Key Features
* 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
Description
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.
Readership
Agricultural, food, and environmental scientists
in academia and industry, economists, environmental and food/safety activists, government regulatory and trade officials, farmers, and students and faculty in agricultural, environmental, and public health studies.
Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture, 1st Edition
Foreword,
L. Neal & L. HillIntroduction,
G. C. NelsonPART ITrials and Techniques of GMOs,
G. C. NelsonThe Economics of Technology Adoption,
G. C. Nelson & D. BullockGMO Adoption and Private Cost Savings: GR Soybeans and
Bt Corn,
D. Bullock & E. NitsiSimulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World Market with and without
Bt Corn and GR Soybeans,
Mark RosegrantCotton GMO Adoption and Private Profitability,
J. B. Falck-Zepeda, G. Traxler, & R. G. NelsonGMO Adoption and Nonmarket Effects,
G. C. Nelson & A. De PintoThe Stakeholders and the Struggle for Public Opinion, Regulatory Control and Market Development,
J. Babinard & T. JoslingThe Domestic and Regional Regulatory Environment,
T. Josling & G. C. NelsonInternational Institutions, World Trade Rules, and GMOs,
T. JoslingMarket Responses to Consumer Demand and Regulatory Change,
L. Unnevehr, L. Hill, & C. CunninghamLooking to the Future,
T. Josling & G. C. NelsonPART II: Perspectives on the ControversiesFarm PerspectivesBiotechnology Crops--A Producer's Perspective,
M. JennerGenetically Modified Crops and the American Agricultural Producer,
G. GoldbergGovernment PerspectivesToward Common Ground: Roles of Markets and Policy,
N. Ballenger & M. BohmanThe Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences and Similarities in the US and the EU,
T. HaniotisDeveloping Country PerspectivesModern Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Country Food Security,
P. Pinstrup-Anderson & M. J. CohenGMOs: A Miracle?,
V. ShivaEnvironmental PerspectivesGMOs in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective,
R. CaplanGenetically Modified Organisms Can Help Save the Planet,
D. AveryConsumer Issues - Food Safety/LabelingGenetic Engineering: A Technology Ahead of the Science and Public Policy?,
D. KucinichFood Industry Perspective on Safety and Labeling of Biotechnology,
G. GrabowskiGMO Regulations: Food Safety or Trade Barrier?,
M. KaneGenetically Engineered Food: Make Sure It's Safe and Label It,
M. HansenLife Sciences IndustryAg Biotech: Our Past and Our Future,
R. KruegerPART III: Special TopicsA Short History of Agricultural Biotechnology,
J. BabinardPlant Genetic Modification Technologies,
J. WidholmBt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update,
R. Hellmich & B. SiegfriedAnnex V: The Beef Hormone Dispute Between the United States and the EU,
T. Josling & D. RobertsAgricultural Biotech Glossary
GMO Field Trials in Europe
Quotes and reviews
"...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)
