Size and Distribution of Market Benefits From Adopting Biotech Crops

Gregory K. Price , William Lin , José B. Falck-Zepeda , and Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Bt cotton;    herbicide-tolerant cotton;    herbicide-tolerant soybeans;    agricultural biotechnology;    market benefits;    stakeholders;    distribution of benefits;   

RP-ID  :  TB-1906

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This study estimates the size and distribution of benefits from adopting Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton, herbicide-tolerant cotton, and herbicide-tolerant soybeans in 1997. The stakeholders considered are U.S. farmers, U.S. consumers, biotechnology developers, germplasm suppliers, and producers and consumers in the rest of the world.