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The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Sheath Blight Resistance in Rice

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  • Tsiboe, Francis
  • Nalley, Lawton Lanier
  • Durand, Alvaro
  • Thoma, Greg
  • Shew, Aaron

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The producer, consumer, and environmental impacts of a counterfactual of ShB-resistant rice production were calculated using data from U.S. county-level rice production in the Mid-South and simulated Sheath Blight (ShB) infection and yield-loss rates. Results indicate a $43 million increase in consumer surplus via ShB alleviation, with enough additional rice produced to feed 1.7 million people. A life cycle assessment (LCA) also shows that the counterfactual has lower environmental impacts than the status quo of ShB-prone rice production. These estimates provide important economic and environmental information to donors, policy makers, and breeding programs globally on the importance of increasing and maintaining genetic disease resistance.

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  • Tsiboe, Francis & Nalley, Lawton Lanier & Durand, Alvaro & Thoma, Greg & Shew, Aaron, 2017. "The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Sheath Blight Resistance in Rice," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 42(2), May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlaare:257999
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.257999
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