Economic Impacts Of Genetically Modified Crops In China

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Economic Impacts Of Genetically Modified Crops In China

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Huang, Jikun
Hu, Ruifa
van Meijl, Hans
van Tongeren, Frank

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China has made a major investment in biotechnology research. Genetically modified (GM) cotton is widely adopted and the list of GM technologies in trials is impressive. At the same time there is an active debate on when China should commercialize its GM food crops. The overall goal of this paper is to provide an economy-wide assessment of these issues under various scenarios. Based on a unique data from empirical micro-level study and field trial in China and a modified GTAP model, our results indicate that the development of biotechnology has an important impact on China's production, trade and welfare. Welfare gains far outweigh the public biotechnology research expenditures. Most gains occur inside China. Policy makers should put less weight on the international dimension in making their decisions on biotechnology development.

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Paper provided by International Association of Agricultural Economists in its series 2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa with number 25883.

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Meijl, Hans van & Tongeren, Frank van, 2004. "International diffusion of gains from biotechnology and the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 31(2-3), pages 307-316, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- van Tongeren, Frank & van Meijl, Hans, 2003. "International Diffusion Of Gains From Biotechnology And The European Union'S Common Agricultural Policy," 2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa 25835, International Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
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- Kym Anderson & Shunli Yao, 2003. "China, Gmos And World Trade In Agricultural And Textile Products," Pacific Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 8(2), pages 157-169, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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Bond, Craig A. & Carter, Colin A. & Farzin, Y. Hossein, 2005. "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Adoption of Genetically Modified Rice in California," Research Reports 11927, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation. [Downloadable!]
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