Political Economy of Genetically Modified Foods

Edited by Robert E. Evenson, former Professor of Economics, Yale University, US and Terri Raney, Senior Economist and Editor, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

'. . . the book covers socio-economic and policy aspects related to GM crops in a very comprehensive way. Most of the individual papers are of high quality and provide interesting results.'

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction Robert E. Evenson and Terri RaneyPART IOVERVIEW 1. (2004), ‘FAO Declares War on Farmers Not on Hunger’2. Jaques Diouf (2004), ‘Biotechnology: FAO Response to Open Letter from NGOs’3. International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), Open Letter to FAO Director General in Support of SOFA 2003-04 Biotechnology Report4. Robert L. Paarlberg, Raymond F. Hopkins and Lisa Ladewski (2004), ‘Regulation of GM Crops: Shaping an International Regime’PART IITHE TECHNOLOGY 5. Vernon W. Ruttan (2000), ‘The Biotechnology Industries’6. Christian Jung (2000), ‘Molecular Tools for Plant Breeding’7. Kate Dreher, Michael Morris, Mireille Khairallah, Jean Marcel Ribaut, Shivaji Pandey and Ganesan Srinivasan (2002), ‘Is Marker-Assisted Selection Cost-Effective Compared with Conventional Plant Breeding Methods? The Case of Quality Protein Maize’PART IIITHE INDUSTRY 8. Robert E. Evenson (2002), ‘Agricultural Biotechnology’9. Carl E. Pray and Anwar Naseem (2003), ‘The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology Research’PART IVFARMER ADOPTION 10. Food and Agriculture Organization (2004), ‘From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution’PART VCONSUMER ACCEPTANCE 11. Joe L. Parcell and Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes (2004), ‘Do Agricultural Commodity Prices Respond to GMO Bans?’12. Wallace E. Huffman, Matthew Rousu, Jason F. Shogren and Abebayehu Tegene (2004), ‘The Welfare Effects of Implementing Mandatory GM Labelling in the USA’13. Marianne McGarry-Wolf, Paola Bertolini and Jacob Parker-Garcia (2004), ‘A Comparison of Consumer Attitudes Towards GM Food in Italy and the USA’14. Sylvie Bonny (2004), ‘Factors Explaining Opposition to GMOs in France and the Rest of Europe’PART VIHEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 15. Food and Agriculture Organization (2004), ‘Health and Environmental Impacts of Transgenic Crops’PART VIITHE EVOLVING REGULATORY STRUCTURE 16. Lydia Zepeda (2004), ‘Genetically Engineered Food Labelling: Global Policy Polarization’17. Jill E. Hobbs, William A. Kerr, J.D. Gaisford, Grant Issac and Kurt K. Klein (2004), ‘Conflict and Consensus-Building: International Commercial Policy and Agricultural Biotechnology’18. Dirk Heumueller and Tim Josling (2004), ‘Trade Restrictions on Genetically Engineered Foods: The Application of the TBT Agreement’PART VIII THE EMERGENCE OF GM FREE MARKETS 19. Michael Burton, Sallie James, Bob Lindner and Jo Pluske (2002), ‘A Way Forward for Frankenstein Foods’20. Troy G. Schmitz, Charles B. Moss and Andrew Schmitz (2004), ‘Segmentation of GMO and Non-GMO Soybean Markets Under Identity Preservation Costs and Government Price Supports’21. Tirtha Dhar and Jeremy D. Foltz (2005), ‘Milk by Any Other Name… Consumer Benefits from Labeled Milk’PART IXECONOMIC IMPACTS 22. Food and Agriculture Organization (2004), ‘Economic Impacts of Transgenic Crops’23. Lovell S. Jarvis (2002), ‘The Potential Effect of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin on World Dairying’24. Stuart Smyth and Peter W.B. Phillips (2002), ‘Science and Regulation: Assessing the Impacts of Incomplete Institutions and Information in the Global Agricultural Biotechnology Industry’25. Monika Tothova and James F. Oehmke (2006), ‘Biotechnology and the Emergence of Club Behaviour in Agricultural Trade’26. Kym Anderson, Chantal Pohl Nielsen and Sherman Robinson (2002), ‘Estimating the Economic Effects of GMOs: The Importance of Policy Choices and Preferences’PART XGM PRODUCTS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 27. Robert E. Evenson (2004), ‘GMOs: Prospects for Productivity Increases in Developing Countries’28. Food and Agriculture Organization (2004), ‘Research And Research Policy For the Poor’29. Food and Agriculture Organization (2004), ‘Capacity Building For Biotechnology In Food And Agriculture’Name Index