Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system
Production of livestock and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa has not kept pace with growing demand. The potential exists to close this gap in a climate-friendly way through the introduction of improved forage varieties of the Brachiaria genus. We assess the potential economic impact of the devel...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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| author | Gonzáles, Carlos Schiek, Benjamin E. Mwendia, Solomon W. Prager, Steven D. |
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| description | Production of livestock and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa has not kept pace with growing demand. The potential exists to close this gap in a climate-friendly way through the introduction of improved forage varieties of the Brachiaria genus. We assess the potential economic impact of the development and release of such varieties in six East African countries using an economic surplus model. Results are presented across a range of potential scenarios involving different adoption rates and percentage increases in productivity. For all but the lowest levels of adoption and productivity increases, improved forages have the potential for positive return on investment. Using these results, we present formulae that help readers calculate the adoption rate or percentage increase in productivity necessary to achieve specific desired levels of net benefit. Overall, the model output suggests that investment in a forages research program related to both the qualities of the forage itself as well as programs to enhance dissemination and adoption of new materials would be low risk and with high likelihood for positive outcome, generating discounted net benefits on the order of potentially tens of millions of dollars. |
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| spelling | CGSpace775572025-11-05T17:09:30Z Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system Gonzáles, Carlos Schiek, Benjamin E. Mwendia, Solomon W. Prager, Steven D. milk production brachiaria livestock economic analysis models producción lechera ganado análisis económico modelos Production of livestock and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa has not kept pace with growing demand. The potential exists to close this gap in a climate-friendly way through the introduction of improved forage varieties of the Brachiaria genus. We assess the potential economic impact of the development and release of such varieties in six East African countries using an economic surplus model. Results are presented across a range of potential scenarios involving different adoption rates and percentage increases in productivity. For all but the lowest levels of adoption and productivity increases, improved forages have the potential for positive return on investment. Using these results, we present formulae that help readers calculate the adoption rate or percentage increase in productivity necessary to achieve specific desired levels of net benefit. Overall, the model output suggests that investment in a forages research program related to both the qualities of the forage itself as well as programs to enhance dissemination and adoption of new materials would be low risk and with high likelihood for positive outcome, generating discounted net benefits on the order of potentially tens of millions of dollars. 2016 2016-11-01T15:36:49Z 2016-11-01T15:36:49Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77557 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Gonzáles, Carlos; Schiek, Ben; Mwendia, Solomon; Prager, Steven Dean. 2016. Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 54 p. (Publicación CIAT No. 422) |
| spellingShingle | milk production brachiaria livestock economic analysis models producción lechera ganado análisis económico modelos Gonzáles, Carlos Schiek, Benjamin E. Mwendia, Solomon W. Prager, Steven D. Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| title | Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| title_full | Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| title_fullStr | Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| title_short | Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| title_sort | improved forages and milk production in east africa a case study in the series economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system |
| topic | milk production brachiaria livestock economic analysis models producción lechera ganado análisis económico modelos |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77557 |
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