Biotechnology is redefining the nature of agricultural research and intellectual property. In response, public agricultural research institutions are increasingly protecting their intellectual property and commercializing research results. This raises the question: Is agricultural research still...

An import allocation was used to investigate Japan's citrus subsector and its import demand for citrus. Results of this study indicate that US fresh grapefruit exports to Japan would have to compete against imports of bananas and pineapples for the Japanese import dollars, and that US citrus...