NCFAP Publications

• Biotechnology
• Pesticides
• Trade and Development
• Farm and Food Policy

For further description of each research area click the appropriate link to the left.

Biotechnology

NCFAP Reports:

Plant Biotechnology: Current and Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in US Agriculture, An Analysis of 40 Case Studies
Leonard P. Gianessi, Cressida S. Silvers, Sujatha Sankula and Janet E. Carpenter
June 2002 
Download Individual Case Studies

Preliminary Results--The Potential For Biotechnology to Improve Crop Pest Management in the U.S.:  30 Crop Study 
Leonard P. Gianessi and Cressida S. Silvers 
June 2001 
Full Text (64 kb pdf file) Press Release (13 kb pdf file)

Case Studies in Benefits and Risks of Agricultural Biotechnology:  Roundup Ready Soybeans and Bt Field Corn 
Janet E. Carpenter 
January 2001
Full Text (144 kb pdf file) Press Release (16 kb pdf file)

Agricultural Biotechnology:  Updated Benefit Estimates 
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi 
January 2001 
Full Text (138 kb pdf file) Press Release (17 kb pdf file)

Comparing Roundup Ready and Conventional Soybean Yields 1999 
Janet E. Carpenter 
January 2001
Full Text (33 kb pdf file) Press Release (13 kb pdf file)

A Critique of:  An Appraisal of EPA's Assessment of the Benefits of Bt Crops by Dr. Charles M. Benbrook 
Leonard P. Gianessi 
October 2000  
Full Text (27 kb pdf file)

Response to World Wildlife Fund Background Paper ‘Transgenic Cotton: Are There Benefits for Conservation?’ 
Janet E. Carpenter 
September 2000
Full Text (46 kb pdf file)

Agricultural Biotechnology:  Benefits of Transgenic Soybeans
Leonard P. Gianessi and Janet E. Carpenter 
April 2000
Full Text (274 kb pdf file) Press Release (16 kb pdf file)

Agricultural Biotechnology: Insect Control Benefits 
Leonard P. Gianessi and Janet E. Carpenter 
July 1999
Full Text (271 kb pdf file)

Articles:

Case Study in Benefits and Risks of Agricultural Biotechnology: Roundup Ready Soybeans
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi 
Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods
CAB International, 2002, pp. 227-243
Full Text (1.8 Mb pdf file)

Letter: Transgenic Insecticidal Corn: The Agronomic and Ecological Rationale for Its Use 
B. Dean Barry, Lawrent L. Buschman, Dennis D. Calvin, Janet Carpenter, Galen P. Dively, John E. Foster, Billy W. Fuller, Richard L. Hellmich, Randall A. Higgins, Thomas E. Hunt, Gary P. Munkvold, Eldon E. Ortman, Kenneth R. Ostlie, Marlin E. Rice, Richard T. Roush, Mark K. Sears, Anthony M. Shelton, Blair D. Siegfried, Phillip E. Sloderbeck, Kevin L. Steffey, F. Tom Turpin, John L. Wedberg
BioScience, November, 2001, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 900-903
Full Text (172 kb pdf file)

Letter: GM Crops and Patterns of Pesticide Use 
Janet Carpenter
Science, April 27, 2001, vol. 292, p. 637
Full Text (1.9 Mb pdf file)

Why US Farmers have Adopted Genetically Modified Crops and the Impact on US Agriculture
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi
AgBiotechNet, February, 2001, vol. 3, pp. 1-4
Full Text (61 kb pdf file)

Letter: Herbicide Use on Roundup Ready Crops 
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi
Science, February 4, 2000, vol. 287, pp. 803-4
Full Text (1.4 Mb pdf file)

Why U.S. Farmers are Adopting Genetically Modified Crops 
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi 
Economic Perspectives, October 1999
Full Text (18 kb html file)

Herbicide Tolerant Soybeans:  Why Growers Are Adopting Roundup Ready Varieties
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi 
AgBioForum, 1999, vol. 2, no. 2
Full Text (33 kb pdf file)

Conference Proceedings:

Value of Bt and Herbicide-Resistant Cottons 
Janet E. Carpenter and Leonard P. Gianessi, 
2000 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 4-8, San Antonio, TX, pp. 76-79
Full Text (59 kb pdf file)

Testimony:

Statement of Leonard Gianessi Before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Panel on Bt Plant Pesticides:  Risk and Benefit Assessments
October 20, 2000 
Full Text (13 kb pdf file)

Statement of Janet Carpenter Before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Panel on Bt Plant Pesticides:  Risk and Benefit Assessments 
October 19, 2000 
Full Text (8 kb pdf file)

Statement for the Record on Plant Genome Science:   From the Lab to the Field to the Market, Part II, Before the Subcommittee on Basic Research, House Science Committee, U.S. House of Representatives 
October 12, 1999
Full Text (16 kb pdf file)

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Pesticides

NCFAP Reports:

Pesticide Use in U.S. Crop Production: 1997 National Summary Report 
Leonard P. Gianessi and Monica B. Marcelli 
November 2000
Full Text (249 kb pdf file) Press Release (15 kb pdf file)

Uses and Benefits of Organophosphate and Carbamate Insecticides in U.S. Crop Production
Leonard P. Gianessi
December 1997
Full Text (5.8 Mb pdf file)

Trends in Pesticide Use:  Comparing 1992 and 1997 
Leonard P. Gianessi and Cressida S. Silvers 
November 2000
Full Text (434 kb pdf file) Press Release (19 kb pdf file)

The Economic Impact of the Scheduled U.S. Phaseout of Methyl Bromide 
Janet E. Carpenter, Leonard P. Gianessi and Lori M. Lynch 
Full Text (3.2 Mb pdf file) or Download Individual Chapters

Insecticide Use in US Crop Production - 100 Information Sheets -
Leonard P. Gianessi 
NCFAP worked with the Alliance for Responsible Regulation of Insecticides to design one pagesummary sheets which includes insecticide use data, crop production data and the importance of insecticides in their management. NCFAP has prepared 100 of these information sheets.
Full Text (2.6 Mb pdf file)

Comments on ‘Applied Entomology in the Twenty-First Century,’ by Robert L. Metcalf, American Entomologist, Fall, 1997 
Leonard P. Gianessi 
Full Text (13 kb html file)

Articles:

Township Limits on 1,3-D Will Impact Adjustment to Methyl Bromide Phase-out 
Janet Carpenter, Lori Lynch and Tom Trout
California Agriculture, vol. 55, no. 3, May-June, 2001, pp. 12-18
Full Text (18.3 Mb pdf file)

Conference Proceedings:

Changing the Mindset Regarding the Use of Biocontrol Products 
Leonard P. Gianessi 
Rutgers University, Workshop on Alternative Paradigms for Commercializing Biological Control, New Brunswick, NJ, June 1, 1998
Full Text (19 kb html file)

The Future of Pesticides in US Crop Production 
Leonard P. Gianessi 
National Research Council Board of Agriculture Workshop on the Future Role of Pesticides, Washington DC, March 23, 1998 
Full Text (20 kb html file)

Trade and Development

NCFAP Reports:

Development, Trade Expansion, And U.S. Agriculture: Policies For The 21st Century
February 1997
Full Text (120 kb html file)

U.S. Interest in Economic Growth, Trade, And Stability In The Developing World
February 1997
Full Text (71 kb html file)

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