Important Publications
Compliance costs for regulatory approval of new
biotech crops
GM crops: Fears and excitement
The Unfolding Gene Revolution: The Ideology, Science, and Regulation of Plant Biotechnology
Extreme polyploidy in a large bacterium
Midgut bacteria required for Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal activity
Agriculture for Sustainable Economic Development:
A Global R&D
Initiative to Avoid a
Deep and Complex Crisis
Biosafety in India
Biosafety and Beyond
Attributes and Socio-economic Dynamics of Adopting Bt Cotton
Biology and Utility, Meanings and Histories
GMOs: Need for Appropriate Risk Assessment System
Bt Cotton in India
Bt Cotton: Farmers’ Reactions
Biotechnologists Too Are Bound by Scientific Methods
Suicide Seeds? Biotechnology Meets the Developmental State
Turning science into policy: challenges and experiences from the science–policy interface
Adoption of Bt Cotton and Impact Variability: Insights from India
Noninvasive molecular imaging of small living subjects using Raman spectroscopy
The cost of biosafety regulations: the Indian experience
Biofortified Crops and Biotechnology: A Political Economy Landscape for India
Naturalising Transgenics: Official Seeds, Loose Seeds and Risk in the Decision Matrix of
Gujarati Cotton Farmers
Mitochondrial heteroplasmy and the evolution of insecticide resistance:
Non-Mendelian inheritance in action
Larval Feeding on Bt Hybrid and Non-Bt Corn Seedlings by Harmonia axyridis
(Coleoptera:
Coccinellidae) and Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Larry Hoffman. L.B.Hoffman Farms Inc., and Dale Beaudoin vs. Monsanto Canada Inc. and Bayer Cropscience Inc.
The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Citation: 2007 SKCA 47, Docket: 1148
Modern Biotechnology as an Integral Supplement to Conventional Plant Breeding: The Prospects and Challenges
Crop Science, 46:1841–1859 (2006).
By Prem P. Jauhar
Naturalising Transgenics: Official Seeds, Loose Seeds and Risk in the Decision Matrix of Gujarati Cotton Farmers
Journal of Development Studies, Vol.43, No.1, 158 –176, January 2007
By Devparna Roy, Ronald J. Herring and Charles C. Geisler
The Genomics Revolution and Development Studies: Science, Poverty and Politics
Journal of Development Studies, Vol.43, No.1, 1 –30, January 2007
By Ronald J Herring
Stealth Seeds: Bioproperty, Biosafety, Biopolitics
Journal of Development Studies, Vol.43, No.1, 130 –157, January 2007
By Ronald J Herring
Why did "Operation Cremate Monsanto" Fail?
Science and Class in India's Great Terminator-Technology Hoax
By Ronald J.Herring, Critical Asian Studies 38:4 (2006), 467–493
Farm-Level Economic Performance of Genetically Modified Cotton in Maharashtra, India
Review of Agricultural Economics—Volume 28, Number 1
The GMO experience in North and South America
International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, 2006
The Top 100 Living Contributors to Biotechnology
Featured at theCORDIA Convention (London; October 2005)
Global Actors, Markets and Rules Driving the Diffusion of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops in Developing Countries
Intenational Journal of. Technology and Globalisation, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, 2006
Do Humans Need GMOs? -- A View from a Global Trade Market
Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, Vol. 8 (1), 147
Pusztai's Potatoes - Is 'Genetic Modification' the Culprit?
By Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff, February 25, 2006
More on Pusztai Research from 'Pandora's Picnic Basket'
By Alan McHughen
Transgenes in Mexican maize: Desirability or inevitability?
By Peter H. Raven, August 15, 2005
Prince Charles and Genetically Modified Food
Articles and comments from AgBioView
Communicating with the Public, Media and Policymakers on AgBiotech Issues
Articles and comments from AgBioView
The Future of Food and Medicine
By Karri Hammerstrom, farmer
Scientific Journal Articles: General Safety and Safety Assessment of Specific Genetically Modified Crops
A compilation of food and feed safety studies
A Decade of Commercialized Transgenic Crops -- Analyses of their Global Adoption, Safety and Benefits
By T.M Manjunath
Playing God or Improving Human Lives?
Religious, Moral and Ethical Perspectives on Food Biotechnology
Articles and comments from AgBioView
USAID Answers Questions About Biotechnology, Addresses Concerns Raised By Countries Receiving U.S. Food Aid
U.S. Agency for International Development
Safety of Bt-Cotton: Facts Allay Fear
By T.M. Manjunath, Ph.D.
Peer Reviewed Publications on the Safety of GM Foods
By Dr. Christopher Preston
Experience from the Humanitarian Golden Rice Project:
Extreme Precautionary Regulation Prevents Use of Green Biotechnology in Public Projects
By Ingo Potrykus
European Biotech Manifesto: Science Fights Back!
'Dangers of Letting "Eco-Stalinists" Hijack Intelligent Debate'
Interview with Klaus Amman
Can GM Crops be Introduced Into Crop Centres of Origin and Diversity?
By C Kameswara Rao and S Shantharam
GM Crops: The Crushing Cost of Regulation
By Willy De Greef
Africa: Time to Focus on Invisible Wealth
By James Shikwati
Can Biotechnology Help Fight World Hunger?
