12 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Authors developed a composite index of GMO standard restrictiveness for 60 countries, assigning objective scores to six different regulatory dimensions. Results showed that many of the determinants highlighted in the theoretical literature are important determinants of the restrictiveness of the GMO regulation. Findings emphasized the prominent role of the market for information, "showing that the structure of domestic mass media (public vs. private) is an important driver of GMO standards."
Barefoot, Susan F. (author), Beachy, Roger N. (author), Lilburn, Michael S. (author), and Barefoot: Chair, Department of Food Science, Clemson University, Clemson, DC; Beachy: Department of Cell Biology. MRC-7, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA; Lilburn: Department of Poultry Science, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07963
Notes:
CAST, Ames, IA: Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, July 1994. 8 p. (Issue paper no. 4).
Phillips, Peter W. B. (author) and McNeill, Heather (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21704
Notes:
Pages 245-260 in Vittorio Santaniello, Robert E. Evenson and David Zilberman (eds.), Market development for genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 318 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D05928
Notes:
Pages 27-38 in Allan Eaglesham, Sandra Ristow and Ralph W.F. Hardy (eds.) Biotechnology: science and society at a crossroad. NABC Report 15. National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, Ithaca, New York. 292 pages., "...holding innumerable debates about the pros and cons of agricultural biotechnology will not resolve the issues raised here, as long as the problem is framed as a lack of knowledge."
