Ex ante welfare analysis of technological change: The case of nitrogen efficient maize for African soils

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZA
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierZhe Guo: 0000-0002-5999-4009
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12067en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestChoice
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.issn0008-3976en
cg.issn1744-7976en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalCanadian Journal of Agricultural Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume64en
dc.contributor.authorKostandini, Gentien
dc.contributor.authorLa Rovere, Robertoen
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Zheen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:23:04Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:23:04Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147584
dc.titleEx ante welfare analysis of technological change: The case of nitrogen efficient maize for African soilsen
dcterms.abstractThis study evaluates the potential impacts of the Improved Maize for African Soils (IMAS) project in two countries of Africa: Kenya and South Africa. The IMAS varieties offer significant yield advantages for regions where low or no fertilizer is used. The analysis uses spatial production data and household data to account for the level of fertilizer use in different agroecological zones of the country as well as different types of maize producing households. Results suggest that IMAS will deliver a total of US$586 million in gross benefits with US$136 million and US$100 million of benefits to producers in Kenya and South Africa, respectively, and an additional US$112 million to consumers in Kenya and US$238 million to consumers in South Africa. These benefits could help more than 1 million people escape poverty in the two countries by 2025. Household level results suggest that small households in areas with relatively low levels of fertilizer use stand to gain significant benefits.en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKostandini, Genti; La Rovere, Roberto; and Guo, Zhe. 2016. Ex ante welfare analysis of technological change: The case of nitrogen efficient maize for African soils. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 64(1): 147 - 168. https://doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12067en
dcterms.extentpp. 147-168en
dcterms.issued2016-03-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/4880en
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjecthybridsen
dcterms.subjectwelfareen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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