Krishna, Vijesh V.; Zilberman, David; Qaim, Matin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper examines the impact of transgenic technology adoption on varietal diversity. Transgenic pest …. 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 …