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The Economic Impact of Peanut Research on the Poor: The Case of Resistance Strategies to Control Peanut Viruses in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorMoyo, Sibusisoen
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBrewster, Charleneen
dc.contributor.committeememberAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:42:32Zen
dc.date.adate2004-09-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:42:32Zen
dc.date.issued2004-07-28en
dc.date.rdate2004-09-07en
dc.date.sdate2004-08-11en
dc.description.abstractEconomic impacts of research that developed Rosette virus-resistant peanut in Uganda are estimated, including the impacts on poverty. The impacts of technology on the cost of production at the household level are determined. This information is used to compute aggregate benefits in an economic surplus model. A probit model is used to identify the determinants of adoption using household data. Information regarding the determinants of adoption is combined with impacts of technology on the cost of production to identify income changes for adopting households. Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures are used to project changes in poverty for households that adopt. It is estimated that the poverty rate will decline by 1.3 percent as a result of the research.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08112004-154249en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08112004-154249/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44197en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultural researchen
dc.subjectEconomic impacten
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.titleThe Economic Impact of Peanut Research on the Poor: The Case of Resistance Strategies to Control Peanut Viruses in Ugandaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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