Message-ID: <2DF3344FA15BD111B413006094516DFB0459A746@umc-mail02.missouri.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:24:51 -0600 From: UMC AGECON AgBioForum <mailto:AgBioForum@MISSOURI.EDU> Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
CALL FOR PAPERSAgBioForum is a quarterly on-line magazine devoted to the economics and management of agricultural biotechnology. AgBioForum publishes short, non-technical reports of current research. Contributions are referred through peer review. There is no page-charge for publishing in AgBioForum and we provide summary feedback (overall rating of paper and reader comments) as part of the interactivity of the magazine. We are inviting submitted articles on the following themes:
* The economics of biotechnology in LDCs. Agrobiotechnology has the potential to address food and nutrient supply issues in developing countries. Yet, no significant diffusion of the technology has taken place to date. Private investment so far has been directed towards developed countries, with the role of the CGIARs in technology transfer being more limited than in the past. Papers are solicited that address issues of ownership of intellectual property rights, trade in GMOs, private versus public investment, the distributional impacts of the new technology, or generally relate to the economics of biotechnology in LDCs. The submission deadline is July 15th 1999.
* The economics of functional foods. Functional foods are meant to impart health benefits or have positive physiological effects that go beyond basic nutrition. As the exact definition of functional foods is still evolving, so too is the complex of grain and food processing, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms with a stake in the technology. Papers are solicited which address issues on labeling, marketing, industry structure, and generally relate to the economics of functional foods. The submission deadline October 15th 1999.
* The economics of animal agrobiotechnology. Much of the current interest in agrobiotechnology has been generated by the rapid commercialization and adoption of transgenic crops. Yet one of the first technologies to be commercialized was bovine growth hormone (BGH). Advances in animal agrobiotechnology, for example, have the potential for livestock improvements through genetic selection, cloning, enhanced food nutrition, therapeutics, and waste management. Papers are solicited which relate to the economics and management of animal agrobiotechnologies. The submission deadline is January 15th 2000.
AgBioForum encourages article submissions related to the economics and management of agrobiotechnology at any time. For more information and submission guidelines visit http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/ <http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/> or you can write to the Editor, AgBioForum at mailto:agbioforum@missouri.edu <mailto:agbioforum@missouri.edu>