Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India

Are humanitarian donations in agbiotech economically feasible for the donor? We address this question by conducting an ex ante analysis of genetically engineered (GE) eggplant in India. Our analysis indicates that it is economically viable for a firm to donate the technology for poor farmers&#82...

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Autores principales: Kolady,Deepthi, Lesser,William
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-345820080002000022009-01-21Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in IndiaKolady,DeepthiLesser,William Bt eggplant market segmentation public-private partnership Are humanitarian donations in agbiotech economically feasible for the donor? We address this question by conducting an ex ante analysis of genetically engineered (GE) eggplant in India. Our analysis indicates that it is economically viable for a firm to donate the technology for poor farmers’ use by restricting use to open pollinated varieties while selling hybrid verities. By extension, this means of segmenting markets would likely apply in cases where different levels of production technologies are used based on access to market, irrigation, and credit, at least for perishable crops.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.11 n.2 20082008-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582008000200002en10.4067/S0717-34582008000200002
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market segmentation
public-private partnership
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market segmentation
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Kolady,Deepthi
Lesser,William
Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
description Are humanitarian donations in agbiotech economically feasible for the donor? We address this question by conducting an ex ante analysis of genetically engineered (GE) eggplant in India. Our analysis indicates that it is economically viable for a firm to donate the technology for poor farmers’ use by restricting use to open pollinated varieties while selling hybrid verities. By extension, this means of segmenting markets would likely apply in cases where different levels of production technologies are used based on access to market, irrigation, and credit, at least for perishable crops.
author Kolady,Deepthi
Lesser,William
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title Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
title_short Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
title_full Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
title_fullStr Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
title_full_unstemmed Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
title_sort can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - the case of genetically engineered eggplant in india
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
publishDate 2008
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