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Many countries require labeling for GM food products. These countries often have different levels of genetic modification that they will tolerate before a food product must be labeled as genetically modified. For example, the European Union and Australia allow up to one percent of any ingredient...
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Huffman, W.E. and Abebayehu Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role for Verifiable Information," in V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds. Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods, CAB International, 2002, pp. 179-189.
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This chapter presents a review and synthesis of effects of education in agriculture, summarizes major contributions, and suggests major research gaps in the literature. Although growth in knowledge enables skill acquisition and specialization of labor, which generally raises labor productivity,...
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Martin, Philip, Wallace Huffman, Robert Emerson, J. Edward Taylor and R. Rochin, Editors. Immigration Reform and U.S. Agriculture. ANR Publications, University of California, Oakland, CA, 1995. The book provides an extensive examination of the impacts of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.
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Genetically modified (GM) foods have been engulfed in considerable controversy, and the early optimism has been dampened. Information issues--labeling and asymmetric information--are central to the GM-food debate. Furthermore, it is important to understand the reaction in developed countries to...
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This survey reviews the existing literature, identifying the contribution of agriculture, schooling, and nutrition to economic growth and development over time and across countries. Particular attention is paid to the roles of improvements in agricultural technology and of the human capital of...
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Huffman, W.E., E. Ball, M. Gopinath, and A. Somwaru, "Public R&D and Infrastructure Policies: Effects on Cost of Midwestern Agriculture," in V. Eldon Ball and G. Norton, eds. Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth. Kluwer Academic Press, 2002, pp. 167-184.
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Yee, J., W.E. Huffman, M. Ahearn, and M. Newson. "Sources of Agricultural Productivity Growth at the State Level, 1960-1993," V. Eldon Ball and G. Norton, eds. Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth. Kluwer Academic Press, 2002, pp. 185-210.
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