Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology
An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often a challenge in the decision-making process, involves the bal...
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| author | Zambrano, Patricia Wood-Sichra, Ulrike Ruhinduka, Remidius D. Phillip, Dayo Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Komen, John Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi Falck-Zepeda, José B. Dzanku, Fred M. Chambers, Judith A. |
| author_browse | Chambers, Judith A. Dzanku, Fred M. Falck-Zepeda, José B. Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi Komen, John Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Phillip, Dayo Ruhinduka, Remidius D. Wood-Sichra, Ulrike Zambrano, Patricia |
| author_facet | Zambrano, Patricia Wood-Sichra, Ulrike Ruhinduka, Remidius D. Phillip, Dayo Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Komen, John Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi Falck-Zepeda, José B. Dzanku, Fred M. Chambers, Judith A. |
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| description | An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often a challenge in the decision-making process, involves the balancing of identified potential risks with expected economic benefits from GM crops. The latter is particularly challenging in the case of orphan crops, for which solid economic data is scarce. To address this challenge, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with local economists analyzed the expected economic benefits to farmers and consumers from the adoption of GM crops in 5 sub-Saharan African countries. This paper focuses on case studies involving insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria and Ghana; disease-resistant cassava in Uganda and Tanzania; and disease-resistant banana in Uganda. Estimations from these case studies show substantial economic benefits to farmers and consumers from the timely adoption and planting in farmers’ fields of GM orphan crops. Our analysis also shows how the benefits would significantly be reduced by regulatory or other delays that affect the timely release of these crops. These findings underscore the importance of having an enabling policy environment and regulatory system—covering, among other elements, biosafety and food/feed safety assessment, and varietal release registration—that is efficient, predictable, and transparent to ensure that the projected economic benefits are delivered and realized in a timely manner. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1203462025-12-08T10:29:22Z Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology Zambrano, Patricia Wood-Sichra, Ulrike Ruhinduka, Remidius D. Phillip, Dayo Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Komen, John Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi Falck-Zepeda, José B. Dzanku, Fred M. Chambers, Judith A. plant biotechnology innovation adoption economic benefits genetically modified organisms policies biotecnología vegetal adopción de innovaciones beneficios económicos banana models biotechnology cowpeas mathematical models agriculture food safety disease resistance cassava regulations dreampy orphan crops impact assessment An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often a challenge in the decision-making process, involves the balancing of identified potential risks with expected economic benefits from GM crops. The latter is particularly challenging in the case of orphan crops, for which solid economic data is scarce. To address this challenge, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with local economists analyzed the expected economic benefits to farmers and consumers from the adoption of GM crops in 5 sub-Saharan African countries. This paper focuses on case studies involving insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria and Ghana; disease-resistant cassava in Uganda and Tanzania; and disease-resistant banana in Uganda. Estimations from these case studies show substantial economic benefits to farmers and consumers from the timely adoption and planting in farmers’ fields of GM orphan crops. Our analysis also shows how the benefits would significantly be reduced by regulatory or other delays that affect the timely release of these crops. These findings underscore the importance of having an enabling policy environment and regulatory system—covering, among other elements, biosafety and food/feed safety assessment, and varietal release registration—that is efficient, predictable, and transparent to ensure that the projected economic benefits are delivered and realized in a timely manner. 2022-06-23 2022-07-28T09:21:12Z 2022-07-28T09:21:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120346 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133716 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133541 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133636 Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Zambrano, P.; Wood-Sichra, U.; Ruhinduka, R.D.; Phillip, D.; Nin Pratt, A.; Komen, J.; Kikulwe, E.M.; Falck Zepeda, J.; Dzanku, F.M.; Chambers, J.A. (2022) Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 825930 10 p. ISSN: 1664-462X https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.825930 |
| spellingShingle | plant biotechnology innovation adoption economic benefits genetically modified organisms policies biotecnología vegetal adopción de innovaciones beneficios económicos banana models biotechnology cowpeas mathematical models agriculture food safety disease resistance cassava regulations dreampy orphan crops impact assessment Zambrano, Patricia Wood-Sichra, Ulrike Ruhinduka, Remidius D. Phillip, Dayo Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Komen, John Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi Falck-Zepeda, José B. Dzanku, Fred M. Chambers, Judith A. Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| title | Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| title_full | Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| title_fullStr | Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| title_short | Opportunities for orphan crops: Expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| title_sort | opportunities for orphan crops expected economic benefits from biotechnology |
| topic | plant biotechnology innovation adoption economic benefits genetically modified organisms policies biotecnología vegetal adopción de innovaciones beneficios económicos banana models biotechnology cowpeas mathematical models agriculture food safety disease resistance cassava regulations dreampy orphan crops impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120346 |
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