Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy
This book presents the first thorough economic analysis of current agricultural biotechnology regulation. The contributors, most of whom are agricultural economists working either in universities or NGOs, address issues such as commercial pesticides, the
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NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Editor: David Zilberman Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720 EDITORIAL STATEMENT There is a growing awareness to the role that natural resources such as water, land, forests and environmental amenities play in our lives. There are many competing uses for natural resources, and society is challenged to manage them for improving social well being. Furthermore, there may be dire consequences to natural resources mismanagement. Renewable resources such as water, land and the environment are linked, and decisions made with regard to one may affect the others. Policy and management of natural resources now require interdisciplinary approach including natural and social sciences to correctly address our society preferences. This series provides a collection of works containing most recent findings on economics, management and policy of renewable biological resources such as water, land, crop protection, sustainable agriculture, technology, and environmental health. It incorporates modem thinking and techniques of economics and management, Books in this series will incorporate knowledge and models of natural phenomena with economics and managerial decision frameworks to assess alternative options for managing natural resources and environment.
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REGULATING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: ECONOMICS AND POLICY
Edited by
RICHARD E. JUST University of Maryland
JULIAN M. ALSTON University of California, Davis
DAVID ZILBERMAN University of California, Berkeley
LiesI Koch, Tecfinical Editor
Springer
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006929864
ISBN: 10: 0-387-36952-X lSBN-13: 978-0387-36952-5
(Printed on acid-free paper)
e-ISBN-10: 0-387-36953-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-0387-36953-2
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