Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Traits and techniques of GMOs / Gerald C. Nelson -- The economics of technology adoption / Gerald C. Nelson and David Bullock -- GMO adoption and private cost savings : GR soybeans and Bt corn / David Bullock and Elisavet I. Nitsi -- Simulation of world market effects : the 2010 world market with and without Bt corn and GR soybeans / Mark W. Rosegrant -- Cotton GMO adoption and private profitability / José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda, Greg Traxler and Robert G. Nelson -- GMO adoption and nonmarket effects / Gerald C. Nelson and Alessandro De Pinto -- The stakeholders and the struggle for public opinion, regulatory control and market development / Julie Babinard and Timothy Josling -- The domestic and regional regulatory environment / Gerald C. Nelson, Julie Babinard and Timothy Josling -- International institutions, world trade rules, and GMOs / Timothy Josling -- Market responses to consumer demand and regulatory change / Laurian Unnevehr, Lowell Hill and Carrie Cunningham -- Looking to the future / Timothy Josling and Gerald C. Nelson -- Biotechnology crops, a producer's perspective / Mark W. Jenner -- Genetically modified crops and the American agricultural producer / Gary Goldberg -- Toward common ground : roles of markets and policy / Nicole Ballenger and Mary Bohman -- The economics of agricultural biotechnology : differences and similarities in the US and the EU / Tassos Haniotis -- Modern agricultural biotechnology and developing country food security / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Marc J. Cohen -- GMOs : a miracle? / Van dana Shiva -- GMOs in agriculture : an environmentalist perspective / Richard Caplan -- Genetically modified organisms can help save the planet / Dennis T. Avery -- Genetic engineering : a technology ahead of the science and public policy? / Dennis J. Kucinich -- Food industry perspective on safety and labeling of biotechnology / Gene Grabowski -- GMO regulations: food safety or trade barrier? / Malcolm Kane -- Genetically engineered food : make sure it's safe and label it / Michael Hansen -- Ag biotech : our past and our future / Roger Krueger -- A short history of agricultural biotechnology / Julie Babinard -- Plant genetic modification technologies / Jack M. Widholm -- Bt corn and the monarch butterfly : research update / Richard L. Hellmich and Blair D. Siegfried -- The beef hormone dispute between the United States and the EU / Timothy Josling and Donna Roberts.

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.

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