GM maize in Ethiopia: An ex ante economic assessment of TELA, a drought tolerant and insect resistant maize

Yirga, Chilot; Nin‐Pratt, Alejandro; Zambrano, Patricia; Wood‐Sichra, Ulrike; Habtu, Endeshaw; Kato, Edward; Komen, John; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Chambers, Judith A.

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“…Overall, the BioRAPP project produced a total of 8 GM crop/trait ex ante case studies led by in-country economists in Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda ( Dzanku et al, 2018 ; Phillip et al, 2019 ; Kikulwe et al, 2020 ; Ruhinduka et al, 2020 ; Yirga et al, 2020 , respectively). Additionally, Zambrano et al (2019) published an overview of the economic assessment literature for Africa and an updated web bibliography on the economic assessment of GM crops (bEcon).…”

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confidence: 99%

“… Source: Dzanku et al (2018) , Phillip et al (2019) , Kikulwe et al (2020) , Ruhinduka et al (2020) , and Yirga et al (2020) . …”

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confidence: 99%

“…This model has been used extensively over the years in multiple countries to evaluate and prioritize research investments. Specifically for the evaluation of GM crops in developing economies, Smale et al (2009) 2018), Phillip et al (2019), Kikulwe et al (2020), Ruhinduka et al (2020), and Yirga et al (2020).…”

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Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology

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An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often a challenge in the decision-making process, involves the balancing of identified potential risks with expected economic benefits from GM crops. The latter is particularly challenging in the case of orphan crops, for which solid economic data is scarce. To address this challenge, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with local economists analyzed the expected economic benefits to farmers and consumers from the adoption of GM crops in 5 sub-Saharan African countries. This paper focuses on case studies involving insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria and Ghana; disease-resistant cassava in Uganda and Tanzania; and disease-resistant banana in Uganda. Estimations from these case studies show substantial economic benefits to farmers and consumers from the timely adoption and planting in farmers’ fields of GM orphan crops. Our analysis also shows how the benefits would significantly be reduced by regulatory or other delays that affect the timely release of these crops. These findings underscore the importance of having an enabling policy environment and regulatory system—covering, among other elements, biosafety and food/feed safety assessment, and varietal release registration—that is efficient, predictable, and transparent to ensure that the projected economic benefits are delivered and realized in a timely manner.

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“… Source: Dzanku et al (2018) , Phillip et al (2019) , Kikulwe et al (2020) , Ruhinduka et al (2020) , and Yirga et al (2020) . …”

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“… 26 Confined field trials of the TELA Maize Project, a progression of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA), have shown promise of developing drought tolerant and insect resistant hybrid maize for small holder farmers of sub-Saharan Africa. 27 …”

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Genetically modified organisms and food security in Southern Africa: conundrum and discourse

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Ntuli

2020

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The importance of food security and nourishment is recognized in Southern African region and in many communities, globally. However, the attainment of food security in Southern African countries is affected by many factors, including adverse environmental conditions, pests and diseases. Scientists have been insistently looking for innovative strategies to optimize crop production and combat challenges militating against attainment of food security. In agriculture, strategies of increasing crop production include but not limited to improved crop varieties, farming practices, extension services, irrigation services, mechanization, information technology, use of fertilizers and agrochemicals. Equally important is genetic modification (GM) technology, which brings new prospects in addressing food security problems. Nonetheless, since the introduction of genetically modified crops (GMOs) three decades ago, it has been a topic of public discourse across the globe, conspicuously so in Southern African region. This is regardless of the evidence that planting GMOs positively influenced farmer's incomes, economic access to food and increased tolerance of crops to various biotic and abiotic stresses. This paper looks at the issues surrounding GMOs adoption in Southern Africa and lack thereof, the discourse, and its potential in contributing to the attainment of food security for the present as well as future generations.

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“…Te strong performance of the agricultural sector in Ethiopia is rising at an average annual rate of 5.8% over the last twenty years [1], and more than 85 percent of the national growth domestic product of the country is derived from the agricultural sector, which is a key factor in declined poverty from 71% in 1995 to 31% in 2015 [2]. Indeed, the country formulated the Agricultural Development-Led Industrialization policy and placed a strong strategy in accelerating the agricultural growth, achieving food security [3], and using major stable crops by complementary technologies [4][5][6].…”

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Grain Yield and Yield Related Traits of Bread Wheat as Influenced by N and Seeding Rates and Their Interaction Effects in 2020 under Irrigation at Western and North of Oromia, Ethiopia

Feyisa

Mengistu

Biri³

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International Journal of Agronomy

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Wheat is among the cultivated and important crops in Ethiopia because of its high value as a stable food that is mostly grown under rain-fed conditions. Even though the country has the potential to produce a sufficient amount of wheat grain under rain-fed and by using irrigation, the country still depends on importing wheat grain every year. Soil fertility depletion, inappropriate agronomic practices, erratic rainfall, and drought are among the constraints to the low yield of wheat crops in the country. In view of this, the field experiment was conducted during the off-season of 2020 in five districts, namely, Horo, Jimma Geneti, Jimma Arjo, Wayu Tuka, and Degem districts that are selected as representatives in terms of agricultural production and irrigation potential. The treatments consisted of five N fertilizer levels (0, 23, 46, 69, and 92 kg·ha−1) and three seeding rates (125, 150, and 175 kg·ha−1) of bread wheat, which constituted a total of 15 treatments. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with a factorial arrangement in three replications. The plot size was 3 m × 5 m. From the study, we observed that the grain yield and yield components of wheat were improved by optimizing nitrogen application and plant population. Maximum grain yield of 6.8, 8.9, 4.1, 4.8, and 2.5 t·ha−1 was recorded in response to the use of 92/125, 23/150, 23/150 and 175, 69/150, and 69/175 kg·ha−1 N/seed rate of wheat under irrigation condition in Horo, Jimma Geneti, Jimma Arjo, Wayu Tuka, and Degem districts, respectively. On the contrary, the lowest yield was observed from the unfertilized plot that was planted at 125 kg·ha−1 seed rate in all districts, except in Jimma Geneti, which was observed at 0/150 kg·ha−1 N/seed rate. The differences in yield between districts are mainly attributed to the variability in their soil-plant nutrient contents. Thus, N fertilizer and seed rates at 23/150, 69/150, 46/50, and 92/125 kg·ha−1 in Jimma Arjo and Jimma Geneti, Wayu Tuka, Degem, and Horo districts, respectively, gave maximum yield and net benefit with acceptable marginal rate of return, and it is economically feasible and the best rate to use by the end-users in bread wheat production under irrigation condition in the study area and agro-ecologies that are similar to the study area.

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GM maize in Ethiopia: An ex ante economic assessment of TELA, a drought tolerant and insect resistant maize

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Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology

Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology

Genetically modified organisms and food security in Southern Africa: conundrum and discourse

Grain Yield and Yield Related Traits of Bread Wheat as Influenced by N and Seeding Rates and Their Interaction Effects in 2020 under Irrigation at Western and North of Oromia, Ethiopia

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