Measuring the Economic Impacts of Transgenic Crops in Developing Agriculture During the First Decade: Approaches, Findings, and Future Directions

by Hannah Jones, Ira Matuschke, Latha Nagarajan, et al.

As progressively more farmers in developing countries begin using biotech crops, careful evaluation of such crops’ benefits becomes ever more important.This food policy review examines the applied economics literature regarding the impact of biotech crops on non-industrialized agriculture, and investigates the research methods used in assessing how these crops affect farmers, consumers, the agricultural sector as a whole, and international trade...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896295117
• ISBN13: 9780896295117
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: International Food Policy Research Insitute
• Length: 107 Pages