Labour savings of Roundup Ready maize: Impact on cost and input substitution for South African smallholders
| dc.citation.epage | 213 | en_US |
| dc.citation.issue | 3 | en_US |
| dc.citation.jtitle | African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics | en_US |
| dc.citation.spage | 200 | en_US |
| dc.citation.volume | 9 | en_US |
| dc.contributor | Regier, Gregory K. | en_US |
| dc.contributor | Dalton, Timothy J. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-11T18:25:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-11T18:25:35Z | |
| dc.date.published | 2014 | en_US |
| dc.description | This study examines the impact of genetically modified maize on labour, cost and input substitutability for smallholders in South Africa. Producers of Roundup Ready® (RR) maize use significantly less child, female and male labour than non-RR producers, resulting in lower costs despite significantly higher herbicide, seed and fertiliser costs. A treatment effects model controlling for selection bias shows that the entire cost advantage and more can be attributed to the Roundup Ready® technology. These results are supported using a nonparametric kernel density estimator. Elasticities of factor substitution indicate strong substitutability among inputs; however, a lack of statistical significance limits the interpretation of the results. | en_US |
| dc.description | Citation: Regier, G. K., Dalton, T. J. (2014) Labour savings of Roundup Ready maize: Impact on cost and input substitution for South African smallholders. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 9(3) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20499 | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://www.afjare.org/vol-9-no-3.php | en_US |
| dc.rights | Reprinted with permission from African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2014 | en_US |
| dc.subject | cost | en_US |
| dc.subject | maize | en_US |
| dc.subject | labour saving | en_US |
| dc.subject | Roundup Ready® | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.title | Labour savings of Roundup Ready maize: Impact on cost and input substitution for South African smallholders | en_US |
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