Economic Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology

Robbin Shoemaker, Joy Harwood, Kelly Day-Rubenstein, Terri Dunahay, Paul Heisey, Linwood Hoffman, Cassandra Klotz-Ingram, William Lin, Lorraine Mitchell, William McBride, Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo

Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB762) 64 pp, March 2001

This report analyzes the economic aspects of several key areas--agricultural research policy, industry structure, production and marketing, consumer issues, and future world food demand--where agricultural biotechnology is dramatically affecting the public policy agenda.

Keywords: Biotechnology, economics, adoption, patents, research policy, markets, market segregation, identity preservation

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract, Contents, Summary, 60 kb
• Introduction, 26 kb

• Background
  • Important Changes in the Agricultural Input Industry, 45 kb
  • Forces Driving Changes in the Agricultural Input Industry--Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, 38 kb
• Trends and Contributing Factors
  • Farm-Level Effects of Adopting Genetically Engineered Crops--Preliminary Evidence from the U.S. Experience, 65 kb
  • Enhanced Output Traits and Market Coordination, 73 kb
  • Implications of Testing and Segregating Nonbiotech Crops for Grain Grades and Standards, 63 kb
• Public Policy Considerations
  • Consumer Acceptance, 69 kb
  • Public and Private Agricultural Research, 132 kb
  • Meeting World Food Demand--The Role of Biotechnology, 73 kb
• Conclusion, 13 kb
• Entire report, 1.53 mb

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Updated date: March 19, 2001