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Issues and developments in biotechnology: What's an economist to do?

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleLanguage: En Publication details: 1987Subject(s): In: Agricultural Economics Research v. 39, no. 1, p. 25-33617547Summary: The spectacular nature of many of the breakthroughs in biotechnology has generated considerable publicity and has made demands on agricultural economistsfor ex ante assessment of potential impacts. This article suggests a research agenda for evaluating the impacts of biotechnology on agricultural production inthe USA. It reviews the regulatory history to identify problems unique to the application of biotechnology to agriculture.
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The spectacular nature of many of the breakthroughs in biotechnology has generated considerable publicity and has made demands on agricultural economistsfor ex ante assessment of potential impacts. This article suggests a research agenda for evaluating the impacts of biotechnology on agricultural production inthe USA. It reviews the regulatory history to identify problems unique to the application of biotechnology to agriculture.

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