Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries
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 coun...
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| author | Bouët, Antoine Gruère, Guillaume P. |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1548512024-11-15T08:52:28Z Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries Bouët, Antoine Gruère, Guillaume P. biotechnology international trade cotton 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. 2011-06 2024-10-01T14:04:20Z 2024-10-01T14:04:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154851 en Limited Access Wiley Bouët, Antoine; Gruère, Guillaume P. 2011. Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 33(2): 260-279. https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppr010 |
| spellingShingle | biotechnology international trade cotton Bouët, Antoine Gruère, Guillaume P. Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title | Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title_full | Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title_fullStr | Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title_short | Refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting GM cotton: An application in seven Sub-Saharan African countries |
| title_sort | refining opportunity cost estimates of not adopting gm cotton an application in seven sub saharan african countries |
| topic | biotechnology international trade cotton |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154851 |
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