Flood-tolerant rice improves climate resilience, profitability, and household consumption in Bangladesh

• The main drivers of adoption are access to information on Flood-tolerant rice Sub1 through neighbors, farmer organizations, and training. • Adoption of Sub1 rice increases rice yield (6.0% higher), profit (55.0% higher), and household consumption (15.0% higher). • Non-adopters could benefit if the...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Rice
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121709
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Summary:• The main drivers of adoption are access to information on Flood-tolerant rice Sub1 through neighbors, farmer organizations, and training. • Adoption of Sub1 rice increases rice yield (6.0% higher), profit (55.0% higher), and household consumption (15.0% higher). • Non-adopters could benefit if they adoptd sub1 rice by an increase of approximately 8% in rice yield, 48% of profit and 15% of household consumption