Congressional Hunger Center Biotech Briefing
The Farm Scale Evaluations of GM Crops in UK
Articles and comments from AgBioView
Biodiversity and Agricultural Biotechnology -
A Review of the Impact of Agricultural Biotechnology on Biodiversity
By Klaus Amman, Director of the Botanischer Garten Bern
Chicken Little: The Green Threat to Progress
By Andrew McIntyre
GM-Free Wales -- Admirable Aspiration or Misguided Fantasy?
University of Glamorgan
The Environmental Challenge
By Peter Raven
Deploying the Full Arsenal:Fighting Hunger with Biotechnology (PDF)
By Peter Lacy
UK Organic Farming in Proper Perspective
By Anthony Trewavas, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology
A Critique of Christian Aid and its Attitude to GM crops
Scientists for Labor
Let the facts speak for themselves: The contribution of agricultural crop biotechnology
to American farming (Word Doc)
The American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association and others
A Collection of Open Letters to the Participants in the Phony War Over Biotechnology
By Mark Mansour
Biotech Yield References
A compilation of documents about biotech yields and environmental benefits
The Safety of Foods Produced Through Biotechnology
Society of Toxicology Position Paper
Biotechnology: Addressing Today's Core Issues For Better Food & Industry Growth (PDF)
By Thomas Jeffersoh Hoban, PH.D
Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders: Origins of the Problem and Approaches to Its Control
By Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS
Livestock Performance: Feeding Biotech Crops (PDF)
By J. H. Clark and I. R. Ipharraguerre
Crop Biotechnology: Benefits, Risks and Ownership
By Gordon Conway, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Feeding the World in the 21st Century: The Role of Agricultural Science and Technology
By Norman Borlaug
Applying the Precautionary Principle to Genetically Modified Crops (PDF)
By Indur Goklany
Genetic Modification is a Simple Extension of Conventional Breeding
By Syamal Krishna Ghosh and Chitore Kr. Guha Sarkar
Ending World Hunger: The Promise of Biotechnology and the Threat of Antiscience Zealotry
By Norman E. Borlaug
Dr. Strangelunch -- Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food
By Ronald Bailey
Biotechnology's Greatest Challenge
by Nigel J. Taylor and Claude M. Fauquet
Transgenic Plants and Biosafety: Science, Misconceptions and Public Perceptions
by C. Neal Stewart, Jr, Harold A. Richards, IV and Matthew D. Halfhill
Genetically Modified Crops: Demystifying the Science
by Professor Derek Burke
GM Is the Best Option We Have
by Anthony Trewavas
The Hypocrisy of Organic Farmers
by Professor Bob Goldberg
The "Political Economy" of Agricultural BiotechnologyFor the Developing World
by Klaus M. Leisinger
Scientists Leave the Lab to Defend Bioengineered Food
by Lila Guterman
Billions Served (interview with Norman Borlaug)
by Ronald Bailey
Agriculture in the 21st Century: Vision for Research and Development
by Norman E. Borlaug & Christopher Dowswell
Who's Afraid of Genetic Engineering?
by Jimmy Carter
Feeding a World of 10 Billion People: The Miracle Ahead
by Dr. Norman Borlaug
The Church of England Statement on Genetically Modified Organisms
Church Of England
Why Africa Needs Agricultural Biotech
by Florence Wambugu
The Benefits of Biotechnology
by Senator Bond (MO)
Global Governance: A Recipe for Global Protectionism
by Deepak Lal
The Bogus Debate on Bioethics
by Suman Sahai
Genetically Modified Plants: Monsters or Miracles?
by Nina Fedoroff
Safe in the Ivory Tower?
by Peggy G. Lemaux
Arguments in Favour of Genetically-Modified Crops
by Ben Miflin
Rebuttal to Christian Aid
by Dr. Christopher Dowswell
Are Bioengineered Foods Safe?
by Larry Thompson
Environmental Benefits and Sustainable Agriculture Through Biotechnology
by Dr. Ellin Doyle
Biotechnology Can Help Feed an Increasing World Population - Its Positive and Negative Aspects Need to be Balanced
FAO Press Release
Economic Impact of Transgenic Crops in Developing Countries
By Terri Raney
Gmos And Ngos: Biotechnology, The Policy Process, And The Presentation Of Evidence
The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus)
Agricultural Biotechnology: Legal Liability Regimes from Comparative and International
Perspectives
How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
Salt tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana requires maturation of N-glycosylated proteins in the Golgi apparatus.
Q & A on Bt-Cotton in India.
Answers to more than 70 questions on all aspects.
Scrutinizing Industry-Funded Science: The Crusade Against Conflicts of Interest.
Emerging Markets for GM Foods: An Indian Perspective on Consumer Understanding and
Willingness to Pay.
A three-year longitudinal study on the effects of a diet containing genetically modified Bt176 maize on the health status and performance of sheep.
Potential impacts of genetic use restriction technologies (gurts) on agrobiodiversity and
agricultural production systems.
National Biotechnology Development Strategy.
Ecological Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops.
Economics of BT Cotton vis-a-vis Traditional cotton Varieties.
Is Bt Cotton Cultivation Economically Viable for Indian Farmers?
Trends in Biotechnology.
Genetically Engineered Soybeans.
Review of data on possible toxicity of GM potatoes.
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Report.
Agriculture for Sustainable Economic Development.
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
Managing the Footprint of Agriculture.
Beyond risk - A more realistic risk–benefit analysis of agricultural biotechnologies.
Biosafety and risk assessment framework for selectable marker genes in transgenic crop plants.
A global perspective of the richness and evenness of traditional crop-variety diversity maintained
by farming communities.
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