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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Lease Morgan [mailto:eric_morgan@ncsu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 12:01 PM
> To: san@nal.usda.gov
> Subject: [Fwd: CALL FOR PAPERS]
>
>
>
> The following message is being forward by request. FYI.
>
> UMC AGECON AgBioForum wrote:
> >
> > Dear Eric:
> >
> > Please would you consider posting the
> following announcement
> > to your subscribers? If you require any additional
> information please feel
> > free to contact me.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Leonie A. Marks
> > AgBioForum
> > Managing editor
> > MarksLA@missouri.edu <mailto:MarksLA@missouri.edu>
> >
> > CALL FOR PAPERS
> >
> > AgBioForum is a quarterly on-line magazine devoted to the
> economics and
> > management of agricultural biotechnology. AgBioForum
> publishes short,
> > non-technical reports of current research. Contributions
> are referred
> > through peer review. There is no page-charge for
> publishing in AgBioForum
> > and we provide summary feedback (overall rating of paper and reader
> > comments) as part of the interactivity of the magazine. We
> are inviting
> > submitted articles on the following themes:
> >
> > * The economics of biotechnology in LDCs.
> Agrobiotechnology has the
> > potential to address food and nutrient supply issues in developing
> > countries. Yet, no significant diffusion of the technology
> has taken place
> > to date. Private investment so far has been directed
> towards developed
> > countries, with the role of the CGIARs in technology
> transfer being more
> > limited than in the past. Papers are solicited that
> address issues of
> > ownership of intellectual property rights, trade in GMOs,
> private versus
> > public investment, the distributional impacts of the new
> technology, or
> > generally relate to the economics of biotechnology in LDCs.
> The submission
> > deadline is July 15th 1999.
> >
> > * The economics of functional foods. Functional
> foods are meant to
> > impart health benefits or have positive physiological
> effects that go beyond
> > basic nutrition. As the exact definition of functional
> foods is still
> > evolving, so too is the complex of grain and food
> processing, food and
> > beverage, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms with a
> stake in the
> > technology. Papers are solicited which address issues on labeling,
> > marketing, industry structure, and generally relate to the
> economics of
> > functional foods. The submission deadline October 15th 1999.
> >
> > * The economics of animal agrobiotechnology. Much of
> the current
> > interest in agrobiotechnology has been generated by the rapid
> > commercialization and adoption of transgenic crops. Yet
> one of the first
> > technologies to be commercialized was bovine growth hormone
> (BGH). Advances
> > in animal agrobiotechnology, for example, have the
> potential for livestock
> > improvements through genetic selection, cloning, enhanced
> food nutrition,
> > therapeutics, and waste management. Papers are solicited
> which relate to
> > the economics and management of animal agrobiotechnologies.
> The submission
> > deadline is January 15th 2000.
> >
> > AgBioForum encourages article submissions related to the
> economics and
> > management of agrobiotechnology at any time. For more
> information and
> > submission guidelines visit http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/
> > <http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/> , or you can write to
> the Editor,
> > AgBioForum at agbioforum@missouri.edu
> <mailto:agbioforum@missouri.edu>
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
>
> Digital Library Initiatives Department, NCSU Libraries
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/
>
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