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The political economy of genetically modified foods/ edited by Robert E. Evenson and Terri Raney

Contributor(s): Evenson, Robert, ed | Raney, Terri, edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007Description: 485 pISBN: 9781843767626 ; 1843767627Subject(s): Genetically modified foods -- Government policy | Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects | Agricultural biotechnology -- Social aspects | Agricultural biotechnology -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 338.18

Contents:

1. 'FAO declares war on farmers not on hunger', open letter to Mr Jacques Diouf, director general of FAO, 16 June -- 2. Biotechnology : FAO response to open letter from NGOs', 16 June / Jaques Diouf -- 3. International consortium on agricultural biotechnology research (ICABR), open letter to FAO director general in support of SOFA 2003-04 biotechnology report -- 4. Regulation of GM crops : shaping an international regime / Robert L. Paarlberg, Raymond F. Hopkins and Lisa Ladewski -- 5. biotechnology industries / Vernon W. Ruttan -- 6. Molecular tools for plant breeding / Christian Jung -- 7. Is marker-assisted selection cost-effective compared with conventional plant breeding methods? : the case of quality protein maize / Kate Dreher, Michael Morris, Mireille Khairallah, Jean Marcel Ribaut, Shivaji Pandey and Ganesan Srinivasan -- 8. Agricultural biotechnology / Robert E. Evenson -- 9. economics of agricultural biotechnology research / Carl E. Pray and Anwar Naseem -- 10. From the green revolution to the gene revolution / Food and Agriculture Organization -- 11. Do agricultural commodity prices respond to GMO bans? / Joe L. Parcell and Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes -- 12. welfare effects of implementing mandatory GM labelling in the USA / Wallace E. Huffman, Matthew Rousu, Jason F. Shogren and Abebayehu Tegene -- 13. comparison of consumer attitudes towards GM food in Italy and the USA / Marianne McGarry Wolf, Paola Bertolini and Jacob Parker-Garcia -- 14. Factors explaining opposition to GMOs in France and the rest of Europe / Sylvie Bonny -- 15. Health and environmental impacts of transgenic crops / Food and Agriculture Organization -- 16. Genetically engineered food labelling : global policy polarization / Lydia Zepeda -- 17. Conflict and consensus-building : international commercial policy and agricultural biotechnology / Jill E. Hobbs, William A. Kerr, J.D. Gaisford, Grant Isaac and Kurt K. Klein -- 18. Trade restrictions on genetically engineered foods : the application of the TBT agreement / Dirk Heumueller and Tim Josling -- 19. way forward for Frankenstein foods / Michael Burton, Sallie James, Bob Lindner and Jo Pluske -- 20. Segmentation of GMO and non-GMO soybean markets under identity preservation costs and government price supports / Troy G. Schmitz, Charles B. Moss and Andrew Schmitz -- 21. Milk by any other name ... consumer benefits from labeled milk / Tirtha Dhar and Jeremy D. Foltz -- 22. Economic impacts of transgenic crops / Food and Agriculture Organization -- 23. potential effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin on world dairying / Lovell S. Jarvis -- 24. Science and regulation : assessing the impacts of incomplete institutions and information in the global agricultural biotechnology industry / Stuart Smyth and Peter W.B. Phillips -- 25. Biotechnology and the emergence of club behaviour in agricultural trade / Monika Tothova and James F. Oehmke -- 26. Estimating the economic effects of GMOs : the importance of policy choices and preferences / Kym Anderson, Chantal Pohl Nielsen and Sherman Robinson -- 27. GMOs : prospects for productivity increases in developing countries / Robert E. Evenson -- 28. Research and research policy for the poor / Food and Agriculture Organization -- 29. Capacity building for biotechnology in food and agriculture / Food and Agriculture Organization

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	338.18 EVE/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00975

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1. 'FAO declares war on farmers not on hunger', open letter to Mr Jacques Diouf, director general of FAO, 16 June --
2. Biotechnology : FAO response to open letter from NGOs', 16 June / Jaques Diouf --
3. International consortium on agricultural biotechnology research (ICABR), open letter to FAO director general in support of SOFA 2003-04 biotechnology report --
4. Regulation of GM crops : shaping an international regime / Robert L. Paarlberg, Raymond F. Hopkins and Lisa Ladewski --
5. biotechnology industries / Vernon W. Ruttan --
6. Molecular tools for plant breeding / Christian Jung --
7. Is marker-assisted selection cost-effective compared with conventional plant breeding methods? : the case of quality protein maize / Kate Dreher, Michael Morris, Mireille Khairallah, Jean Marcel Ribaut, Shivaji Pandey and Ganesan Srinivasan --
8. Agricultural biotechnology / Robert E. Evenson --
9. economics of agricultural biotechnology research / Carl E. Pray and Anwar Naseem --
10. From the green revolution to the gene revolution / Food and Agriculture Organization --
11. Do agricultural commodity prices respond to GMO bans? / Joe L. Parcell and Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes --
12. welfare effects of implementing mandatory GM labelling in the USA / Wallace E. Huffman, Matthew Rousu, Jason F. Shogren and Abebayehu Tegene --
13. comparison of consumer attitudes towards GM food in Italy and the USA / Marianne McGarry Wolf, Paola Bertolini and Jacob Parker-Garcia --
14. Factors explaining opposition to GMOs in France and the rest of Europe / Sylvie Bonny --
15. Health and environmental impacts of transgenic crops / Food and Agriculture Organization --
16. Genetically engineered food labelling : global policy polarization / Lydia Zepeda --
17. Conflict and consensus-building : international commercial policy and agricultural biotechnology / Jill E. Hobbs, William A. Kerr, J.D. Gaisford, Grant Isaac and Kurt K. Klein --
18. Trade restrictions on genetically engineered foods : the application of the TBT agreement / Dirk Heumueller and Tim Josling --
19. way forward for Frankenstein foods / Michael Burton, Sallie James, Bob Lindner and Jo Pluske --
20. Segmentation of GMO and non-GMO soybean markets under identity preservation costs and government price supports / Troy G. Schmitz, Charles B. Moss and Andrew Schmitz --
21. Milk by any other name ... consumer benefits from labeled milk / Tirtha Dhar and Jeremy D. Foltz --
22. Economic impacts of transgenic crops / Food and Agriculture Organization --
23. potential effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin on world dairying / Lovell S. Jarvis --
24. Science and regulation : assessing the impacts of incomplete institutions and information in the global agricultural biotechnology industry / Stuart Smyth and Peter W.B. Phillips --
25. Biotechnology and the emergence of club behaviour in agricultural trade / Monika Tothova and James F. Oehmke --
26. Estimating the economic effects of GMOs : the importance of policy choices and preferences / Kym Anderson, Chantal Pohl Nielsen and Sherman Robinson --
27. GMOs : prospects for productivity increases in developing countries / Robert E. Evenson --
28. Research and research policy for the poor / Food and Agriculture Organization --
29. Capacity building for biotechnology in food and agriculture / Food and Agriculture Organization

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