Publications Review Seminar, April 24, 2008, 12:30 – 2:00 pm.
Presenters: Melinda Smale, José Falck-Zepeda, Guillaume Gruère, Indira Yerramareddy, and Patricia Zambrano.
IFPRI Headquarters, 2033 K Street NW, Washington DC.
Since the first transgenic crops were released to farmers in 1996, documented experience with these crops in developing agriculture has accumulated but remains narrow in scope. Only a few crop-trait combinations have been examined in a limited number of countries, and the time period of adoption is brief. Focusing on applied economics methods, this review examines the evidence that is based on the analysis of empirical data and has been published in peer-reviewed articles. Understanding research protocols and analytical approaches improves our comprehension of findings and their interpretation.
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Tags: agriculture, transgenic, crops, first decade
