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

Curtis M. Jolly, Kenrett Y. Jefferson-Moore and Greg Traxler ()

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005, vol. 37, issue 2, 16

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.

Date: 2005
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