Publications

Cooperative Agreement with USDA/OCE:

Long-Run and Short-Run Relationships between Petroleum, Ethanol, and Natural Gas Prices [PDF]

The Dynamic Inflationary Effects of Permanent and Transitory Energy Price Shocks [PDF]

Coherency of Agricultural Feedstock and Petroleum Prices: An Analysis of Monthly Prices, January 1989 through November 2010 [PDF]

Trade and Development:

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)

Pesticides:

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)

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)

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)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: A Summary of Nine Case Studies

In 2002, the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) released a study that estimated the current and potential impacts of biotechnology in the United States by examining 40 case studies to project economic impacts for 47 states. The U.S. study focused on biotech crops that would improve pest management for weeds, insects and plant diseases. During the research, NCFAP noted that many of the same crop pests were present in Europe and that European researchers were testing biotech crops for managing the pests.

In the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003, NCFAP received funds from Monsanto, Syngenta and BIO to estimate the potential impacts of biotech crops on European agriculture. NCFAP’s proven methodology and strong ties to European researchers made it an ideal organization to conduct the first comprehensive study of how biotechnology could impact European agriculture.

Executive Summary – Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: A Summary of Nine Case Studies, December 2003 (165 kb pdf file)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Herbicide Tolerant Oilseed Rape Case Study (160 kb pdf file)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Herbicide Tolerant Maize Case Study (136 kb pdf file)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Herbicide Tolerant Rice Case Study (149 kb pdf file)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Herbicide Tolerant Wheat Case Study (165 kb pdf file)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Virus Resistant Stone Fruit Case Study (137 kb pdf file)

Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Virus Resistant Tomato Case Study (129 kb pdf file)

Press Release – December 2003 (76 kb pdf file)

Press Release – December 2003 (francais) (78 kb pdf file)

Press Release – December 2003 (deutsch) (79 kb pdf file)

Executive Summary – Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Preliminary Release of Three Case Studies, June 2003 (133 kb pdf file)

Executive Summary (francais) (154 kb pdf file)