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Development and Dissemination of Improved Cassava Varieties in Uganda: Analysis of Adoption Rates, Variety Attributes and Speed of Adoption
Abele, Steffen; Twine, Edgar; Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
agricultural technologies are adopted by poor farmers. In Uganda, improved germplasm from the cassava breeding program has …
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Crop diversification decisions: the case of vanilla in Uganda
Komarek, Adam M. - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 49
-subsistence banana farming community in Uganda. A two-crop agricultural household model is developed to show that credit rationing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880425
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Benefits, costs, and consumer perceptions of the potential introduction of a fungus-resistant banana in Uganda and policy implications
Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Birol, Ekin; Wesseler, Justus; … - In: Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and …
Banana is a staple crop in Uganda. Ugandans have the highest per capita consumption of cooking bananas in the world … (Clarke 2003). However, banana production in Uganda is limited by several productivity con¬straints, such as insects … long term. Uganda formally initi¬ated its short-term approach in the early 1990s; it involves the collection of both local …
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Genetically modified cotton in Uganda: An ex ante evaluation
Horna, Daniela; Zambrano, Patricia; Falck-Zepeda, Jose … - In: Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and …
general. In 2008, the National Biosafety Committee of Uganda approved the guidelines for implementing con¬fined trials, which …
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Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
A variable climate, political instability, and other constraints have limited agricultural development in African countries south of the Sahara. Genetically modified (GM) crops are one tool for enhancing agricultural productivity and food security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified...
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An Exploration of Product Choices in U.S. Biotech Corn Seed Market
Zhang, Wenhui; Shi, Guanming - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
We investigate the market and firm-specific factors that may impact firms’ product choices in the U.S. biotech corn seed market. Specifically, we estimate how the competition effects, the conglomeration effect, the similarity effect, and other market shifters influence firms’ variety choices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916608
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Determinants of spatial diversity in modern wheat: examples from Australia and China
Meng, E.; Smale, M.; Brennan, J.P.; Hu, Ruifa - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 28 (2003) 1
The spatial distribution of modern varieties, and the genes they embody, has economic value because it affects crop productivity from year to year. Since farmers choose varieties based on observable traits rather than the genes they cannot see, a first step in understanding the spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069319
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The Role of Varietal Attributes on Adoption of Improved Seed Varieties. The Case of Sorghum in Kenya
Timu, Anne G.; Mulwa, Richard M.; Okello, Julius Juma; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper examines the effect of variety attributes on adoption of improved sorghum varieties in Kenya. Using data from 140 farmers, the paper uses a multivariate probit to identify variety-specific drivers of adoption. The results on the perception of farmers variety attributes show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916484
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CONSTRAINTS TO EXPANSION OF COWPEA AND MUNGBEAN UNDER RAIN-FED FARMING IN ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT
Hewavitharane, H.V.C.; Warnakulasooriya, H.U.; Wajira … - Agecon Search - 2010
Published in: Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture 2010.12.91-104
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680783
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The Role of Varietal Attributes on Adoption of Improved Seed Varieties. The Case of Sorghum in Kenya
Gesare Timu, Anne; Mulwa, Richard; Okello, Julius J.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
This paper examines the effect of variety attributes on adoption of improved sorghum varieties in Kenya. Using data from 140 farmers, the paper uses a multivariate probit to identify variety-specific drivers of adoption. The results on the perception of farmers variety attributes show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207518