Biotechnology companies have fought to have their rights to seeds and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) recognized …

main means to meet the growing demand for food. They nominated agricultural biotechnology as a way of achieving this goal …

Union’s approval regime. Meanwhile, adoption of biotechnology, both domestically and abroad (especially in South America …), expanded at a rapid pace resulting in the development of a common law of biotechnology that seemingly placed the legal burden … which many in the biotechnology industry predicted increased expansion into international markets and new product approval …

, alongside the policies which affect that research. To provide context, an outline of the history, size and structure of private … impact if government policies were more favorable. The conclusion provides a review of economic and policy determinants … affecting private incentives, and some policy prescriptions to encourage further investment. …

This volume of 24 chapters reviews the regulatory changes in agricultural biotechnology. It primarily considers the …

/export policies, food safety regulations, and agricultural practices around the world. Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture … -- Section 1: Farm Perspectives -- Chapter 13. Biotechnology Crops - A Producer's Perspective -- Chapter 14. Genetically Modified …: Roles of Markets and Policy -- Chapter 16. The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences and Similarities in the …

How biotechnology is changing the definition of "life.". …