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Agricultural Biotechnology. Marshall A. Martin Professor and Associate Head Department of Agricultural Economics Purdue University March 2000. What is biotechnology?. New name for an old tool Molecular biology Genetic engineering Techniques of rDNA. Medical applications of biotechnology.
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Agricultural Biotechnology Marshall A. Martin Professor and Associate Head Department of Agricultural Economics Purdue University March 2000
What is biotechnology? • New name for an old tool • Molecular biology • Genetic engineering • Techniques of rDNA
Medical applications of biotechnology • Control of diabetes with Humalin or Humalog
What are the new products of biotechnology? • Food ingredients, e.g., chymosin
What are the new products of agricultural biotechnology? • Animal growth hormones, e.g., bST
What are the new products of agricultural biotechnology? • Herbicide tolerant crops, e.g., Roundup Ready soybeans and corn and Liberty Link corn
What are the new products of agricultural biotechnology? • Insect resistant crops commercially available, e.g., Bt corn, cotton, and potatoes • Corn rootworm resistance in 2001?
Biotechnology Adoption: 1999 • Chymosin 80% • Bst • Farmers 15% • Herds 30% • Crops • Corn 30% • Cotton 50% • soybeans 57%
What are the new products of agricultural biotechnology? • Identity-preserved or specific-attribute crops (vaccines, higher oil or starch content, additional amino acids)
Who are the stakeholders? • Farmers
Who are the stakeholders? • Agribusiness
Who are the stakeholders? • Consumers
Who are the stakeholders? • Environmentalists
Who are the stakeholders? • International traders
Who are the stakeholders? • Policy makers
Who are the stakeholders? • Ethicists
Biotechnology Critics What are their concerns?
Who regulates agricultural biotechnology? • U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Who regulates agricultural biotechnology? • Environmental Protection Agency
Who regulates agricultural biotechnology? • Food and Drug Administration
The International Trade Controversy over GMOs • Who are our customers for agricultural commodities?
U.S. Corn Use 1999 • Exports 21% • Feed 59% • Food, Seed,& Industrial 20%
U.S. Shelled Corn Exports 1999 • Canada 2% • Mexico 11% • South America 8% • EU-15 <1% • Asia 60% • (Japan) (30%)
U.S. Corn By-Products Exports 1999 • Canada 1% • Mexico 3% • South America 1% • EU-15 88% • Asia 6% • (Japan) (2%)
U.S. Soybean Use 1999 • Exports 31% • Crush 61% • Seed & Residual 8%
U.S. Soybean Exports1999 • Canada 1% • Mexico 15% • South America 1% • EU-15 26% • Asia 52% • (Japan) (16%)
U.S. Soybean Meal Exports1999 • Canada 13% • Mexico 2% • South America 15% • EU-15 7% • Asia 33% • (Japan) (4%)
Many Europeans uneasy about biotechnology • Strong environmental movement
Many Europeans uneasy about biotechnology • Strong environmental movement • No coherent regulatory system
Many Europeans uneasy about biotechnology • Strong environmental movement • No coherent regulatory system • Weak public trust in government since mad cow disease
Many Europeans uneasy about biotechnology • Strong environmental movement • No coherent regulatory system • Weak public trust in government since mad cow disease • EU consumers perceive no benefits with potential risk
Many Europeans uneasy about agricultural biotechnology • Strong environmental movement • No coherent regulatory system • Weak public trust in government since mad cow disease • EU consumers perceive no benefits with potential risk • Protectionist farm policies
Many Europeans uneasy about agricultural biotechnology • Strong environmental movement • No coherent regulatory system • Weak public trust in government since mad cow disease • EU consumers perceive no benefits with potential risk • Protectionist farm policies • Strong support for labeling
Geographic diversity in views • Least support in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Luxembourg
Geographic diversity in views • Least support in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Luxembourg • More support in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Finland, and Greece
U.S. Consumer Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology • About 3/4 Americans have heard of biotechnology
U.S. Consumer Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology • About 3/4 Americans have heard of biotechnology • About 1 out of 3 consumers know that GMO foods are now in our supermarkets