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>