Globalisation and GMOs: Evolution, Regulation and Distributional Consequences of the Biotechnological Food Revolution

Andy Thorpe and Catherine Robinson ()

Working Papers from Portsmouth University - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper aims to identify the likely winners and losers in the biotechnological revolution by firstly reviewing the history of GM technology and identifies the scientific risks to the consumer and environment, arising from the cultivation of GM crops and the consumers perceptions thereof.

Keywords: BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; FOOD STANDARDS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 Q16 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2001
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