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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
GM Technology Adoption, Production Risk and On-farm Varietal Diversity
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| Autores: |
Krishna, Vijesh V.
Zilberman, David
Qaim, Matin
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| Data: |
2009-04-24
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agro-biodiversity
Bt cotton
Production risk
Transgenic technology
Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Productivity Analysis
Risk and Uncertainty
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| Resumo: |
This paper examines the impact of transgenic technology adoption on varietal diversity. Transgenic pest-resistant varieties are hypothesized to reduce farmers’ demand for on-farm diversity through an act of substitution, as both serve as production risk reducing instruments. This adverse agro-biodiversity impact might be partially counteracted by an expanding seed sector, supplying a large number of transgenic varieties. The case of Bt cotton in India is taken for empirical illustration. The production function analyses show that both Bt technology and on-farm varietal diversity enhance yield, while reducing the production risk. With few Bt varieties available in the first years, technology adoption entailed a reduction in on-farm varietal diversity. This effect, however, was partially offset by more Bt varieties becoming available over time.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/49173
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| Relação: |
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association>2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Series Paper
613650
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| Formato: |
24
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