| Description |
xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Revised versions of papers presented at a workshop on Agricultural Biotechnology: Markets and Policies in an International Setting, held January 22, 2001 in Adelaide, Australia, sponsored by the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society and the International Food Policy Research Institute. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction. Biotechnology markets and policies / Philip G. Pardey -- Agricultural biotechnology : an Australian perspective on a global science -- pt. 2. Looking forward on a global scale. Rich and poor country perspectives on biotechnology / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Marc J. Cohen -- Estimating the global economic effects on GMOs / Kym Anderson ... [et al.] -- Transcending transgenics : are there "babies in the bathwater" or is that a dorsal fin? / Richard A. Jefferson. Comment / Brian Fisher -- pt. 3. Intellectual property policies and practice. Addressing freedom-to-operate questions for international agricultural R & D / Carol Nottenburg, Philip G. Pardey, and Brian D. Wright -- Public good and private greed : realizing public benefits from privatized global agrifood research / Peter W.B. Phillips and Dan Dierker. Comment / Ron Duncan ; Bob Lindner -- pt. 4. Biotechnology impacts : the economic evidence. Agricultural biotechnology : a critical review of the impact evidence to date / Michele C. Marra -- The economics of herbicide-tolerant wheat and bifurcation of world markets / Richard Gray -- Potential impacts of biotechnology-assisted selection on plant breeding programs in developing countries / Michael L. Morris ... [et al.] -- pt. 5. Regional perspectives on biotechnology policies. Agricultural biotechnology and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean / Eduardo J. Trigo ... [et al.] -- Biotechnology policies for Asia : current activities and future options / John Skerrit -- The U.S. biotech story : as told by economists at USDA / Nicole Ballenger -- pt. 6. Concluding comments. Rural R & D technology policy / Jock R. Anderson -- Biotechnology policy issues / Walter J. Armbruster -- Public policy responses to biotechnology / Bob Richardson. |
| Subject |
Agricultural biotechnology.
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Agricultural biotechnology. |
| Added Author |
Pardey, Philip G.
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Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
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International Food Policy Research Institute.
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| Added Title |
Biotechnology markets and policies in an international setting |
| ISBN |
0896297098 |
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9780896297098 |
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