Benfica, Rui, Judith Chambers, Jawoo Koo, Alejandro Nin-Pratt, José Falck-Zepeda, Gert-Jan Stads, and Channing Arndt. 2023. “Food System Innovations and Digital Technologies to Foster Productivity Growth and Rural Transformation In: “Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation.” “ Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, Louise O Fresco, and Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan, Eds. Pp 421–37. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_22.
Roca, M.M., J. B. Falck-Zepeda and P. Paes de Andrade. 2023. Cisgenics and Genome Editing or Second Generation Biotechnologies: A Latin America and Caribbean Perspective. In Cisgenic Crops: Safety, Legal and Social Issues, , Anurag Chaurasia and Chittaranjan Kole Editors, Springer Nature. ISBN978-3-031-10720-7
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Falck-Zepeda, J., E. Fuentes-Campos, P. Biermayr-Jenzano, E.M. Kikulwe, and M.M. Roca. 2022. Bio-innovation and climate-smart food systems transformation: The case of gene edited crops for Low and Middle Income Countries. In IFPRI Global Food Policy Report 2022, IFPRI, Washington DC. https://www.ifpri.org/publication/bio-innovations-genome-edited-crops-climate-smart-food-systems
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Benfica, R., P. Zambrano, J. Chambers, and J. Falck-Zepeda. 2022. Assessing the Development Impacts of Bio-innovations -The Case of Genetically Modified Maize and Cassava in Tanzania. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2107, May 2022. https://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/135055/filename/135266.pdf
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Falck-Zepeda, J. 2022. Agricultura, desarrollo y protección ambiental. Un futuro para Honduras basado en ciencia, tecnología e innovación. UNDP Special Collection, UNDP 2022 Human Development Report Honduras. https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-06/pnud-hn-coleccion-bicentenario-vision-prospectiva-ensayo-24-2021.pdf
Falck-Zepeda, J. B. 2022. Seguridad alimentaria, desarrollo y protección ambiental: un futuro para Honduras basado en la ciencia, tecnología e innovación. In Visiones, Experiencias, Propuestas Técnicas y Académicas Sobre El Desarrollo Humano, UNDP 2022 Human Development Report Honduras, UNDP-Honduras, 124-129pp. https://www.undp.org/es/honduras/publications/resenas
Roca, M.M., J. B. Falck-Zepeda and P. Paes de Andrade. 2022. Cisgenics and Genome Editing or Second Generation Biotechnologies: A Latin America and Caribbean Perspective. In Cisgenic Crops: Safety, Legal and Social Issues, , Anurag Chaurasia and Chittaranjan Kole Editors, Springer Nature Press. IN PRESS., ISBN978-3-031-10720-7
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Benfica, Rui; Chambers, Judith A.; Koo, Jawoo; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Stads, Gert-Jan; and Arndt, Channing. 2021. Food system innovations and digital technologies to foster productivity growth and rural transformation. United Nations Food Systems Summit. https://dx.doi.org/10.48565/scfss2021-6180
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Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Oloka, Herbert Kefa; Chambers, Judith A.; Komen, John; Zambrano, Patricia; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; and Hanson, Hillary. 2020. Benefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: An ex ante analysis. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1927. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133716
Yirga, Chilot; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Zambrano, Patricia; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Habte, Endeshaw; Kato, Edward; Komen, John; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; and Chambers, Judith A. 2020. GM maize in Ethiopia: An ex ante economic assessment of TELA, a drought tolerant and insect resistant maize. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1926. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133714
Ruhinduka, Remidius D.; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Zambrano, Patricia; Semboja, Haji; Chambers, Judith A.; Hanson, Hillary; and Lesseri, Gerald. 2020. Ex ante economic assessment of impacts of GM maize and cassava on producers and consumers in Tanzania. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1911. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133636
Zambrano, Patricia; N. Paul, J.A. Chambers, J.B. Falck-Zepeda, H. Hanson. 2019. bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1841. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133275
Phillip, Dayo; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Zambrano, Patricia; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Kato, Edward; Komen, John; Hanson, Hillary; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Chambers, Judy A. 2019. Insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria: An ex ante economic assessment of a crop improvement initiative. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1896. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15738coll2/id/133541/rec/2
Dzanku, Fred M.; Zambrano, Patricia; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Chambers, Judith A.; Hanson, Hillary; and Boadu, Paul. 2018. Adoption of GM crops in Ghana: Ex ante estimations for insect-resistant cowpea and nitrogen-use efficient rice. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1775. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15738coll2/id/133007
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Books and Book Chapters
Falck-Zepeda, J.B. and M. Gouse. 2017 Regulation of GMOs in developing countries – why socioeconomic considerations matter for decision making. In Genetically modified organisms in developing countries: Risk analysis and governance, Cambridge University Press. Ademola A. Adenle, E. Jane Morris and Denis J. Murphy, Editors.
Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin; Zambrano, Patricia; McLean, Denisse; Sanders, Arie; Roca, Maria Mercedes; Chi-Ham, Cecilia; and Bennett, Alan. 2015. Honduras and Bt/HT maize- a small country model for GM crop adoption? In Analyses: Africa's future ... can biosciences contribute? Mitton, Patrick; Bennett, David (Eds.). Chapter 11. Pp. 106-118. http://www.nepadbiosafety.net/abne/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/B4FA-Analyses-FINAL.pdf#page=108
Kikulwe, E.M. J. Falck- Zepeda, and J. Wesseler. 2014. “Incremental Benefits of Genetically Modified Bananas in Uganda.” In Edward Elgar Handbook on Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development Edited by Stuart J. Smyth, David Castle and Peter W. B. Phillips.
Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin. “Non-adopters of GM crops in Latin America”. 2014. In Edward Elgar Handbook on Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development Edited by Stuart J. Smyth, David Castle and Peter W. B. Phillips.
Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation.” Edited by Karinne Ludlow (Monash University), Stuart J. Smyth (University of Saskatchewan) and José Falck-Zepeda (International Food Policy Research Institute). Springer Editors
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-9440-9
a. Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; and Smale, Melinda. 2014. Benefits to producers and society. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation, ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 4. Pp. 55-66. New York, NY, USA: Springer. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll5/id/4206
b. Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Ludlow, Karinne; and Smyth, Stuart J. 2014. International context of socioeconomic considerations and the regulation of genetically modified organisms. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation. ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 3. Pp. 37-52. New York, NY, USA: Springer. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll5/id/4199
c. Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Zambrano, Patricia; and Smale, Melinda. 2014. Impact on biodiversity. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation, ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 10. Pp. 145-158. New York, NY, USA: Springer http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll5/id/4202
d. Ludlow, Karinne; Smyth, Stuart J.; and Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin. 2014. Assessing the SEC landscape and moving forward. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation, ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 20. Pp. 295-305. New York, NY, USA: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_20
e. Ludlow, Karinne; Smyth, Stuart J.; and Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin. 2014. Introduction to socio-economic considerations in the regulation of genetically modified organisms. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation, ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 1. Pp. 3-14. New York, NY, USA: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/0.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_1
f. Ludlow, Karinne; Smyth, Stuart J.; and Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin. 2014. Ensuring functional biosafety systems. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation, ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 19. Pp. 277-293. New York, NY, USA: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_19
g. Smyth, Stuart J.; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; and Ludlow, Karinne. 2014. The state of science-based regulation and genetically modified crops. In Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation, ed. Karinne Ludlow, Stuart J. Smyth, and José Benjamin Falck-Zepeda. Natural Resource Management and Policy, Vol. 37. Chapter 2. Pp. 15-36. New York, NY, USA: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_2
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Genetically modified crops in Africa - Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara. Editors: Jose Falck-Zepeda, Guillaume Gruere, and Idah Sithole-Niang. http://www.ifpri.org/publication/genetically-modified-crops-africa
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a. Daniela Horna, Patricia Zambrano, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Theresa Sengooba, and Miriam Kyotalimye Chapter 3 “Genetically Modified Cotton in Uganda: An Ex-ante Evaluation”
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b. Enoch Kikulwe, Ekin Birol, Justus Wesseler, and Jose Falck-Zepeda Chapter 5. Consumer perceptions of the potential introduction of a fungal resistant banana in Uganda and policy implications
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c. Jose Falck Zepeda and Patricia Zambrano Chapter 10. Estimates and implications of the costs of compliance with biosafety regulations for African agriculture, Jose Falck-Zepeda and Patricia Zambrano.
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Daniela Horna, Patricia Zambrano, José Falck-Zepeda, Editors. Socioeconomic considerations in biosafety decisionmaking - Methods and implementation. . IFPRI Research Monographs. 2013. http://www.ifpri.org/publication/socioeconomic-considerations-biosafety-decisionmaking
Falck-Zepeda, J.B. and A. Cavalieri. 2012. “Risk Assessment Approaches for Biosafety.” In The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply” Editors Jennie Popp (U. of Arkansas), Maty Matlock (U. of Arkansas), Nathan Kemper (Southern Center Risk Management), Molly Jahn (U. of Wisconsin- Madison), Cambridge University Press.
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Falck-Zepeda, J.B. and P. Zambrano Bio-innovations and the Economics of Biosafety Regulatory Decision Making and Design in Developing Countries.”. In Environmental Safety of Genetically Engineered Crops, Edited by: Rebecca Grumet, Jim Hancock, Karim Maredia, Cholani Weebaddee, Michigan State University Press. 2011
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Falck-Zepeda, J.B. and A. Cavalieri. 2011. “Risk Assessment approaches for Biosafety.” In The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply Editors Molly (U. of Wisconsin) and Sheerin Popp (U. of Arkansas), Cambridge University Press.
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Trigo, E. J. Falck-Zepeda, and C. Falconi. 2010. Biotecnología Agropecuaria para el Desarrollo en América Latina: Oportunidades y Retos. Documento de Trabajo LAC/01/10, Programa de Cooperación, FAO/Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Servicio para América Latina y el Caribe, División del Centro de Inversiones.
