Browne, William P.2017-05-172017-05-171994https://hdl.handle.net/1813/49785Numerous perspectives exist on the relationship between emerging biotechnology innovations and the structure of agriculture emphasize what can be done to influence that relationship. The author argues that the historic interplay of public policy and marketplace forces will continue pretty much unabated, extending most trends but adding to them new expectations. As always, public policies will not encourage smaller-scale production agriculture and a new policy dimension will be added—reliance on biotechnology to reduce environmental hazards.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalAgricutural biotechnologypublic gooddeloping nationstechnology transfergovernment regulationglobal populationPublic policy, biotechnology and the structure of agriculturebook chapter