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Carl E. Pray is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable emphasis on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science, Soil Science, and Molecular Biology. Throughout their career, they have contributed to several key topics within these fields.

The main research topics Carl E. Pray has addressed include:

  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Digital Platforms and Economics

Noteworthy recent papers by Carl E. Pray encompass a variety of subjects related to agricultural innovation and policy. These include:

  • Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture? A review of supply-side trends, players and challenges, 2021, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Impact of public research and development and extension on agricultural productivity in China from 1990 to 2013, 2021, China Economic Review
  • Impact of Government Policies on Research and Development (R&D) Investment, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Pesticide Firms in China, 2022, Agriculture
  • Viewpoint: The uptake of new crop science: Explaining success, and failure, 2023, Food Policy
  • The Bioeconomy and Food Systems Transformation, 2023, Sustainability

The frequent co-authors working with Carl E. Pray are:

  • Haiyan Deng
  • Yanhong Jin
  • Regina Birner
  • Ruifa Hu
  • Changxin Yu

Carl E. Pray has published in a range of recognized academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • China Economic Review
  • Agriculture
  • Food Policy

Best Publications

  • Impact of Bt Cotton in China

    Carl Pray;Danmeng Ma;Jikun Huang;Fangbin Qiao

  • Five years of Bt cotton in China - the benefits continue.

    Carl E. Pray;Jikun Huang;Ruifa Hu;Scott Rozelle

  • Plant biotechnology in China.

    Jikun Huang;Scott Rozelle;Carl Pray;Qinfang Wang

  • The Impact of Bt Cotton in China

    Carl Pray;Jikun Huang

  • Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China

    Jikun Huang;Ruifa Hu;Ruifa Hu;Ruifa Hu;Scott Rozelle;Scott Rozelle;Scott Rozelle;Carl Pray;Carl Pray;Carl Pray

  • Agricultural Research and Productivity Growth in India

    Robert E. Evenson;Carl E. Pray;Mark W. Rosegrant

  • Enhancing the crops to feed the poor

    Jikun Huang;Carl Pray;Scott D. Rozelle

  • Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China

    Jikun Huang;Ruifa Hu;Carl Pray;Fangbin Qiao

  • Transgenic varieties and productivity of smallholder cotton farmers in China

    Jikun Huang;Ruifa Hu;Scott Rozelle;Fangbin Qiao

  • Awareness, acceptance of and willingness to buy genetically modified foods in Urban China

    Jikun Huang;Huanguang Qiu;Junfei Bai;Carl Pray

  • Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture? A review of supply‐side trends, players and challenges

    Regina Birner;Thomas Daum;Carl Pray

  • A GM subsistence crop in Africa: the case of Bt white maize in South Africa

    Marthinus Gouse;Carl E. Pray;Johann F. Kirsten;David Schimmelpfennig

  • 'Bt cotton' benefits, costs and impacts in China

    Jikun Huang;Ruifa Hu;Cuihui Fan;Carl E. Pray

  • Genetically modified cotton and farmers' health in China.

    Ferdaus Hossain;Carl E. Pray;Yanmei Lu;Jikun Huang

  • Research and Productivity in Asian Agriculture

    Robert E. Evenson;Carl E. Pray

  • The private sector in agricultural research systems: Will it fill the gap?

    Carl E. Pray;Dina Umali-Deininger

  • A decade of Bt cotton in Chinese fields: Assessing the direct effects and indirect externalities of Bt cotton adoption in China

    Huang JiKun;MI JianWei;Lin Hai;Lin Hai;Wang ZiJun;Wang ZiJun

  • Private Investment In Agricultural Research And International Technology Transfer In Asia

    Carl E. Pray;Keith O. Fuglie

  • Three Seasons of Subsistence Insect-Resistant Maize in South Africa: Have Smallholders Benefited?

    Marnus Gouse;Carl E. Pray;David Schimmelpfennig;Johann Kirsten

  • The Distribution of Benefits from Bt Cotton Adoption in South Africa

    Marnus Gouse;Carl Pray;David Schimmelpfennig

  • Research Investments and Market Structure in the Food Processing, Agricultural Input, and Biofuel Industries Worldwide

    John L. King;Carl E. Pray;Kelly Day-Rubenstein;David Schimmelpfennig

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon S. Shephard
Gordon S. Shephard Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Michael A. Grusak
Michael A. Grusak Agricultural Research Service
Angus S. Murphy
Angus S. Murphy University of Maryland, College Park

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