Managing Biotechnology: From Science to Market in the Digital Age -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Book Structure -- Research Methodology -- Acknowledgments -- PRAISE for Managing Biotechnology: From Science to Market in the Digital Age -- About the Authors -- Françoise Simon -- Glen...

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Strong evidence has shown that increased agricultural productivity and opened international trade are required to maintain and enhance food security. The multilateral trading system has been unable to keep trade open for one subset of agricultural products – those that use biotechnology in...

While genetically modified (GM) crops have provided tremendous agricultural productivity gains, many consumers oppose GM products and maintain they are unsafe. We use the case of GM sugar beets and their adoption by the US producers to examine the implications of GM technology on food security....

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