Genetically modified organisms in agriculture : economics and politics

Genetically modified crops have become a topic of great interest among scientists, regulators, consumers, farmers, and politicians. Despite their potential benefits, public hostility toward these crops is causing dramatic changes to import/export policies, food safety regulations, and agricultural p...

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Main Author Nelson, Gerald C.
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published San Diego ; Tokyo Academic 2001
Elsevier Science & Technology
Acad. Press
Academic Press
Edition1
Subjects
Economic aspects
Gentechnik
Government policy
Grüne Gentechnik
Pflanzenbau
Pflanzenzüchtung
Political aspects
Theorie
Transgenic plants
Welt
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover -- Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Part 1: Analysis of Current GMO Benefits and Costs -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Traits and Techniques of GMOs -- Chapter 3. The Economics of Technology Adoption -- Chapter 4. GMO Adoption and Private Cost Savings: GR Soybeans at Bt Corn -- Chapter 5. Simulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World Market With and Without Bt Corn and GR Soybeans -- Chapter 6. Cotton GMO Adoption and Private Profitability -- Chapter 7. GMO Adoption and Nonmarket Effects -- Chapter 8. The Stakeholders and the Struggle for Public Opinion, Regulatory Control and Market Development -- Chapter 9. The Domestic and Regional Regulatory Environment -- Chapter 10. International Institutions, World Trade Rules, and GMOs -- Chapter 11. Market Responses to Consumer Demand and Regulatory Change -- Chapter 12. Looking to the Future -- Part 2: Perspectives on the Controversies -- Section 1: Farm Perspectives -- Chapter 13. Biotechnology Crops - A Producer's Perspective -- Chapter 14. Genetically Modified Crops and the American Agricultural Producer -- Section 2: Government Perspectives -- Chapter 15. Toward Common Ground: Roles of Markets and Policy -- Chapter 16. The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences and Similarities in the US and the EU -- Section 3: Developing Country Perspectives -- Chapter 17. Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Country Food Security -- Chapter 18. GMOs: A Miracle? -- Section 4: Environmental Perspectives -- Chapter 19. GMOs in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective -- Chapter 20. Genetically Modified Organisms Can Help Save the Planet -- Section 5: Consumer Issues - Food Safety/Labeling -- Chapter 21. Genetic Engineering: A Technology Ahead of the Science and Public Policy?
  • Chapter 22. Food Industry Perspective on Safety and Labeling of Biotechnology -- Chapter 23. GMO Regulations: Food Safety or Trade Barrier? -- Chapter 24. Genetically Engineered Food: Make Sure It's Safe and Label It -- Section 6: Life Sciences Industry -- Chapter 25. Ag Biotech: Our Past and Our Future -- Part 3: Special Topics -- Chapter 26. A Short History of Agricultural Biotechnology -- Chapter 27. Plant Genetic Modification Technologies -- Chapter 28. Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update -- Chapter 29. The Beef Hormone Dispute Between the United States and the EU -- Agricultural Biotech Glossary -- GMO Field Trials in Europe -- References and Further Reading -- Index