Increase in Calorie Intake Due to Eggplant Grafting: Proof of Concept With the Use of Minimum Datasets

dc.contributor.authorMutuc, Maria Erlinda Manaloen
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcGuirk, Anya M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMills, Bradford F.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T14:43:42Zen
dc.date.adate2003-12-22en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T14:43:42Zen
dc.date.issued2003-12-11en
dc.date.rdate2004-12-22en
dc.date.sdate2003-12-16en
dc.description.abstractEggplant grafting implemented implemented in two field sites in the Philippines, in Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan are used as proofs of concept to illustrate and validate the feasibility of an impact assessment framework for determining the nutritional impact of technology-oriented agricultural activities. Nutritional impacts are assessed by disaggregating the market demand curve into demand curves by income groups using their separate price elasticities of demand. Considering only price effects, the increase in yields following a per unit cost reduction due to eggplant grafting has positive effects on the daily caloric intake per capita in the different income classes with the greatest impact on the lowest income class for both sites. Net increases in calorie intake ranges between 0.09 and 0.6 kilocalories per capita per day.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12162003-150912en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162003-150912en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9645en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartbmthesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultural Impact Assessmenten
dc.subjectMinimum Datasetsen
dc.subjectCalorie Intakeen
dc.subjectEggplant Graftingen
dc.titleIncrease in Calorie Intake Due to Eggplant Grafting: Proof of Concept With the Use of Minimum Datasetsen
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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