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Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity: the impact of international agricultural research

·2003·CABI Publishing eBooks
DOI 10.1079/9780851995496.0000
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Abstract This book reports on the productivity impacts of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of a 40-year effort to breed new varieties of the world's staple food crops. The contributed chapters are the main product of a study initiated and supported by the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (now the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment) of the CGIAR. Descriptive data and econometric models have been used to evaluate the impact of research on 11 crops and country case studies in Brazil, China and India. The contents include an introduction and methodology section (3 chapters); crop studies on rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley, lentils, potato, cassava, groundnut and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); case studies in Brazil, China and India; and a set of 3 synthesis papers reporting global and regional impacts on production and human welfare. The book should prove of significant interest to those working within plant breeding, crop science and agricultural economics.

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  • Previous studies that quantitatively modeled the socioeconomic impacts of international agricultural R&D have shown that without the Green Revolution's increased agricultural yields, investment and yield progress in the developed world would have increased in response to rising prices, largely offsetting the decreased production in the developed world.

    “Previous studies that have attempted to quantitatively model the socioeconomic impacts of international agricultural R&D have shown that without the Green Revolution's increased agricultural yields, investment and yield progress in the developed world would have increased in response to rising prices, largely offsetting the decreased production in the developed world.”

    From Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification (2010) · cites this paper as [23]

  • Without the Green Revolution's increased agricultural yields, international shipments of food from developed to developing countries would have increased on the order of 30%, and crop area would still have increased by 2.8-4.9% more than it did historically.

    “international shipments of food from developed to developing countries would have increased on the order of 30%, and crop area would still have increased by 2.8–4.9% more than it did historically”

    From Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification (2010) · cites this paper as [23]

  • Without the Green Revolution's increased agricultural yields, food prices would have been 35-66% higher than in reality.

    “food prices would be 35–66% higher than in reality”

    From Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification (2010) · cites this paper as [23]

  • Without the Green Revolution's increased agricultural yields, overall calorie consumption would have been 14% lower in the developing world than in reality.

    “with overall calorie consumption 14% lower in the developing world than in reality”

    From Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification (2010) · cites this paper as [23]

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Venue
CABI Publishing eBooks
Publisher
CABI Publishing
Published
2003-01
DOI
10.1079/9780851995496.0000
OpenAlex
W596607116
Cited by
334
References
54
Citations by year
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FWCI
56.99
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
CABI Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Economics and Practices
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Research and Practices
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Keywords
plant breeding, research impact assessment, international agricultural research, staple crops, crop productivity, human welfare, rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley, lentil, potato, cassava, groundnut, Phaseolus vulgaris, Brazil, China, India

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