Arbeitspapier
Valuing financial, health, and environmental benefits of Bt cotton in Pakistan
Data from a farm survey and choice experiment are used to value the benefits of Bt cotton in Pakistan. Unlike previous research on the economic impacts of Bt, which mostly concentrated on financial benefits in terms of gross margins, we also quantify and monetize positive externalities associated with technology adoption. Due to lower chemical pesticide use on Bt cotton plots, there are significant health advantages in terms of reduced incidence of acute pesticide poisoning, and environmental advantages in terms of higher biodiversity and lower soil and groundwater contamination. These positive externalities are valued at US$ 79 per acre, of which half is attributable to health and the other half to environmental improvements. Adding average gross margin gains of US$ 204 results in an aggregate benefit of US$ 283 per acre of Bt, or US$ 1.7 billion for the total Bt cotton area in Pakistan.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 105
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Externalities
Health and Economic Development
Valuation of Environmental Effects
Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
Externalities
Health and Economic Development
Valuation of Environmental Effects
Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
Thema
Bt cotton
Pesticide use
Health and environmental benefits
Choice experiment
Pakistan
Pesticide use
Health and environmental benefits
Choice experiment
Pakistan
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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Kouser, Shahzad
Qaim, Matin
Qaim, Matin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG)
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2012
- Handle
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kouser, Shahzad
- Qaim, Matin
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG)
Entstanden
- 2012
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