using…

Randall LutterAEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory StudiesKatherine TuckerAssociate Professor of Nutrition; Director, Nutritional Epidemiology Program, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University The marketing of genetically modified (GM) salmon will lower salmon prices and increase consumption of salmon, an excep- tionally…

Marianne McGarry Wolf, John Gelke, Michelle Lindo, Philip Doub, and Brian LohseCalifornia Polytechnic State University This paper analyzes the characteristics of early adopters of transgenic cotton varieties in California and explains the factors driving such early adoption. The research was conducted through…