Biotechnology and Economic Development: The Economic Benefits of Maize Streak Virus Tolerant Maize in Kenya
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For countries that could not benefit from the Green Revolution due to heterogeneous and unfavorable biophysical environments, agricultural biotechnology potentially provides a means of improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production. This paper analyses some of the major issues relating to the utilization of biotechnology in Kenya. A partial equilibrium trade model is applied to Kenya's corn market to study the potential of genetically modified maize that is tolerant to the Maize Streak Virus. The model accounts for home production and consumption; the positive results of the welfare estimation are disaggregated between consumers, large and small Kenyan corn farms.Download Info
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Paper provided by Southern Agricultural Economics Association in its series 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida with number 35271.Length:
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Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies;References
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- Nyoro, James K. & Wanzala, Maria N. & Awour, Tom, 2001. "Increasing Kenya's Agricultural Competitiveness: Farm Level Issues," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 55151, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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- Takeshima, Hiroyuki, 2009. "Sensitivity of welfare effects estimated by equilibrium displacement model: A biological productivity growth for semisubsistence crops in Sub-Sahara African market with high transaction costs," IFPRI discussion papers 936, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Darren Martin & Dionne Shepherd, 2009. "The epidemiology, economic impact and control of maize streak disease," The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer, vol. 1(3), pages 305-315, September.
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