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The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper “The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth,” which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23878

EX-ANTE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF DISEASE-RESISTANT CUCURBITS GERMPLASM IN INDONESIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mather,   David; Bernsten,   Richard H.; Maredia,   Mywish K.
This report presents a summary of the results of an ex-ante socioeconomic assessment of the potential impacts of the improved cucurbits germplasm in Indonesia and South Africa. The cucurbits technology was developed by Cornell University through support from the USAID-funded Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP). The objectives of these assessments were to: a) investigate the current status of the cucurbits subsector in Indonesia and South Africa; b) evaluate and quantify potential/projected benefits and costs of the cucurbits technology to seed companies, producers, and consumers in Indonesia and South Africa; and c) identify key issues that ABSP researchers, the ABSP management team, and USAID need to take into account in the development and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11542

NORTH-NORTH-SOUTH AG-BIOTECH POLICY: IMPLICATIONS FOR GROWTH AND TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weatherspoon,   Dave D.; Oehmke,   James F.; Wolf,   Christopher A.; Naseem,   Anwar; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Hightower,   Amie L.
This paper examines the impact of European Union policy on genetically modified organisms on trade flows and economic growth.  Restrictive European Union policies on biotech production and consumption result in: an effective export subsidy of capital to the South; new trade flows; North America being the dominant producer of biotech research and development; the South being a dominant producer of biotech products; and the European Union being the dominant producer of traditional agricultural products.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11681

Curriculum Enhancement and Reform to Meet the Needs of Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries: Survey of Literature
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.
The agricultural education system plays an important role in developing knowledge resources and preparing well-trained individuals and the next generation of labor force that becomes part of the public sector (government), the private sector (entrepreneurs, farm producers, agri-business entities) and the NGOs. An education system that is innovative and responsive to the complex and rapidly changing work environment is critical to ensure the effectiveness of all the institutions that contribute to agricultural development agenda. To make the education system responsive requires developing and implementing curriculum and teaching programs that are relevant to the production needs and employment demands of the agricultural sector. This paper reviews the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tertiary education; Curriculum reform; Training; Capacity building; Agricultural development; Developing countries; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; O15:Human Resources-Human Development-Income Distribution-Migration; M53:Training; I23: Higher Education and Research Institutions; Q16:R&amp;D-Agricultural Technology-Biofuels-Agricultural Extension Services.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105395

No Shortcuts to Progress: An Assessment of Agricultural Research Planning and Priority Setting in Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.; Howard,   Julie A.; Boughton,   Duncan.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 7.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11440

Constrangimentos e Estratégias para o Desenvolvimento do Sistema de Sementes em Moçambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Low,   Jan W.; Jeje,   Jose Jaime; Boughton,   Duncan; Massingue,   Jaquelino; Maredia,   Mywish K.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Seed system; Crop Production/Industries; Q18.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56046

Can The Momentum be Sustained? An Economic Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture/Sasakawa Global 2000's Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Demeke,   Mulat; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Stepanek,   Julie.
A Joint Research Activity of: Grain Marketing Research Project/Michigan State University,  Sasakawa Global 2000,  Ministry of Agriculture Department of Extension and Cooperatives,  Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Ethiopia; SG2000; Crop Production/Industries; Q18.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55051

PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASKAWA GLOBAL 2000 EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA AND MOZAMBIQUE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Stepanek,   Julie; Crawford,   Eric W.
Critics argue that high external input technologies are too costly for African farmers, and that pilot programs to promote them are economically unsustainable.  This paper assesses Sasakawa-Global 2000 programs in Ethiopia and Mozambique; budgets, yield models and subsector analysis help explain the radically different country results and prognoses for sustainable adoption.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11515

Constraints and Strategies for the Development of the Seed System in Mozambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Low,   Jan W.; Jeje,   Jose Jaime; Boughton,   Duncan; Massingue,   Jaquelino; Maredia,   Mywish K.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Seed system; Crop Production/Industries; Q18.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56045

The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.
Despite the clear influence of European Union biotechnology restrictions on trade patterns, very little work has been done to model these influences or their long-run effects. This paper presents an economic trade theory model of biotechnology, biotechnology research and development (R&amp;D), and biotechnology regulation. The model analyzes the impact of European Union consumer preferences on production and consumption of biotechnology products, the level and national origin of biotechnology R&amp;D, trade patterns, and growth. The results indicate that developing countries may become the major producers of biotechnology agricultural products if they can establish the necessary legal infrastructure; and that European biotechnology regulations effectively...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Economic growth; International trade; Regulation; Research and development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23872

Seed Sector Evolution in Zambia and Zimbabwe: Has Farmer Access Improved Following Economic Reforms?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rusike,   Joseph; Howard,   Julie A.; Maredia,   Mywish K.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 19.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11284

