Two papers evaluating the economic impact of agricultural innovation

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dc.contributor.authorNguema, Abigail M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeriaen
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:54Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:54Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe first paper of this thesis seeks to clarify the economic benefits of staple crop biofortification and accomplishes this through the utilization of cost-benefit analysis, DALYs (disability adjusted life years concept), and analysis of economic surplus. The first paper finds that health problems related to iron deficiency and vitamin A can be cost-efficiently reduced through biofortification of cassava in Kenya and Nigeria. The second paper studies the economic impact of conservation agriculture in Ecuador and the researcher utilizes a linear programming model to show that certain conservation agriculture endeavors can increase household income for farmers.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-6 (Economic and Impact Analysis)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier6229en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70059en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherMasters Thesis. Virginia Polytechnic and State University: Blacksburg, VAen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 by Abigail Nguema. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFood strategyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectHealth impactsen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectAgricultural technologiesen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectNutritionen
dc.subjectBiofortificationen
dc.subjectCassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)en
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectKenyaen
dc.subjectIron deficiencyen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectIncomeen
dc.subjectBenefit-cost analysisen
dc.subjectDisability adjusted life years concept (dalys)en
dc.subjectEconomic surplus analysisen
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectKenyaen
dc.subjectEcuadoren
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleTwo papers evaluating the economic impact of agricultural innovationen
dc.typeAbstracten
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