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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Colony Collapse Disorder and Seed Business
(image from Bloomberg: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303635604576392021851510578.html) In his textbook on non-market strategy, David Baron offers a model of the life-cycle of an issue (1). When he says non-market strategy, his is referring to action taken to influence both government action and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Christensen, Colony Collapse Disorder, crisis, France, interest group, issue, neonicitinoid insecticide, PERC, Precautionary Principle, Regulation, science, seed applied insecticides, seed insecticide, strategy
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The Conflict between Monsanto and DuPont Over the Original Roundup Ready Soybean Trait
June 22, 2011 Seed regulation can lead to unexpected company battles (image from: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/22100/22111/romanbattle_22111_lg.gif) The conflict between Monsanto and DuPont continues to appear in the news. Scott Kilman of the Wall Street Journal continues to provide … Continue reading
Posted in Regulatory
Tagged Biotech, biotech regulatory, biotechnology, Christensen, DuPont, Europe, European approval, glyphosate, intellectual property, modern biotechnology, Monsanto, Optimum GAT, policy, power, registration, Regulation, regulatory, royalty, RR, science, Seed, stewardship
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Seed Sustainability: 2011 BIGMAP Symposium
The seed business is getting a great deal of benefit from farmers’ use of biotechnology. In a global view of sustainability, for the existing population of the world, agricultural biotechnology can be regarded as a sustainable technology, … Continue reading
Posted in World Views
Tagged Biotech, biotechnology, Choice, Christensen, Coase, Coexistance, democratic, genetically modified, impact, incompatible, organic crops, organic food production, pollen, postmodernism, Regulation, Ronald Coase, science, Seed, Seed regulation, sustainability, transaction cost, type II error, values
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