The chapters in this volume were originally presented at the 8th International Conference of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), held at Ravello, Italy, on July 8-11, 2004. They have since been edited and revised.

This book addresses international trade and policy issues concerning agricultural biotechnology. The 16 chapters in this volume are edited and revised versions of papers presented at the 8th International Conference of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Ravello, Italy, on 8-11 July 2004. Part I includes four chapters with an analytical focus. They deal with the issues of risk, monopoly pricing, direct trade, and labelling. The two chapters in part II are empirical trade studies. Part III includes four chapters. The first addresses the question of coexistence of GM crops and organic crops. Two chapters address spillovers. The fourth addresses regulations and innovations. Part IV includes three chapters addressing issues associated with intellectual property rights. Part V includes three chapters that use applied (or computable) general equilibrium models to evaluate policy impacts. The book has a subject index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biotechnology Risks and Project Interdependence / Odin K. Knudsen and Pasquale L. Scandizzo -- Restricted Monopoly R&D Pricing : Uncertainty, Irreversibility and Non-market Effects / Robert D. Weaver and Justus Wesseler -- Biotechnology and the Emergence of Club Behaviour in Agricultural Trade / Monika Tothova and James F. Oehmke -- The Labelling of Genetically Modified Products in a Global Trading Environment / Stefania Scandizzo -- Tree Biotechnology : Regulation and International Trade / Roger A. Sedjo -- Commercialized Products of Biotechnology and Trade Pattern Effects / Stuart Smyth, William A. Kerr and Kelly A. Davey -- The Coexistence of GM and Non-GM Arable Crops in the EU : Economic and Market Considerations / Graham Brookes -- Research Spillovers in the Biotech Industry : the Case of Oilseed Rape / Richard S. Gray, Stavroula Malla and Kien Tran -- Mergers, Acquisitions and Flows of Agbiotech Intellectual Property / David Schimmelpfennig and John King -- The Impact of Regulation on the Development of New Products in the Food Industry / Klaus Menrad and Knut Blind -- Patents versus Plant Varietal Protection / Derek Eaton and Frank van Tongeren -- Governing Innovative Science : Challenges Facing the Commercialization of Plant-made Pharmaceuticals / Stuart Smyth, George G. Khachatourians and Peter W.B. Phillips -- Are GURTs Needed to Remedy Intellectual Property Failures and Environmental Problems with GM Crops? / Geoff Budd -- Economic Effects of Producing or Banning GM Crops / Janine Wronka and P. Michael Schmitz -- Opposition to Genetically Modified Wheat and Global Food Security / Faycal Haggui, Peter W.B. Phillips and Richard S. Gray -- International Impacts of Bt Cotton Adoption / George B. Frisvold, Russell Tronstad and Jeanne M. Reeves.

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