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Consequences of Biotechnology Policy for Competitiveness and Trade of Southern U.S. Agriculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Curtis Jolly ,
Kenrett Y. Jefferson-Moore  and
Greg Traxler
Curtis Jolly
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Kenrett Y. Jefferson-Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
Greg Traxler
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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Abstract

The effect of policy decisions on the competitiveness of genetically modified (GM) crops was examined. The United States has been an early innovator in the development and use of biotechnology crops and has expanded its export market share of the three major GM crops: soybeans, cotton, and corn. Cotton, soybeans, and corn are all grown in the southern states, but these states have an apparent comparative advantage only in the production of cotton, which may be strengthened with the adoption of genetically modified cotton. The influence of biotechnology on the competitiveness of soybeans and corn for the southern states through the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is not clear but is probably negligible.

Keywords

biotechnologycompetitivenesssouthern agricultureQ13Q17Q16Q18
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Invited Paper Sessions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , August 2005 , pp. 393 - 407
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2005

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