Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries
A few studies have reported some of the costs associated with bringing to market genetically-modified (GM) crops but no comprehensive studies exist on the real cost of the entire process of developing and releasing one GM variety by a not-for-profit institution in a developing country for sustainabl...
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| author | Schiek, Benjamin E. Hareau, Guy Baguma, Yona K. Medakker, A. Douches, D. Shotkoski, F.A. Ghislain, M. |
| author_browse | Baguma, Yona K. Douches, D. Ghislain, M. Hareau, Guy Medakker, A. Schiek, Benjamin E. Shotkoski, F.A. |
| author_facet | Schiek, Benjamin E. Hareau, Guy Baguma, Yona K. Medakker, A. Douches, D. Shotkoski, F.A. Ghislain, M. |
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| description | A few studies have reported some of the costs associated with bringing to market genetically-modified (GM) crops but no comprehensive studies exist on the real cost of the entire process of developing and releasing one GM variety by a not-for-profit institution in a developing country for sustainable agriculture. Despite the lack of documented studies, it is commonly assumed that such an undertaking is cost prohibitive, based on mere hearsay, and on two private sector cost assessments. The present study assesses the costs and the time expenditures to two not-for-profit programs, one lead by CIP and the other by Cornell University, of developing a late blight resistant (LBr) potato variety for release in one developing country. CIP’s costs run to $1.6 million over eight years, while Cornell’s costs amount to $1.4 million over nine years. Exogenous disturbances might result in insignificant increases in cost, but can increase time expenditure significantly. A sensitivity analysis revealed that the total cost is markedly influenced by technical parameters determining the production and identification of the pre-commercial LBr transgenic event. |
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| spelling | CGSpace782892024-04-25T06:01:47Z Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries Schiek, Benjamin E. Hareau, Guy Baguma, Yona K. Medakker, A. Douches, D. Shotkoski, F.A. Ghislain, M. genetically modified foods transgenics potatoes blight developing countries A few studies have reported some of the costs associated with bringing to market genetically-modified (GM) crops but no comprehensive studies exist on the real cost of the entire process of developing and releasing one GM variety by a not-for-profit institution in a developing country for sustainable agriculture. Despite the lack of documented studies, it is commonly assumed that such an undertaking is cost prohibitive, based on mere hearsay, and on two private sector cost assessments. The present study assesses the costs and the time expenditures to two not-for-profit programs, one lead by CIP and the other by Cornell University, of developing a late blight resistant (LBr) potato variety for release in one developing country. CIP’s costs run to $1.6 million over eight years, while Cornell’s costs amount to $1.4 million over nine years. Exogenous disturbances might result in insignificant increases in cost, but can increase time expenditure significantly. A sensitivity analysis revealed that the total cost is markedly influenced by technical parameters determining the production and identification of the pre-commercial LBr transgenic event. 2016 2016-12-13T12:26:58Z 2016-12-13T12:26:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78289 en Open Access Inderscience Publishers Schiek, B.; Hareau, G.; Baguma, Y.; Medakker, A.; Douches, D.; Shotkoski, F.; Ghislain, M. 2016. Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries. International Journal of Biotechnology. (Switzerland). ISSN 0963-6048. 14(2):112-131. |
| spellingShingle | genetically modified foods transgenics potatoes blight developing countries Schiek, Benjamin E. Hareau, Guy Baguma, Yona K. Medakker, A. Douches, D. Shotkoski, F.A. Ghislain, M. Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| title | Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| title_full | Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| title_short | Demystification of GM crop costs: releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| title_sort | demystification of gm crop costs releasing late blight resistant potato varieties as public goods in developing countries |
| topic | genetically modified foods transgenics potatoes blight developing countries |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78289 |
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