Kramer, Carol S. (author / Fellow, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future) and Fellow, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04820
Thompson, Paul B. (author / Director, Center for Biotechnology, Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX) and Director, Center for Biotechnology, Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05030
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; See C05022 for original, In: MacDonald, June Fessenden, ed. Agricultural biotechnology : food safety and nutritional quality for the consumer. Ithaca, NY : National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1991. p. 204-217
Batra, Rajeev (author), Ray, Michael L. (author), and Batra: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York; Ray: Professor of Marketing and Communication, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986-09
Published:
USA: Pasadena, CA : The Journal
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05513
Blair, Dorothy (author), Richter, Carolyn (author), Sachs, Carolyn (author), and Sachs: Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University; Blair: Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Pennsylvania State University; Richter: Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA: Columbia, MO : American Council on Consumer Interests.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05519
AGRICOLA FNI 87003371, Socio-economic factors and the change in consumer attitudes toward pesticide use over two decades are examined. This investigation was done by repeating a 1965 survey. Findings show that in both 1965 and 1984 people were most concerned with the effects of pesticides on wildlife with increased concern in 1984 for farmers and farm laborers. It also shows that the concerns about both the impact of pesticides on the environment and on personal health are almost equal in strength; these results imply that the public has limited trust in the regulatory process.
AGRICOLA IND 90019481, Technical change is dynamic, recursive, and endogenous to the economic system. However, empirical studies usually treat technology as exogenous, defining technical change in terms of its end result: changes in some production possibilities set. An endogenous view of technical change is necessary to understand, anticipate, and perhaps alter the development and use of new technologies and their associated problems. This article outlines a conceptual framework in which technical change is endogenous. The framework accounts for the dynamic and recursive interactions between research and development activities, the adoption and diffusion of new innovations, and the regulatory and institutional environment. As an example, the development of glyphosate-tolerant crops is discussed to show how the framework can be used to identify, organize, and understand the important variables and relationships for a specific case of technical change.
