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The precautionary principle (PP) has sometimes been invoked to justify a ban on GM crops. This justification, however, takes credit for reducing potential public health and environmental risks that might result from a ban but ignores any blame for risks that the ban might generate or prolong....
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/export policies, food safety regulations, and agricultural practices around the world. Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture … the controversies: governments, environmental agencies, consumers, industrial agencies and the developing world. … -- Chapter 5. Simulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World Market With and Without Bt Corn and GR Soybeans -- Chapter 6 …
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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...
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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...
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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...
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could even be much bigger. Given a conducive institutional framework, GM crops can contribute significantly to global food … regulatory mechanisms and agricultural innovation systems …
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