Benefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: an ex ante analysis

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dc.creatorKikulwe, Enoch Mutebi
dc.creatorFalck-Zepeda, José B.
dc.creatorOloka, Herbert
dc.creatorChambers, Judith A.
dc.creatorKomen, John
dc.creatorZambrano, Patricia
dc.creatorWood-Sichra, Ulrike
dc.creatorHanson, Hillary
dc.date2020-05
dc.date2020-05-12T12:51:41Z
dc.date2020-05-12T12:51:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:51:20Z
dc.descriptionThe Government of Uganda has implemented programs and policies to improve the agricultural sector’s recent underperformance. Uganda’s two main food security crops, bananas and cassava, have been critically affected by two diseases: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) and Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD). The effectiveness of agronomic and cultural practices to control these diseases has been limited, requiring better alternatives. The Ugandan R&D sector in collaboration with international partners have developed genetically engineered innovations that can control both diseases. To examine the potential benefits to consumers and producers from the adoption of genetically engineered banana and cassava with resistance to BXW and CBSD, we use a set of economic impact assessment methods. These include an economic surplus model implemented via IFPRI’s DREAMpy framework, a real options model and a limited gender assessment. Results from the economic surplus approach suggest that the adoption of both technologies can benefit Uganda. These results were confirmed for the case of bananas and partially for the case of cassava using the real options and the gender assessment performed. Results from this assessment are predicated on Uganda maintaining an enabling environment that will ensure the deployment and use of both innovations. Looking forward, continuing to improve enabling environment for innovation in Uganda will require addressing current R&D, regulatory, technology deployment and product stewardship processes constraints.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108209
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/67872
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKikulwe, E.M.; Falck-Zepeda, J.; Oloka, H.; Chambers, J.; Komen, J.; Zambrano, P.; Wood-Sichra, U.; Hanson, H. (2020) Benefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: an ex ante analysis. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1927. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133716
dc.subjectbananas
dc.subjectcassava
dc.subjectex ante impact assessment
dc.subjecteconomic analysis
dc.subjectcrop losses
dc.subjectbanano
dc.subjectmandioca
dc.subjectevaluación del impact ex-ante
dc.subjectanálisis económico
dc.titleBenefits from the adoption of genetically engineered innovations in the Ugandan banana and cassava sectors: an ex ante analysis
dc.typeWorking Paper

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