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    Identifying crop research priorities based on potential economic and poverty reduction impacts: the case of cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

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    Date
    2018-08-08
    Author
    Alene, A.
    Abdoulaye, Tahirou
    Rusike, J.
    Labarta, R.
    Creamer, Bernardo
    Rio, M. del
    Ceballos, H.
    Becerra, L.A.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    It is widely recognized that increasing agricultural production to the levels needed to feed an expanding world population requires sharply increased public investment in research and development and widespread adoption of new technologies, but funding for national and international agricultural research has rather declined in recent years. In this situation, priority setting has become increasingly important for allocating scarce research resources among competing needs to achieve greater impacts. Using partial equilibrium economic surplus models and poverty impact simulations, this paper assesses cassava research priorities in Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, and Asia based on the potential economic and poverty reduction impacts of alternative research and technology options. The results showed that efficient planting material production and distribution systems and sustainable crop and soil fertility management practices have the greatest expected economic and poverty reduction impacts in the three regions. Lack of clean planting materials is a major constraint to adoption and it is envisaged that efficient production and distribution systems for planting material can accelerate technology adoption by farmers. Similarly, sustainable crop and soil fertility management practices play a key role in closing the observed yield gaps, especially in Africa. The paper discusses the results of the priority assessment for key cassava research options and concludes with the implications for cassava research priorities.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0201803
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4343
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Arega Alenehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-4603
    Tahirou Abdoulayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-1363
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0201803
    Research Themes
    SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRIBUSINESS
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Cassava; Impact Assessment
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cassava; Agricultural Production; Poverty; Technology
    Regions
    Africa; Asia; Latin America
    Journals
    PloS ONE
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