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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
"...an important bibliographical support for both specialists and researchers, providing information and equally concrete and sound analyses on the economic, social and ambiental characteristics and effects related to the new directions of agriculture's and alimentation's evolution." (Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, May 2004) "This publication is the best overall and up to date summary of this important subject I have seen. ...The authors, editor and the 30 contributors (all but four from the US) are to be congratulated on an excellent production which should help all sides of the current discussion." -Nigel Steele Scott, Deputy Chief, CSIRO Plant Industry for FOOD AUSTRALIA (2002) "There is something to interest scientists, economists and the well-informed lay-person in the book." -M.O. Humphreys for JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, CAMBRIDGE (2002)
| Contributors | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Analysis of Current GMO Benefits and Costs | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Traits and Techniques of GMOs | p. 7 |
| The Economics of Technology Adoption | p. 15 |
| GMO Adoption and Private Cost Savings: GR Soybeans and Bt Corn | p. 21 |
| Simulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World Market With and Without Bt Corn and GR Soybeans | p. 39 |
| Cotton GMO Adoption and Private Profitability | p. 47 |
| GMO Adoption and Nonmarket Effects | p. 59 |
| The Stakeholders and the Struggle for Public Opinion, Regulatory Control and Market Development | p. 81 |
| The Domestic and Regional Regulatory Environment | p. 97 |
| International Institutions, World Trade Rules, and GMOs | p. 117 |
| Market Responses to Consumer Demand and Regulatory Change | p. 131 |
| Looking to the Future | p. 143 |
| Perspectives on the Controversies | |
| Farm Perspectives | |
| Biotechnology Crops--A Producer's Perspective | p. 151 |
| Genetically Modified Crops and the American Agricultural Producer | p. 157 |
| Government Perspectives | |
| Toward Common Ground: Roles of Markets and Policy | p. 163 |
| The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences and Similarities in the US and the EU | p. 171 |
| Developing Country Perspectives | |
| Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Country Food Security | p. 179 |
| GMOs: A Miracle? | p. 191 |
| Environmental Perspectives | |
| GMOs in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective | p. 197 |
| Genetically Modified Organisms Can Help Save the Planet | p. 205 |
| Consumer Issues--Food Safety/Labeling | |
| 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) | p. 217 |
| Food Industry Perspective on Safety and Labeling of Biotechnology | p. 225 |
| GMO Regulations: Food Safety or Trade Barrier? | p. 233 |
| Genetically Engineered Food: Make Sure It's Safe and Label It | p. 239 |
| Life Sciences Industry | |
| Ag Biotech: Our Past and Our Future | p. 257 |
| Special Topics | |
| A Short History of Agricultural Biotechnology | p. 271 |
| Plant Genetic Modification Technologies | p. 275 |
| Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update | p. 283 |
| The Beef Hormone Dispute Between the United States and the EU | p. 291 |
| Agricultural Biotech Glossary | p. 295 |
| GMO Field Trials in Europe | p. 297 |
| References and Further Reading | p. 303 |
| Index | p. 333 |
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ISBN: 9780125154222
ISBN-10: 0125154224
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 344
Published: 12th April 2001
Publisher: ACADEMIC PR INC
Dimensions (cm): 24.46 x 17.145
x 2.057
Weight (kg): 0.68
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