TRANSFORMATION VERSUS STAGNATION IN THE OIL PALM INDUSTRY: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND NIGERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kajisa,   Kei; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Boughton,   Duncan.
This paper contrasts the successful transformation of the oil palm sector in Malaysia with the stagnation of the oil palm sector in Nigeria, and examines the factors determining the different paths that the oil palm sectors took in these two countries with the aim of drawing lessons for future development and transfer strategy in Nigeria.  Comparing two countries in different regions is not easy, especially when Nigeria has been in political chaos and the agro-climatic environments for oil-palm production differ greatly in these two countries. The purpose of this paper is, therefore, not to compare the potential technology frontiers these two countries can reach, but instead to highlight the technological and environmental factors that helped or hindered...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11483

Green Revolution Technology Takes Root in Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/Sg2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Demeke,   Mulat; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Stepanek,   Julie.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008 - June 2009: 10.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11400

Green Revolution Technology Takes Root In Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia; Statistical Annex and Copies of Questionnaire
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Stepanek,   Julie; Crawford,   Eric W.; Demeke,   Mulat; Maredia,   Mywish K.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Agricultural inputs; Ethiopia; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 5; O33.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54579

PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA AND MOZAMBIQUE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Stepanek,   Julie; Crawford,   Eric W.
Critics argue that high external input technologies are too costly for African farmers, and that pilot programs to promote them are economically unsustainable.  This paper assesses Sasakawa-Global 2000 programs in Ethiopia and Mozambique; budgets, yield models and subsector analysis help explain the radically different country results and prognoses for sustainable adoption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technology adoption; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sasakawa-Global 2000; Maize; Fertilizer; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O002; O003.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21570

CYCLICAL CONCENTRATION AND CONSOLIDATION IN BIOTECH R&amp;D: A NEO-SCHUMPETERIAN MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Wolf,   Christopher A.; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.; Naseem,   Anwar; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Raper,   Kellie Curry; Hightower,   Amie L.
Over the past fifteen years, the agricultural biotechnology industry has exhibited cyclical behavior in concentration and consolidation.  This paper provides a theoretical model of endogenous R&amp;D, in which industry concentration exhibits cyclical behavior.  The model also generates additional testable hypotheses, and policy implications.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11812

THE ECONOMICS OF BIOSAFETY: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.
There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology.  Most of these studies, however, address the issue of biosafety from a scientific, legal, environmental and organizational perspective.  The purpose of this paper is to add to this discussion by providing an economic perspective on regulating products of agricultural biotechnology, with special emphasis on implications for developing countries who are under increasing pressure to put a biosafety framework in place. The paper provides a brief discussion on the economic rationale for biosafety regulations, explains the economic benefits and costs...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Biosafety; Economic aspects; Developing countries; Agriculture; Biotechnology; Research; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11768

Assessing the Impact of the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (B/C CRSP) Graduate Degree Training
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jamora,   Nelissa; Bernsten,   Richard H.; Maredia,   Mywish K.
The study evaluated the impacts of the graduate degree training (GDT) component of the B/C CRSP. In their enhanced capacity, trainees have been playing important roles in strengthening teaching and research capacity in bean and cowpea sectors, both in the U.S. and in host countries. The study recommends the continued commitment and increased financial support to GDT.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Impact assessment; B/C CRSP; Training; Graduate degree; Beans; Cowpeas; Crop Production/Industries; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q16; I23; O15; O19.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6918

Green Revolution Technology Takes Root in Africa  The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Stepanek,   Julie; Crawford,   Eric W.; Demeke,   Mulat; Maredia,   Mywish K.
In 1993, the Sasakawa/Global 2000 Program (SG) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) began a joint program to demonstrate that substantial productivity increases could be achieved when farmers were given appropriate extension messages and agricultural inputs were delivered on time at reasonable prices. The program provided credit, inputs and extension assistance to participants willing to establish half-hectare demonstration plots on their own land. In 1995, the MOA/SG demonstration program reached more than 3,500 farmers. During the same year MOA launched the New Extension Program (NEP) based on SG principles but managed independently. By 1997, NEP was managing the bulk of the demonstration plots. Although the MOA/SG program is widely considered to be a...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Agricultural inputs; Ethiopia; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008 - June 2009: 15; O33.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54667

IS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STILL A PUBLIC GOOD?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.; Wolf,   Christopher A.; Naseem,   Anwar; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Hightower,   Amie L.
The nature of public agricultural research changed in 1980 when the Bayh-Dole Act allowed universities to retain title to inventions that were created with Federal funds, and the court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty allowed patenting of living tissue and eventually other bio-engineered products.  In 1997, over 2,300 new licenses and options were executed on academic life-sciences property.  This raises the questions agricultural research still be a public good?  This paper is a critical first step in understanding how increasingly private ownership of intellectual property affects the agribusiness environment and the evolving role of public agricultural research institutions.  The innovative step in this paper is the development of a formal economic model...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11821

