Kauai agronomist feels connection to the land

Kauai People – December 2, 2009
More than 40 years later, with Hawai`i’s former mainstay crops — pineapple and sugar — downgrading to minor agriculture players, seed development companies are the highest economic value agriculture crop in the state.
Pioneer and other seed companies are creating “parent” seeds in Hawai`i, which are grown in greater quantity on [...]

Ex-ante impact assessment of GM papaya adoption in Thailand

AgBioForum – December 2009
By Orachos Napasintuwong, Kasetart University, Thailand & Greg Traxler, Auburn University
This article estimates what the economic impact of the adoption of GM papaya would be if Thailand were to authorize the use of GM technology. We estimate that total economic surplus in the range of $650 million to $1.5 billion USD would [...]