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Falck-Zepeda, J. S. Msangi, T. Sulser P. Zambrano, C. Falconi. 2010. Biofuels and Rural Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Working Paper LAC/02/10, Cooperative Programme, FAO/Inter-American Development Bank, Latin America and Caribbean Service, Investment Centre Division.
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Journal Publications
Pixley, K.V., Falck-Zepeda, J.B., Paarlberg, R.L. et al. Genome-edited crops for improved food security of smallholder farmers. Nature Genetics 54, 364–367 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01046-7
Fred Gould, Richard M Amasino, Dominique Brossard, C Robin Buell, Richard A Dixon, Jose B Falck-Zepeda, Michael A Gallo, Ken E Giller, Leland L Glenna, Timothy Griffin, Daniel Magraw, Carol Mallory-Smith, Kevin V Pixley, Elizabeth P Ransom, David M Stelly, C Neal Stewart, Jr. A path to product-based regulation of future crop varieties and foods. Science, Sep 2;377(6610):1051-1053. doi: 10.1126/science.abo3034. Epub 2022 Sep 1. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3034
P. Zambrano, U. Wood-Sichra, R. D. Ruhinduka, D. Phillip, A. Nin-Pratt, J. Komen, E. Kikulwe, J. Falck-Zepeda, F. M. Dzanku, J. Chambers, D. Ramaeker Zahn. Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits from Biotechnology. Frontiers in Plant Science. 23 June 2022
Sec. Plant Biotechnology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.825930
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9297366/
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Ludlow, Karinne; Smyth, Stuart; and Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin. 2021. Socio-economic considerations and potential implications for gene-edited crops. Journal of Regulatory Science 9(2): 1-11. https://journals.tdl.org/regsci/index.php/regsci/article/view/150
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Pixley, K.V., J. B. Falck-Zepeda, K. E. Giller, L. L. Glenna, F. Gould, C. A.Mallory-Smith, D. M. Stelly, and C. N. Stewart. 2019. Genome Editing, Gene Drives, and Synthetic Biology: Will They Contribute to Disease-Resistant Crops, and Who Will Benefit?. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 57:8.1–8.24
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-045954
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Gouse, M., Sengupta, D., Zambrano, P., & Zepeda, J. F. 2016. Genetically Modified Maize: Less Drudgery for Her, More Maize for Him? Evidence from Smallholder Maize Farmers in South Africa. World Development.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X16000498
Falck-Zepeda, J.B. 2016. "Experiences and Prospects of Genetically Engineered Crops." Choices. Quarter 2.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2016). Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23395, https://nas-sites.org/ge-crops/2016/05/17/report/
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Kikulwe, E. J. Falck-Zepeda, J. and J. Wesseler. “If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?” Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda." Environment and Development Economics. Article pp 1-20, 2014.
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Smyth S.J., McDonald J., Falck-Zepeda J.B. Investment, regulation, and uncertainty: Managing new plant breeding techniques. GM Crops and Food: Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain 2014; 5:4 – 3.
Falck-Zepeda, J., A. Sanders, C. Rogelio Trabanino, & R. Batallas-Huacon. 2012. Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis: Impact Estimation Issues from the Early Adoption of GM Maize in Honduras. AgBioForum, 15(2), 138-151.
Smale, M. and J.B. Falck-Zepeda (Guest Editors). 2012. “Farmers and Researchers Discovering Biotech Crops: Experiences Measuring Economic Impacts among New Adopters” A Special Issue of AgbioForum.
Kikulwe, E. M., Wesseler, J., & Falck-Zepeda, J., Attitudes, Perceptions, and Trust: Insights from a Consumer Survey Regarding Genetically Modified Banana in Uganda, Appetite (2011
Falck-Zepeda, J.B. and P. Zambrano. 2011. Socio-economic Considerations in Biosafety and Biotechnology Decision Making: The Cartagena Protocol and National Biosafety Frameworks. Review of Policy Research. 28(2): 171-195.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00488.x
Kikulwe, E.M., E. Birol, J. Wesseler, J. Falck-Zepeda. 2010. A latent class approach to investigating demand for genetically modified banana in Uganda Agricultural Economics. 42(5):547-560.
Falck Zepeda, J., D. Horna and M. Smale. “Distribution of economic benefits and risk from the adoption of insect resistant cotton in West Africa” 2008. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Falck- Zepeda, J. B. “Coexistence, Genetically Modified Biotechnologies and Biosafety: Implications for Developing Countries.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 88 (Number 5, 2006): 1200–1208
Lin, W, G. Price, J. Falck-Zepeda, J. Fernandez-Cornejo. “Economic Impacts of Adopting GM Crops in the United States.” 2004. Farm Policy Journal, Volume 1, Number 2, pp. 50 – 64.
Falck-Zepeda, J. B., G. Traxler and R.G. Nelson. “Surplus Distribution from the Introduction of a Biotechnology Innovation American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 82 (May 2000):360-369.
Traxler, G., J. B. Falck Zepeda, J. I. Monasterio, and K. Sayre. “Production Risk and the Evolution of High Yield Wheat Varieties.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 77(February 1995):1-7.
Other Academic Publications
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