Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China?
India is considering approving genetically modified (GM) rice, but it fears losing rice exports to sensitive countries with import regulations on GM food, and may wait for China to lead the way. Using a multiregion, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, we simulate the economic effects of intr...
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okr-10986-58012021-04-23T14:02:23Z Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China? Gruere, Guillaume P. Mevel, Simon Bouet, Antoine Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Collectives Communes Agriculture P320 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, and Aid P330 Agricultural R&D Agricultural Technology Agricultural Extension Services Q160 Agriculture in International Trade Q170 India is considering approving genetically modified (GM) rice, but it fears losing rice exports to sensitive countries with import regulations on GM food, and may wait for China to lead the way. Using a multiregion, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, we simulate the economic effects of introducing GM rice in India with or without China in the presence of labeling and import approval regulations of GM food in GM sensitive importing countries. We find that the welfare gains with GM rice in India would largely exceed any potential export loss, and that the segregation of non-GM rice could help reduce these minor losses. We also find no significant first mover advantage for India or China on GM rice. The opportunity cost of segregation of non-GM rice is much larger for sensitive importers than for India, which suggests that these importers would have the incentive to pay for the cost of segregation. 2012-03-30T07:34:36Z 2012-03-30T07:34:36Z 2009 Journal Article Agricultural Economics 01695150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5801 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India China |
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India is considering approving genetically modified (GM) rice, but it fears losing rice exports to sensitive countries with import regulations on GM food, and may wait for China to lead the way. Using a multiregion, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, we simulate the economic effects of introducing GM rice in India with or without China in the presence of labeling and import approval regulations of GM food in GM sensitive importing countries. We find that the welfare gains with GM rice in India would largely exceed any potential export loss, and that the segregation of non-GM rice could help reduce these minor losses. We also find no significant first mover advantage for India or China on GM rice. The opportunity cost of segregation of non-GM rice is much larger for sensitive importers than for India, which suggests that these importers would have the incentive to pay for the cost of segregation. |
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Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China? |
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Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China? |
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Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China? |
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Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China? |
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Balancing Productivity and Trade Objectives in a Competing Environment: Should India Commercialize GM Rice with or without China? |
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balancing productivity and trade objectives in a competing environment: should india commercialize gm rice with or without china? |
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