Overview
Agricultural biotechnology has been advancing rapidly;
and for all the promises it offers, it poses as many questions.
Agricultural biotechnology is rewriting the rules in several
key areas—agricultural research policy, industry
structure, production and marketing, consumer preference,
and world food demand—and public policy is struggling
to keep up. Much of the current interest in biotechnology
stems from the rapid diffusion in North America and other
exporting countries, like Argentina, of genetically engineered
(GE) crops such as cotton, soybeans, corn, and canola,
and from the uneasy consumer response in Europe as compared
with the United States.
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