What is new about the report The Economics of Pharmaceutical Crops?
The Economics of Pharmaceutical Crops is the first analysis by a land-grant university economist of the potential economic benefits and risks of pharmaceutical crops to farmers and rural America. Over the past few years, the debate over pharmaceutical crops has often included claims of substantial economic benefit, particularly to farmers and rural Americans. However, these claims have not been backed up by economic analyses. So UCS commissioned Dr. Robert Wisner, University Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, to fill this gap.
