Market development for genetically modified foods [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Vittorio Santaniello, Robert E. Evenson, and David Zilberman

• Pubblicazione: Mew York, : CABI, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.17; 381/.45664
• Soggetto topico: Genetic engineering industry - Europe; Genetic engineering industry - North America; Genetically modified foods - Europe; Genetically modified foods - North America; Food industry and trade - Europe; Food industry and trade - North America; Market surveys - Europe; Market surveys - North America
• Altri autori: SantanielloV EvensonRobert E <1934-> (Robert Eugene) ZilbermanDavid <1947->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A Way Forward for Frankenstein Foods; 2 A Comparison of Consumer Attitudes towards GM Food in Ireland and the United States: a Case Study Over Time1; 3 Differences in Public Acceptance between Generic and Premium Branded GM Food Products: an Analytical Model; 4 Is European Consumers' Refusal of GM Food a Serious Obstacle or a Transient Fashion?; 5 Estimates of Willingness to Pay a Premium for Non-GM Foods: a Survey; 6 A Consumer-based Approach towards New Product Development through Biotechnology in the Agro-food Sector ; 7 The Impact of Bovine Somatotropin on Farm Profits8 The Importance of Feed Management Technologies in the Decision to Adopt Bovine Somatotropin: an Application to California Dairy Producers; 9 The Potential Effect of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin on World Dairying; 10 Gains to Yield-increasing Research in the Evolving Canadian Canola Research Industry; 11 Determinants of GMO Use: a Survey of Iowa Maize-Soybean Farmers' Acreage Allocation1; 12 Estimating Adoption of GMO Soybeans and Maize: a Case Study of Ohio, USA ; 13 Ex ante Economic Assessment of Adopting Genetically Engineered Crops in Finland14 Biotechnology, Farm Management and Local Agricultural Development1; 15 Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: a Key Role for Verifiable Information; 16 Science and Regulation: Assessing the Impacts of Incomplete Institutions and Information in the Global Agricultural Biotechnology Industry; 17 Quantifying Scientific Risk Communications of Agrobiotechnology; 18 Time Series Analysis of Risk Frames in Media Communication of Agrobiotechnology ; 19 Case Study in Benefits and Risks of Agricultural Biotechnology: Roundup Ready Soybeans20 Labelling for GM Foods: Theory and Practice; 21 Estimating the Costs of Segregation for Non-biotech Maize and Soybeans; 22 Endogenous Demand and Optimal Product Regulation: the Case of Agricultural Biotechnology; 23 Tobin's q and the Value of Agriceutical Firms; 24 The Structure of the European Agro-food Biotechnology Industry: Are Strategic Alliances Here to Stay?; 25 Market Structure in Biotechnology: Implications for Long-run Comparative Advantage ; 26 Biotechnology in the Supply Chain: Managing a Product Differentiating TechnologyIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This work addresses key issues in market development for genetically modified foods. It focuses on: consumer reactions to GM food information; regulatory issues; farmer acceptance of biotech products; changes in industrial organization in life science and food sectors.
• Titolo autorizzato: Market development for genetically modified foods
• ISBN: 1-280-82970-2; 9786610829705; 0-85199-701-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780174203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II