Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy (Natural Resource Management and Policy)

✍ Scribed by Richard E. Just, Julian M. Alston, David Zilberman

Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 712
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book presents the first thorough economic analysis of current agricultural biotechnology regulation. The contributors, most of whom are agricultural economists working either in universities or NGOs, address issues such as commercial pesticides, the costs of approving new products, liability, benefits, consumer acceptance, regulation and its impacts, transgenic crops, social welfare implications, and biosafety.

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