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The precautionary principle: torn between biodiversity, environment-related food safety and the WTO
Mbengue, Makane Moïse; Thomas, Urs P. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 5 (2005) 1/2, pp. 36-53
At the WTO, the precautionary principle/approach is considered as a protectionary mechanism, i.e. and alleged justification for potentially WTO-illegal trade restrictions. This article presents a survey of some pronouncements of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body including two case studies at...
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Hunger and sustainability
Sánchez García, José Luis; Pérez, Ismael Beiro; … - In: Economic research 32 (2019) 1,1, pp. 850-875
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Agroecology to the rescue of food security and germplasm conservation in a global market economy
Borsari, Bruno - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 9 (2011) 1/2, pp. 1-14
The chronic crisis affecting modern agriculture is indicating that the present paradigm of food production may not be viable in the long term to insure food security on a global scale, despite the brilliant outcomes achieved through the last several decades. Dwindling fossil fuel resources are...
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Differences in global risk perceptions of biotechnology and the political economy of the media
Curtis, Kynda R.; McCluskey, Jill J.; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8 (2008) 1/2, pp. 77-89
The application of biotechnology to agriculture is highly controversial between consumers and lawmakers across the … increased time cost of obtaining media information or 'stories' in LDCs leads to a lower consumption on average of biotechnology … firms in many LDCs leads to differing supplies of biotechnology stories between LDCs and developed nations. Hence, reduced …
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Bt cotton and sustainability of pesticide reductions in India
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, Matin - In: Agricultural Systems 107 (2012) C, pp. 47-55
Studies from different countries show that transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops can reduce chemical pesticide use with positive economic, environmental, and health effects. However, most of these studies build on cross-section survey data, so that longer term effects have not been...
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Strategic Labeling and Trade of GMOs
Veyssiere, Luc; Giannakas, Konstantinos - In: Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 4 (2006) 1
The emergence of agricultural biotechnology and the subsequent introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs … regulatory response to products of biotechnology. This paper builds on the literature on the regulation of products of … biotechnology by placing the analysis of labeling decisions in a multi-country context. Specifically, the objective of this study is …
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Patent network analysis in agriculture : a case study of the development and protection of biotechnologies
Ferrari, Vinícius Eduardo; Silveira, José Maria F. J. da - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 30 (2021) 2, pp. 111-133
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Spinning the facts against genetically engineered foods?
Schmitz, Troy G.; Smith, Manhong Zhu - In: Theoretical economics letters 10 (2020) 3, pp. 458-480
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When goliaths clash: US and EU differences over the labeling of food products derived from genetically modified organisms
Thorpe, Andy; Robinson, Catherine - In: Agriculture and Human Values 21 (2004) 4, pp. 287-298
There is a fundamental divergence of opinion between the EU and the US over how food products derived from genetically modified organisms should be labeled. This has less to do with safety, as moves towards the international harmonization of safety standards continue apace, and rather more to do...
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GM cotton and its possible contributions to environmental sustainability and rural development in Turkey
Ozertan, Gokhan; Aerni, Philipp - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 4/5, pp. 552-575
biosafety law and invest in homegrown agricultural biotechnology research. …
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