Search Results - subject:"varietal diversity"

Transgenic crops, production risk, and agrobiodiversity

Qaim, Matin; Zilberman, David - 2014

production risk and may therefore reduce farmer demand for on-farm varietal diversity, especially when only a few transgenic … varieties are available. We also hypothesize that varietal diversity can be preserved when more transgenic varieties are … supplied. These hypotheses are tested and confirmed with panel data for the case of transgenic cotton in India. Cotton varietal …

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Transgenic crops, production risk, and agrobiodiversity

Vijesh, Krishna; Qaim, Matin; Zilberman, David - 2014

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Transgenic Crops, Production Risk, and Agrobiodiversity

Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, Matin; Zilberman, David - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Rheinische … - 2014

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Agricultural technology adoption and rice varietal diversity: A Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) Approach for rural Benin

Bonou, Alice; Diagne, Aliou; Biaou, Gauthier - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

varietal diversity in Benin. The database was from Impact Assessment unit of AfricaRice and concerns 304 producers of rice …, estimation of impact showed that at village level the indexes of in-situ (on farm) conservation of varietal diversity of rice are … impacted the in situ conservation of varietal diversity. Our findings indicated that it is worth extending diffusion of NERICA …

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The Economic Determinants of the On-farm Management of Rice Cultivars in the Rhone River Delta (France)

Jaeck, Melanie; Lifran, Robert - 2011

The aims of our paper are to identify economic determinants of theon-farm cultivars diversity and to empirically characterize the farmers'diversication choices. We focus on the private decision making processinvolving the choice of rice cultivars and the corresponding allocation offarmland....

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The Economic Determinants of the On-farm Management of Rice Cultivars in the Rhone River Delta (France)

Jaeck, Melanie; Lifran, Robert - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011

The aims of our paper are to identify economic determinants of the on-farm cultivars diversity and to empirically characterize the farmers' diversification choices. We focus on the private decision making process involving the choice of rice cultivars and the corresponding allocation of...

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Transgenic crops, production risk and agrobiodiversity

Krishna, Vijesh; Qaim, Matin; Zilberman, David - In: European review of agricultural economics : ERAE 43 (2016) 1, pp. 137-164

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Genetically-engineered crops and their effects on varietal diversity: a case of Bt eggplant in India

Kolady, Deepthi; Lesser, William - In: Agriculture and Human Values 29 (2012) 1, pp. 3-15

Building on the evidence from the impact of hybrid technology on varietal diversity loss, this paper explores ex ante … the possible effects of introduction of Bt eggplant on on-farm varietal diversity of eggplant. The public … conserving varietal diversity. However, the cost of developing multiple Bt OPVs is high; hence policy makers need to look at …

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Influence of socio-economic and cultural factors in rice varietal diversity management on-farm in Nepal

Rana, Ram; Garforth, Chris; Sthapit, Bhuwon; Jarvis, Devra - In: Agriculture and Human Values 24 (2007) 4, pp. 461-472

L.) varietal diversity management on-farm in two contrasting eco-sites in Nepal. Multiple regression outputs suggest … varietal diversity on-farm than resource-poor households and play a significant role in conserving landraces that are …

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