Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture: Economics and Politics (Hardcover)

Foreword
Robert W. Herdt
PART I: Analysis of Current GMO Benefits and Costs
Introduction
G. C. Nelson
Traits and Techniques of GMOs
G. C. Nelson
The Economics of Technology Adoption
G. C. Nelson & D. Bullock
GMO Adoption and Private Cost Savings: GR Soybeans and Bt Corn
D. Bullock & E. Nitsi
Simulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World Market with and without Bt Corn and GR Soybeans
M. Rosegrant
Cotton GMO Adoption and Private Profitability
J. B. Falck-Zepeda, G. Traxler, & R. G. Nelson
GMO Adoption and Nonmarket Effects
G. C. Nelson & A. De Pinto
The Stakeholders and the Struggle for Public Opinion, Regulatory Control and Market Development J. Babinard & T. Josling
The Domestic and Regional Regulatory Environment
G. C. Nelson, J. Babinard & T. Josling
International Institutions, World Trade Rules, and GMOs
T. Josling
Market Responses to Consumer Demand and Regulatory Change
L. Unnevehr, L. Hill, & C. Cunningham
Looking to the Future
T. Josling & G. C. Nelson
PART II: Perspectives on the Controversies
Farm Perspectives
Biotechnology Crops--A Producer's Perspective
M. W. Jenner
Genetically Modified Crops and the American Agricultural Producer
G. Goldberg
Government Perspectives
Toward Common Ground: Roles of Markets and Policy
N. Ballenger & M. Bohman
The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences and Similarities in the US and the EU
T. Haniotis
Developing Country Perspectives
Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Country Food Security
P. Pinstrup-Andersen & M. J. Cohen
GMOs: A Miracle?
V. Shiva
Environmental Perspectives
GMOs in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective
R. Caplan
Genetically Modified Organisms Can Help Save the Planet
D. Avery
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
D. Kucinich
Food Industry Perspective on Safety and Labeling of Biotechnology
G. Grabowski
GMO Regulations: Food Safety or Trade Barrier?
M. Kane
Genetically Engineered Food: Make Sure It's Safe and Label It
M. Hansen
Life Sciences Industry
Ag Biotech: Our Past and Our Future
R. Krueger
PART III: Special Topics
A Short History of Agricultural Biotechnology
J. Babinard
Plant Genetic Modification Technologies
J. Widholm
Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update
R. L. Hellmich & B. D. Siegfried
The Beef Hormone Dispute Between the United States and the EU
T. Josling & D. Roberts
Agricultural Biotech Glossary
GMO Field Trials in Europe
References and Further Reading
Index