Jennifer L. PriceBureau of Labor Statistics.Jeffrey Hyde and Dennis D. CalvinPenn State University. Because of Bt corns efficacy in controlling European corn borer, farmers are required to implement an insect resistance management (IRM) program that constrains each farmer to plant no more…
Graham Brookes and Peter BarfootPG Economics Ltd., Dorchester, UK. Genetically modified (GM) crops have now been grown com- mercially on a substantial scale for ten years. This paper assesses the impact this technology is having on global agricul- ture from both economic…
Nagesh Chimmiri, Kerry W. Tudor, and Aslihan D. SpauldingIllinois State University. McLean County, Illinois farmers were surveyed in order to explore their perceptions of biotechnology and genetically modi- fied crops, and to analyze the relationships between those per- ceptions and choices regarding…
William Lin, Agapi Somwaru, Francis Tuan, Jikun Huang, and Junfei BaiUS Department of Agriculture; Chinese Academy of Sciences. Based on a large-scale survey, this study employs the contingent valuation method to estimate consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for biotech foods in China…
Jon C. AndersonMinnesota Crop Improvement Association.Cheryl J. WachenheimNorth Dakota State University, Fargo.William C. LeschUniversity of North Dakota, Grand Forks. Both organic production and the use of biotechnology have increased dramatically over the past decade. This study contrib- utes to existing work on…
Melinda SmaleInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).Patricia ZambranoInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).Mélodie CartelEcole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie de Montpellier. We assess 47 peer-reviewed articles that have applied stated economics methods to measure the farm-level impacts of Bt cotton in developing agriculture from…
