Liberalization and regulation of varieties and seed markets in China: Bt-cotton case study;Libéralisation et régulation des marchés de variétés et de semences : le cas du coton-Bt en Chine et dans les pays émergents

Cahiers Agricultures

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Fok, Michel ^a   Xu, Naiyin ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cotton; Intellectual property rights; Regulation; Seeds; Varieties

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77953766707     PISSN: 11667699     EISSN: 17775949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/agr.2009.0356     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Anonyme. Application of the subsidy policy for good quality seeds of cotton in Provinces and districts in China, 2007. http://info.cec-ceda.org.cn/qf/pages/20070425_50476_ 5_2.html.
2. Bennett R, Ismaël Y, Morse S. Explaining contradictory evidence regarding impacts of genetically modified crops in developing countries. Varietal performance of transgenic cotton in India.Journal of Agricultural Science 2005 ; 143 : 35-41.
3. Business Line. Bt cottonseeds to be sold at Rs 650-750 a packet, 2006. http://www.blonnet. com/2006/05/30/stories/2006053002890800.htm.
4. Fok ACM, Xu N. Technology integration and seed market organization: The case of GM Cotton diffusion in Jiangsu Province (China). Life Sciences International Journal 2007 ; 1 : 59-72.
5. Fok M, Xu N. State and market interaction: cotton variety and seed market development in China. Life Science International Journal 2009 ; 1 : 166-79.
6. Hofs JL, Fok ACM, Gouse M, Kirsten J. Diffusion du CGM dans une filièreinstableen Afrique du Sud et les leçons pour l'Afrique Zone Franc. Revue Tiers Monde 2006 ; 188 : 799-823.
7. Hu R, Pray C, Huang J, Rozelle S, Fan C, Zhang C. Reforming intellectual property rights and the Bt cotton seed industry in China: Who benefits from policy reform? Research Policy 2009 ; 38 : 793-801.
8. Huang J, Hu R, Pray CE, Qiao F, Rozelle S. Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China. Agricultural Economics 2003 ; 29 : 55-67.
9. Leitão FO, Mendez del Vilar P, Ferreira CM, et al. Coexistencia da soja transgenica e convencional no Brasil: o papel dos armagenadores/processadores na coordenaçao da cadeia productiva da soja apos o advento da soja transgenica. Revista Cadernos do CEAM 2009 ; sous presse.
10. Lu S, Tian X, Zhang R. Need to further address the issue of cotton quality (in Chinese). In Chinese Cotton Scientific Study Association (Zhong Guo Mian Hua Xue Hui), ed. Proceedings 'Chinese Cotton Research Conference'. Baoding (Hebei) : Chinese Cotton Publications, 2006.
11. Mendez del Vilar P, Magri Ferreira C, Galvarros Bueno Lobo Ribeiro J, de Madeiros JX, Lubello P and Fok ACM, Private governance in royalty collection: Effectiveness and limitations in tracing GM soybean in Brazil. In Proceedings "GMCC 07". Sevilla : 2007.
12. Pemsl D, Waibel H, Gutierrez AP. Why do some Bt-cotton farmers in China continue to use high levels of pesticides. International Journal of Agricultural sustainability 2005 ; 3 : 44-56.
13. Pemsl DE, Waibel H. Assessing the profitability of different crop protection strategies in cotton: Case study results from Shandong Province, China. Agricultural Systems 2007 ; 95 : 28-36.
14. Pray CE, Ma D, Huang J, Qiao F. Impact of Bt cottonin China.World Development 2001 ; 29 : 813-25.
15. Pray CE, Ramaswami B. Huang Jk, Hu Rf, Bengali P, Zhang H. Costs and enforcement of biosafety regulations in India and China. Int J Technology and Globalisation 2006 ; 2 : 137-57.
16. Upov. Convention internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales du 2 décembre 1961, revisée à Genève le 10 novembre 1972 et le 23 octobre 1978. Genève : Upov, 1978 http://www.upov.int/export/sites/upov/fr/publications/conventions/1978/pdf/act_1978.pdf.
17. Upov. Convention internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales du 2 décembre 1961, révisée à Genève le 10 novembre 1972, le 23 octobre 1978 et le 19 mars 1991. Genève : Upov, 1991. http://www.upov.int/fr/ publications/conventions/1991/act1991.htm.
18. Wang S, Just DR, Pinstrup-Andersen P. Bt-cotton and secondary pests. Int J Biotechnology 2008 ; 10 : 113-21.
19. Wang Z, Lou Y. Survey analysis of the seed subsidy policy in China (in Chinese). In Chinese Cotton Scientific Study Association (Zhong Guo Mian Hua Xue Hui), ed. Proceedings 'Chinese Cotton Research Conference'. QingHai (Shandong): Chinese Cotton Publications AnYang (Henan), 2007.
20. Witt H. Patel, Rajeev, Schnurr M. Can the Poor Help GM Crops? Technology, Representation & Cotton in the Makhathini Flats, South Africa : Review of African Political Economy, 2006 ; 109 : 497-513.
21. Yang Y. Analysis of the practical modalities in the implementation of the seed subsidy policy in China (in Chinese). In Chinese Cotton Scientific Study Association (Zhong Guo Mian Hua Xue Hui), ed. Proceedings "Chinese Cotton Research Conference". QingHai (Shandong) : Chinese Cotton Publications AnYang (Henan), 2007.