Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton : An application in seven sub-saharan african countries
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11 février 2010
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Biotechnology international trade Sub-Saharan Africa cotton. cotton Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture/Q.Q1.Q16 - R&D • Agricultural Technology • Biofuels • Agricultural Extension Services Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture/Q.Q1.Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture/Q.Q1.Q18 - Agricultural Policy • Food PolicySujets proches
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Antoine Bouet et al., « Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton : An application in seven sub-saharan african countries », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.92d55a...
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A computable general equilibrium model is applied to evaluate the opportunity costs of not adopting Bt cotton, a genetically-modified (GM) insect resistant cotton, in Benin, Burkina- Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, and Uganda when it is adopted in other countries. Our model uniquely employs country-specific partial adoption rates and factor-biased productivity shocks in the cotton and oilseed sectors of all adopting regions. Assuming a 50% adoption rate, the opportunity cost of not adopting Bt cotton in the seven surveyed countries amounts to $41 million per year, which is a significant but lower cost than that suggested by the results of previous studies. Trade liberalization only marginally increases this estimate.
