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Details of Biotech Crop Development in the U.S. PDF Print E-mail
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Posted by Ross Korves   
Thursday, 04 May 2006
People in U.S. production agriculture often take for granted the benefits of biotech crops. A report titled “The First Decade of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States” by Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Margriet Caswell of the Economic Research Service of USDA fills in details on factors that created those benefits.

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Brazil’s Monetary Policy and Agricultural Trade PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 27 April 2006

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Agricultural Biotechnology Productivity and Regulations PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 20 April 2006
On April 9-12 over 19,000 people from around the globe came to Chicago for BIO2006, the 14th annual convention of the biotechnology industry. While big-name speakers, 1500 exhibitor displays and 25 country pavilions attracted much of the attention, panel sessions of practitioners in agricultural biotechnology discussed the current state of the industry and what the future may hold. The issues boiled down to increasing productivity, regulations that allow the industry to continue to develop and consumer acceptance.

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Is There Life in the Doha Talks? PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 13 April 2006
If the Doha Round of WTO trade policy negotiations still have life it should become apparent the week of April 18 as both the agricultural negotiators and the NAMA (non-agricultural market access) negotiators hold meetings in Geneva, Switzerland.

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The Economics of Biotech Crops in Developing Countries PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 06 April 2006
Developing countries accounted for 38 percent of the worldwide acreage of biotech crops in 2005 according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA). A recent review of peer-reviewed research of on-farm experiences with commercial cultivation of biotech crops in developing countries provides comparisons across countries and identifies factors that influence the economic value of biotech crops. The study titled “Economic Impact of Transgenic Crops in Developing Countries” by Dr. Terri Raney, Senior Economist in the Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy was published in Current Opinions in Biotechnology.

Peer-reviewed analyses of commercial cultivation of insect-resistant (IR) cotton have been completed for Argentina, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Average yield increases ranged from 11 percent to 65 percent. Yield increases were smallest in Mexico where Bt cotton provided resistance to a narrow range of pests. The greatest benefits were in South Africa.

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Biotech crops are sprouting up around the globe. The one billion acre milestone for biotech crops planted and harvested has been exceeded. Watch as we meet and pass the two billion mark as well.
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