Governing evolution: a socioecological comparison of resistance management for insecticidal transgenic Bt crops among four countries

Y Carrière, ZS Brown, SJ Downes, G Gujar, G Epstein… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Cooperative management of pest susceptibility to transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
crops is pursued worldwide in a variety of forms and to varying degrees of success …

What do we know about chain actors' evaluation of new food technologies? A systematic review of consumer and farmer studies

C Kamrath, J Wesana, S Bröring… - … Reviews in Food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New food technologies, such as genetic modification, food fortification, and processing
technologies, are of growing interest for future food security and safety. For ensuring …

Measuring social networks' effects on agricultural technology adoption

A Maertens, CB Barrett - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Technological improvements, perhaps especially in agriculture, drive sustainable advances
in labor productivity, incomes, food security and general economic growth. But improved …

The roles of risk and ambiguity in technology adoption

BL Barham, JP Chavas, D Fitz, VR Salas… - Journal of Economic …, 2014 - Elsevier
We study the impacts of risk and ambiguity aversion on the adoption of new technologies,
specifically genetically modified (GM) corn and soy seeds. We conduct experiments …

The willingness to adopt agro-ecological innovations: Application of choice modelling to Caribbean banana planters

JM Blazy, A Carpentier, A Thomas - Ecological Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an ex ante evaluation of the willingness to adopt agro-ecological
innovations aimed at reducing pesticide use for banana production in the French West …

Risk, learning, and technology adoption

BL Barham, JP Chavas, D Fitz… - Agricultural …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores how decision makers learn and use information, with an application to
the adoption of biotechnology in agriculture. The empirical analysis relies on experimental …

Why do farmers burn rice residue? Examining farmers' choices in Punjab, Pakistan

T Ahmed, B Ahmad, W Ahmad - Land use policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution,
increase in black carbon and contributions to regional and global climate change. This study …

FEAST of biosensors: Food, environmental and agricultural sensing technologies (FEAST) in North America

ES McLamore, E Alocilja, C Gomes… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We review the challenges and opportunities for biosensor research in North America aimed
to accelerate translational research. We call for platform approaches based on: i) tools that …

Heterogeneous demand for drought-tolerant rice: Evidence from Bihar, India

PS Ward, DL Ortega, DJ Spielman, V Singh - World Development, 2014 - Elsevier
Efforts to develop rice cultivars with drought tolerance (DT) traits have resulted in several
varieties that demonstrate significant resilience to drought stresses. We employ discrete …

Adoption d'innovations par les agriculteurs: rôle des perceptions et des préférences

C Roussy, A Ridier, K Chaib - 2015 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Résumé La conception d'innovations agro-écologiques de nature systémique dans le
secteur des grandes cultures permet aujourd'hui de concilier les enjeux de productivité et la …