The Biofuel Situation and Policies in Developing Countries

Bancroft Hotel Berkeley, CA
May 7 and 8, 2009

Presentations

January 2009

Production Variability and Adoption of New Technology: An Economic Framework
by Brian Wright

The Political Economy of Biotech Regulation: Case studies from India
by Carl E. Pray & Bharat Ramaswami

GM Food and Feed in China: Will Chinese Production of GM Rice and Corn be Allowed?
by Carl E. Pray, Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle

Gene Revolution in Developing Countries?
by Carl E. Pray

Evaluation of Rockefeller Foundation (RF) Drought Tolerant Rice Research
by Carl E. Pray

Lessons from the Adoption of Irrigation Technology
by Profs. David Sunding and David Zilberman

How European Resistance to Biotechnology Has Hurt the Developing World
by Gregory Graff, Gal Hochman, David Zilberman

OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS: Development of a Crop Production System Evaluation Platform for Strategic Investment Decisions
by Jawoo Koo

Development of Drought resistant Rice in Thailand
by Orachos Napasintuwong

Breeding for Drought Tolerant Corn
by Peter J. Freymark Ph.D.

Explaining Africa’s Resistance to Agricultural Biotechnology
by Robert Paarlberg

Data as Social Product: Whose Numbers on India's Bt Cotton Count ?
by Ronald J. Herring

The Value Seed Traits that Reduce Risk? Bt in India and Drought-Tolerance in Morocco
by Travis J. Lybbert

Technology and Innovation in World Agriculture
by Prof. Wallace E. Huffman

Time to Change What to Sow: Risk Preferences and Technology Adoptions of Cotton Farmers in China
by Elaine M. Liu

Water Efficient Maize For Afiria (WEMA)
by Ranjana Smetacek

Quantifying BIOTECH Adoption and Diffusion Processes
by David Zilberman