Biotechnology and Agriculture: a Skeptical Perspective
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_________________________________________________ Vernon W. Ruttan is Regents Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and in the Department of Economics at the University of Minnesota. This paper draws on two earlier papers (Ruttan, 1998; in press). I am indebted to Donald N. Duvick, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, John M. Reilly, C. Ford Runge, W. Burt Sundquist, and Paul E. Waggoner for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. © 1999 AgBioForum. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE: A SKEPTICAL PERSPECTIVE
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