Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa
We estimate the impact of drought tolerant maize varieties in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using geo referenced farm-trial data from 49 locations in eastern and southern Africa. Planting dates were matched with rainfall data in order to generate better drought risk zones in each country. Maize...
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| author | Kostandini, Genti Tahirou, Abdoulaye Erenstein, Olaf Sonder, Kai Guo, Zhe Setimela, Peter Menkir, Abebe |
| author_browse | Erenstein, Olaf Guo, Zhe Kostandini, Genti Menkir, Abebe Setimela, Peter Sonder, Kai Tahirou, Abdoulaye |
| author_facet | Kostandini, Genti Tahirou, Abdoulaye Erenstein, Olaf Sonder, Kai Guo, Zhe Setimela, Peter Menkir, Abebe |
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| description | We estimate the impact of drought tolerant maize varieties in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using geo referenced farm-trial data from 49 locations in eastern and southern Africa. Planting dates were matched with rainfall data in order to generate better drought risk zones in each country. Maize drought tolerant varieties perform better than popular commercial maize varieties grown in sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates are in the range of $132-$353 million to producers and consumer accruing in the 13 countries during the 2017-2016 period. Analysis of risk based on higher moments of yield distribution points out that there are drought tolerant varieties that have the same level of risk but offer higher overall gains compared to popular commercial varieties. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1499892024-11-13T12:23:07Z Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa Kostandini, Genti Tahirou, Abdoulaye Erenstein, Olaf Sonder, Kai Guo, Zhe Setimela, Peter Menkir, Abebe maize risk analysis drought tolerance We estimate the impact of drought tolerant maize varieties in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using geo referenced farm-trial data from 49 locations in eastern and southern Africa. Planting dates were matched with rainfall data in order to generate better drought risk zones in each country. Maize drought tolerant varieties perform better than popular commercial maize varieties grown in sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates are in the range of $132-$353 million to producers and consumer accruing in the 13 countries during the 2017-2016 period. Analysis of risk based on higher moments of yield distribution points out that there are drought tolerant varieties that have the same level of risk but offer higher overall gains compared to popular commercial varieties. 2015-05-15 2024-08-01T02:50:24Z 2024-08-01T02:50:24Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149989 en Open Access Kostandini, Genti; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Erenstein, Olaf; Sonder, Kai; Guo, Zhe; Setimela, Peter; and Menkir, Abebe. 2015. Potential Impacts of Drought Tolerant Maize: New Evidence from Farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa. Contributed Paper prepared for presentation at the 89th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society: University of Warwick, England April 13 -15, 2015. https://purl.umn.edu/204219 |
| spellingShingle | maize risk analysis drought tolerance Kostandini, Genti Tahirou, Abdoulaye Erenstein, Olaf Sonder, Kai Guo, Zhe Setimela, Peter Menkir, Abebe Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title | Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_full | Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_short | Potential impacts of drought tolerant maize: New evidence from farm-trials in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| title_sort | potential impacts of drought tolerant maize new evidence from farm trials in eastern and southern africa |
| topic | maize risk analysis drought tolerance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149989 |
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