Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology

by Just, Richard E.; Alston, Julian M.; Zilberman, David

• ISBN13: 9780387369525
• ISBN10: 038736952X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

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. Richard E. Just is Distinguished University Professor and former Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park. Julian M. Alston is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis. David Zilberman is Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley.

Author Biography

Richard E. Just is Distinguished University Professor and former Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park.Julian M. Alston is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis.David Zilberman is Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Introduction and Overview	p. 3
Agricultural Biotechnology in the Context of a Regulated Agricultural Sector
Technological Regulation in U.S. Agriculture
Economic Analysis and Regulating Pesticide Biotechnology at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	p. 21
Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops	p. 37
Regulation of Technology in the Context of U.S. Agricultural Policy	p. 59
Managing Liabilities Arising from Agricultural Biotechnology	p. 81
Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnologies
Status of Agricultural Biotechnology: An International Perspective	p. 103
Interactions Between Trade Policies and GM Food Regulations	p. 125
Hidden Benefits of Agricultural Biotechnologies
The Value of Non-Pecuniary Characteristics of Crop Biotechnologies: A New Look at the Evidence	p. 145
Bt Corn's Reduction of Mycotoxins: Regulatory Decisions and Public Opinion	p. 179
Consumer and Market Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnologies
Consumer Attitudes and Market Resistance to Biotech Products	p. 201
Comparison of Consumer Responses to Genetically Modified Foods in Asia, North America, and Europe	p. 227
Conceptual Issues in Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology
The Causes of Regulations and Their Impacts
The Economics of Biotechnology Regulation	p. 243
Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation GM Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects	p. 263
Environmental Risks of Agricultural Biotechnologies and Regulatory Response
Regulation of Technology in the Context of Risk Generation	p. 283
Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops: Differentiated Risk Assessment and Management	p. 301
Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and the Adoption of Transgenic Crops: Experiences from Applications to HT Sugar Beets, HT Corn, and Bt Corn	p. 327
Imperfect Competition, Political Economy, and Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies
Anticompetitive Impacts of Laws That Regulate Commercial Use of Agricultural Biotechnologies in the United States	p. 353
Regulation, Trade, and Market Power: Agricultural Chemical Markets and Incentives for Biotechnology	p. 397
Regulation and the Structure of Biotechnology Industries	p. 421
The Social Welfare Implications of Intellectual Property Protection: Imitation and Going Off Patent	p. 437
Case Studies on the Economics of Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology
International Evidence
International Approval and Labeling Regulations of Genetically Modified Food in Major Trading Countries	p. 459
Benefits and Costs of Biosafety Regulation in India and China	p. 481
Biosafety Regulation of Genetically Modified Orphan Crops in Developing Courntries: A Way Forward	p. 509
Refuge Policy and Regulatory Compliance at the Farm Level
Bt Resistance Management: The Economics of Refuges	p. 535
Managing European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn with Dynamic Refuges	p. 559
Farmer Demand for Corn Rootworm Bt Corn: Do Insect Resistance Management Guidelines Really Matter?	p. 579
Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard, and Grower Compliance with Bt Corn Refuge	p. 599
Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China	p. 625
Crop-Specific Issues in Biotechnology Regulation
Regulation of Biotechnology for Field Crops	p. 639
Regulation of Transgenic Crops Intended for Pharmaceutical and Industrial Uses	p. 647
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products	p. 663
Regulation of Biotechnology for Specialty Crops	p. 683
Conclusions
What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 701
Index	p. 723
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