This paper examines the capacity of the Philippines to join and benefit from the biotechnological revolution. It reviews world trends and issues and Philippine agricultural biotechnology R&D contents, directions and management using published literature, annual reports, symposia proceedings,...

The advantages and disadvantages of genetic modification of organisms in agriculture are reviewed. These relate to the environment, human health, socio-economic effects, population growth, and differential consequences for developed and developing countries. An overall evaluation requires that...

Recent advances in biology and genetics have raised the value of life samples, health records and genetically modified micro-organisms, and, as Demsetz (1967) predicts, rising values increase the demand for well-defined exclusive ownership rights. But greater expected value of resources also...

Lebensmittel müssen auf Grundlage bestehender EU-Vorschriften gekennzeichnet werden, wenn das Lebensmittel oder einer der verwendeten Inhaltsstoffe gentechnisch verändert oder aus einem gentechnisch veränderten Organismus hergestellt ist. Dabei ist es unerheblich, ob die gentechnische...

There is no other agricultural technology that has been subjected to a lot of controversies than agricultural biotechnology. More than ever, intelligent decisions about this technology would be based on scientific data and objective analyses. As we meet the challenges of food security in a...

Developing countries, still heavily dependent on agriculture, must now harness biotechnology to modernize agricultural production and diversify product outputs. The Philippines was one of the first Asian countries to establish a biotechnology research and development program. However, not much...

Kulturpflanzen haben unter ressourcenökonomischen Gesichtspunkten ein enormes Potential, zum einen als Rohstofflieferant, aber auch als Biofabrik der Zukunft. Die Anwendung von Biotechnologie in der Pflanzenzüchtung (Crop Science) wird bereits als dritte technologische Revolution gepriesen,...

Ex-ante regulations and ex-post liabilities for using a new technology will induce additional costs for adopters. The standard model is advanced by including irreversibility and uncertainty and taking into account transaction costs of negotiating possible cost reductions. The case analysed is...

Ex-ante regulations and ex-post liabilities for using a new technology will induce additional costs for adopters. The standard model is advanced by including irreversibility and uncertainty and taking into account transaction costs of negotiating possible cost reductions. The case analysed is...