Sustainable farming, and waysto achieve it, are important issues foragricultural policy. New Zealand provides aninteresting case for examining sustainableagriculture options because gene technologieshave not been commercially released and thereis a small but rapidly expanding organicsector....

In Norway, the production andconsumption of organic food is still small-scale. Research on attitudes towards organic farming in Norway has shown that most consumers find conventionally produced food to be “good enough.” The level of industrialization of agriculture and the existence of food...

Risk perceptions and attitudes to genetically modified food (GMF) were investigated in a survey study of the public (N=469) and experts (N=49). The response rate was 47 percent for the public. For the experts, response rate was 60 percent. GMF technology was rated as the worst of 18 technologies...

This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...

Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar a relação entre capital humano dos indivíduos empregados, abertura comercial e crescimento econômico dos estados brasileiros no período de 1995 a 2006. Por meio do procedimento de dados em painel dinâmico, estimaram-se dois modelos teóricos: o de...

This essay is one of 23 featured authors from around the world discussing the challenges and solutions to filling the global talent gap in agribusiness. www.ifama.org

Technological advances, globalization and effervescence open version of how to obtain the information have profoundly transformed the intelligence.In a dual universe characterized by connectivity and also atomization, widely disseminated, fast, highly heterogeneous networks, amplified...