Genetically Modified Crops: International Trade and Trade Policy Effects

Frisvold, George; Reeves, Jeanne; Frisvold, George; Reeves, Jeanne

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.206302

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“…Methodologies used to evaluate bilateral and multilateral trade are quite mature. Analytical approaches incorporate static and dynamic approaches examining individual production systems and crops [32,3,65]. Models typically used in these approaches take advantage of existing trade databases maintained by various organizations such as the Global Trade Analysis Project, World Trade Organization (WTO), and the World Bank.…”

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Socio-Economic Considerations and Potential Implications for Gene-Edited Crops

Ludlow

Smyth

Falck-Zepeda

2021

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Regulatory clarity and efficiency are increasingly important for the successful commercialization of technologies resulting from public and private R&D investments. This article examines recent developments in the movement away from mostly science-based risk assessment regulatory and variety approval systems focusing on human and animal health and environmental safety to hybrid systems that include assessment of socio-economic considerations allowed for under the auspices of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. We propose that socio-economic consideration assessments can be grouped into three methodological categories: empirically based, legally grounded and consensus approaches. Our exploration of developments in the three categories reveals gaps in data, consistency and methodology rigor, that must be addressed for efficient and reliable socio-economic consideration assessment. We assess the potential impacts of these gaps on the regulation of gene-edited crop varieties, concluding that if gene-edited crops are regulated as genetically modified crops, they will endure the same fate, that is, lengthy regulatory approval processes and failure to be commercialized. The end result being that the regulatory burdens in potential adopting and food insecure countries will prevent important new crop varieties from reaching farmers and producers for their use. https://doi.org/10.21423/jrs-v09i2ludlow

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Section: Empirically Based Methodologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-Economic Considerations and Potential Implications for Gene-Edited Crops

Ludlow

Smyth

Falck-Zepeda

2021

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Foreign Market Entry Strategies in the United States/European Union Agribusiness Trade Context

Calegario,

Houston,

Bruhn

et al. 2015

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Reassessing the Cost-Effectiveness of High-Provitamin A Bananas to Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda

Kozicka¹,

Elsey²,

Ekesa³

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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There are two high-provitamin A (pVA) banana-based interventions potentially available in Uganda—biofortified genetically modified (GM) banana and fast-tracked banana landraces from outside Uganda that are naturally high in provitamin A (nHpVA). Based on the newest country statistics and using adoption scenarios obtained through focus group discussions and expert interviews, we assess obstacles and opportunities for adoption as well as cost-effectiveness of these interventions. In two alternative scenarios for the GM banana (M9 matooke), we assume 40% and 64% adoption rates, which would result in US$29,374,151 and US$63,259,415 in income saved, respectively. As an alternative, for the symmetrical scenarios, we calculate that if the nHpVA banana (Apantu plantain, native of Ghana) were to be adopted, US$46,100,148 and US$76,364,988 in income would be saved. Taking into account the full cost of R&D, we estimate that the M9 matooke could save one disability-adjusted life year (DALY) at a cost of US$67.37 at best and US$145.09 at worst. We estimate that the Apantu plantain could save one DALY at a cost of US$50.54 at best and US$83.72 at worst. Our DALY analysis estimates that all assessed HpVA banana interventions are extremely cost-effective in all scenarios, following both the World Bank's and the WHO criteria. Nevertheless, successful interventions would require extensive promotion campaigns and shifts in agricultural value chains.

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Genetically Modified Crops: International Trade and Trade Policy Effects

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

Socio-Economic Considerations and Potential Implications for Gene-Edited Crops

Socio-Economic Considerations and Potential Implications for Gene-Edited Crops

Foreign Market Entry Strategies in the United States/European Union Agribusiness Trade Context

Reassessing the Cost-Effectiveness of High-Provitamin A Bananas to Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda

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