Bio-era Releases AGBIOTECH 2005 Report on Regional Trends in GM Crop Adoption and Acceptance
New Report Examines Recent Trends and Outlook for GM Crop Adoption in Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Europe – Evaluates Elements of Business Environment in Key Countries
Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 6, 2005 -- Bio Economic Research Associates, or
bio-era™ (www.bio-era.net), a
leading independent research and advisory firm providing analysis on the future
of the global bio economy, today released a new research report, entitled
“Agbiotech 2005: Regional Trends in Adoption and Acceptance”
The full
color report (55 pages; 24 graphics and illustrations) analyzes key developments
and emerging trends in the regional adoption and acceptance of GM crops, and is
available for purchase on the bio-era website. The report summarizes recent
developments in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, North America and
Europe—with in-depth coverage of key countries in each region, especially for
rapidly developing countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The .pdf
version of the full report includes “influence maps” of institutional voices in
the GM crop debate within key countries that are conveniently hyper-linked
directly to each institutions website.
Key Findings:
- New
legislation, regulations, and commercial agreements coming into place in 2005 in
Latin America and Asia make this a momentous year for agricultural
biotechnology. The frameworks now being put in place will pave the way for
significant further expansion of GM crops in these regions. But key stakeholder
groups, detailed in the report, still have the potential to shift the trajectory
of events.
- Based on an evaluation of technical, commercial, and
regulatory factors affecting the business environment for GM crops, Bio era
rates the United States, South Africa, Paraguay, Egypt, Canada, Brazil, and the
Philippines as the nations most supportive of GM crop development.
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Despite the growth in GM crop adoption in some regions, the possibility of
uniformly open markets for GM crops is fading. Regulations governing GM crops
and food products in Europe and Japan remain highly restrictive, even as central
governments take formal steps toward new GM crop approvals. These regulations
cast a long shadow into the international market for key crops
- New
biotech policies likely to be introduced this year in India and China will be of
tremendous importance to the future of GM crops in Asia. Overall, GM crops are
taking root on a rapidly increasing scale in the developing world, but not
without controversy and opposition. If longstanding issues in a few especially
challenging areas that continue to generate controversy could be solved,
companies and governments might win sufficient public confidence to open the way
for much greater and more rapid value creation.
To purchase the report,
or for more information, please visit http://www.bio-era.net/research/add_research_21.html or
contact Stephen C. Aldrich 617 876-2400.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb247372.htm