| Description |
xii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- Gerald C. Nelson -- 2 Traits and Techniques of GMOs -- Gerald C. Nelson -- 3 The Economics of Technology Adoption -- Gerald C. Nelson and David Bullock -- 4 GMO Adoption and Private Cost Savings: GR Soybeans -- and Bt Corn -- David Bullock and Elisavet I. Nitsi -- 5 Simulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World -- Market With and Without Bt Corn and GR Soybeans -- Mark W. Rosegrant -- 6 Cotton GMO Adoption and Private Profitability -- Jose Benjamin Falck-Zepeda, Greg Traxler and -- Robert G. Nelson -- 7 GMO Adoption and Nonmarket Effects -- Gerald C. Nelson and Alessandro De Pinto -- 8 The Stakeholders and the Struggle for Public Opinion, -- Regulatory Control and Market Development -- Julie Babinard and Timothy Josling -- 9 The Domestic and Regional Regulatory Environment -- Gerald C. Nelson, Julie Babinard and Timothy Josling -- 10 International Institutions, World Trade Rules, and GMOs -- Timothy Josling -- 11 Market Responses to Consumer Demand and Regulatory -- Change -- Laurian Unnevehr, Lowell Hill and Carrie Cunningham -- 12 Looking to the Future -- Timothy Josling and Gerald C. Nelson -- Part 2 -- Perspectives on the Controversies -- Farm Perspectives -- 13 Biotechnology Crops - A Producer's Perspective -- Mark W. Jenner -- 14 Genetically Modified Crops and the American Agricultural -- Producer -- Gary Goldberg -- Government Perspectives -- 15 Toward Common Ground: Roles of Markets and Policy -- Nicole Ballenger and Mary Bohman -- 16 The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences -- and Similarities in the US and the EU -- Tassos Haniotis -- Developing Country Perspectives -- 17 Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing -- Country Food Security -- Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Marc J. Cohen -- 18 GMOs: A Miracle? -- Vandana Shiva -- Environmental Perspectives -- 19 GMOs in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective -- Richard Caplan -- 20 Genetically Modified Organisms Can Help Save the Planet -- Dennis Avery -- Consumer Issues - Food Safety/Labeling -- 21 Genetic Engineering: A Technology Ahead of the Science and -- Public Policy? -- An Extract Reprinted from the US Congressional Record of -- November 1 and November 2, 2000 -- 22 Food Industry Perspective on Safety and Labeling of -- Biotechnology -- Gene Grabowski -- 23 GMO Regulations: Food Safety or Trade Barrier? -- Malcom Kane -- 24 Genetically Engineered Food: Make Sure It's Safe and -- Label It -- Michael Hansen -- Life Sciences Industry -- 25 Ag Biotech: Our Past and Our Future -- Roger Krueger -- Part 3 -- Special Topics -- 26 A Short History of Agricultural Biotechnology -- Julie Babinard -- 27 Plant Genetic Modification Technologies -- Jack Widholm -- 28 Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update -- Richard L. Hellmich and Blair D. Siegfried -- 29 The Beef Hormone Dispute Between the United States and -- the EU -- Timothy Josling and Donna Roberts -- Agricultural Biotech Glossary -- GMO Field Trials in Europe -- References and Further Reading -- Index |
| Summary |
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 practices around the world. Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the subject and a balanced look at the costs and benefits of GMO products. Part I reviews the scientific, economic, and political issues relating to the use of agricultural GMOs. Chapters cover specific applications, regulatory concerns, import/export patterns, international trade issues, and a discussion of future trends. Part II offers a unique look at all sides of the GMO controversies, with short chapters contributed by leading individuals with widely different perspectives. Part III presents a more in-depth look at selected issues plus helpful reference materials. This book makes the latest information on GMOs accessible to all interested parties, including students, laypeople, scientists, activists, and professionals working in related fields. * Additional detailed footnotes and references for the academic * International contributions from the US, Europe and India * Covers the perspectives of different groups involved in the controversies: governments, environmental agencies, consumers, industrial agencies and the developing world |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Print version record |
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Agricultural biotechnology.
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Food supply -- Government policy.
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Food -- Biotechnology -- Economic aspects.
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Genetic engineering industry.
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Genetic engineering -- Economic aspects.
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Genetic engineering -- Safety measures.
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Genetic engineering.
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Genetically modified foods -- Economic aspects.
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Plant genetic engineering.
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Recombinant microorganisms -- Safety measures.
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Transgenic organisms -- Economic aspects.
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Transgenic organisms -- Safety measures.
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| Author |
Nelson, Gerald C.
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ScienceDirect (Online service)
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| LC no. |
00110183 |
| ISBN |
0125154224 |
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