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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN CHINA
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| Autores: |
Huang, Jikun
Hu, Ruifa
van Meijl, Hans
van Tongeren, Frank W.
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| Data: |
2003-10-27
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| Ano: |
2003
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| Palavras-chave: |
Economic impacts
Biotechnology
Genetically modified crops
China
Crop Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
C68
D58
F13
O33
Q17
Q18
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| Resumo: |
China has made a major investment in biotechnology research. Genetically modified (GM) cotton is widely adopted and the list of GM technologies in trials is impressive. At the same time there is an active debate on when China should commercialize its GM food crops. The overall goal of this paper is to provide an economy-wide assessment of these issues under various scenarios. Based on a unique data from empirical micro-level study and field trial in China and a modified GTAP model, our results indicate that the development of biotechnology has an important impact on China's production, trade and welfare. Welfare gains far outweigh the public biotechnology research expenditures. Most gains occur inside China. Policy makers should put less weight on the international dimension in making their decisions on biotechnology development.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
11251
http://purl.umn.edu/25883
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
9
application/pdf
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