Increasing Seed System Efficiency in Africa: Concepts, Strategies and Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.; Howard,   Julie A.; Boughton,   Duncan; Naseem,   Anwar; Wanzala,   Maria N.; Kajisa,   Kei.
The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework that can be used by agricultural leaders, administrators, policy makers, and seed program managers to (1) understand key factors affecting seed system development; and (2) compare organizational and institutional strategies for increasing seed system effectiveness. A literature review of recent studies on seed system development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was undertaken to achieve these objectives. The studies reviewed included published and unpublished reports, monographs, and case studies.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Sub-Saharan Africa; Seed system; Crop Production/Industries; Downloads July 2008-July 2009: 22; F0.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54578

Facilitating Seed Sector Transformation in Africa: Key Findings from the Literature
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.; Howard,   Julie A.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 9.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11366

GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS FROM A NORTH-NORTH-SOUTH TRADE MODEL: A BIOTECH REVOLUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weatherspoon,   Dave D.; Oehmke,   James F.; Wolf,   Christopher A.; Naseem,   Anwar; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Hightower,   Amie L.
The emergence of agricultural biotechnology and policy responses to is altering global agricultural trade patterns.  This paper models the effects of restrictive policies concerning the production and consumption of genetically modified agricultural products.  The model relies on a Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson framework, adapted to include neo-Schumpeterian research and innovation.  The model includes two 'North' countries, the United States (US) and the European Union (EU), and the 'South'.  The EU is represented as prohibiting the production and consumption of biotech products, but not restricting biotech research relative to NA.  Model results include implications for economic growth, welfare, and trade patterns for the EU, US and S, given the restrictive...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11566

INVESTMENT STRATEGIES FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN EMERGING RESEARCH SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maredia,   Mywish K.; Byerlee,   Derek R.; Maredia,   Karim.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26022

Impacts of U.S. Graduate Degree Training on Capacity Building in Developing Countries:  A Case Study of the Pulse CRSP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jamora,   Nelissa; Bernsten,   Richard H.; Maredia,   Mywish K.
The Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Program (Pulse CRSP) had allocated a major part of its resources to providing graduate degree training (GDT) of scientists/researchers in order to strengthen agricultural research capacity in Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. However, no systematic attempt had been made to assess the impact of this investment. The study adopted the Kirkpatrick framework as a guide for evaluating the impacts of GDT by the Pulse CRSP. The results were drawn from a survey of former trainees and researchers, supplemented by interviews with scientists and program administrators and an institutional case study. An important finding was that over 86% of host country trainees returned to their home country. In their enhanced...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Impact assessment; Pulse CRSP; USAID; Training; Graduate degree; Beans; Cowpeas; International Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q16-R&amp;D-Agricultural technology-Biofuels-Agricultural Extension Services.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105037

CYCLICAL CONCENTRATION AND BIOTECH R&amp;D ACTIVITY: A NEO-SCHUMPETERIAN MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Wolf,   Christopher A.; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.; Naseem,   Anwar; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Raper,   Kellie Curry; Hightower,   Amie L.
Several characteristics of biotech industry structure follow cyclical patterns. Mergers and acquisitions activity shows cyclical behavior, with peaks from 1988-92 and 1996-97 and a valley from 1993-95. The ratio of large-firm to small-firm field trials, and the Herfindahl-Hirshmann concentration index, move pro-cyclically with M&amp;A activity. This paper develops a formal, dynamic, neo-Schumpeterian model of endogenous R&amp;D and innovation. The model generalizes and extends the literature on biotech industry concentration.  For specified parameter values, the out-of-steady-state dynamics are examined, and shown to generate model behavior which is consistent with empirical descriptions of biotech concentration and R&amp;D-activity cycles.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11792

CAN THE MOMENTUM BE SUSTAINED? AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE/SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000'S EXPERIMENT WITH IMPROVED CEREALS TECHNOLOGY IN ETHIOPIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howard,   Julie A.; Demeke,   Mulat; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Stepanek,   Julie.
A joint research activity of: Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation Grain Marketing Research Project/ Michigan State University.  Ethiopia, one of the most densely populated countries in Africa, faces increasing food insecurity unless it can dramatically boost agricultural productivity per hectare.  In 1993, the Sasakawa/Global 2000 Program (SG2000) began work in Ethiopia in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Extension and Cooperatives (MOA).  The objective of their joint program was to demonstrate the productivity increases that could be achieved when farmers were provided with appropriate research messages, adequate extension assistance, and agricultural inputs such as improved seed, fertilizers and agrochemicals,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11526