10.1371/journal.pone.0138998.t004
John Herbert Ainembabazi
John
Herbert Ainembabazi
Leena Tripathi
Leena
Tripathi
Joseph Rusike
Joseph
Rusike
Tahirou Abdoulaye
Tahirou
Abdoulaye
Victor Manyong
Victor
Manyong
Parameter values used to estimate the economic benefits of GMB-BXW using ESM.
Public Library of Science
2015
production.ConclusionThe findings support investment
banana Xanthomonas
disease.Data SourcesThe paper
target countries
adoption rate ranges
gla
ceiling adoption rate
Economic surplus model
GM banana
Genetically Modified Banana Resistant
Great Lakes region
2015-09-28 03:20:07
Dataset
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/_Parameter_values_used_to_estimate_the_economic_benefits_of_GMB_BXW_using_ESM_/1558892
<p>Data sources</p><p><sup>1</sup>The average farm gate price from the 37 surveyed farmers who sold bananas.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Research costs extracted from the GMB-BXW project proposal budget for Kenya and Uganda.</p><p><sup>3</sup>Key informant survey data (from banana breeders, research scientists and extension agents). Key informants were asked to provide information on banana losses, potential adoption of GMB-BXW, and production by major regions producing bananas in their respective countries. The figures provided are average figures across regions in each country and the sample sizes vary per country.</p><p><sup>4</sup>FAOSTAT for data for the year 2014, available on <a href="http://faostat.fao.org/" target="_blank">http://faostat.fao.org</a>.</p><p><sup>a</sup>Note that these variables were not used in the ESM, but are reported to provide additional explanation.</p><p>Parameter values used to estimate the economic benefits of GMB-BXW using ESM.</p>