Economic Impact of Transgenic Crops in Developing Countries
Raney, T. (2006). Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 17: 1-5.
This paper is relevant to the Agronomic, Socio-Economic, and Developing Country categories in the following areas:
| Crops: | Maize, Cotton, Soybean, and Rice |
| Traits: | Insect Resistance, and Herbicide Tolerance |
| Countries: | Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa |
| Regions: | South America, Asia, and Africa |
| ImpactAreas: | Agronomic, Socio-Economic, and Developing Countries |
Abstract or Summary:
Transgenic crops are being adopted rapidly at the global level, but only a few developing countries are growing them in significant quantities. Why are these crops so successful in some countries but not in others? Farm level profitability ultimately determines whether farmers adopt and retain a new technology, but this depends on much more than technical performance. Recent economic studies in developing countries find positive, but highly variable, economic returns to adopting transgenic crops. These studies confirm that institutional factors such as national gricultural research capacity, environmental and food safety regulations, intellectual property rights and agricultural input markets matter at least as much as the technology itself in determining the level and distribution of economic benefits.
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