Ex ante economic assessment of GMOs in Tanzania
As part of its IFPRI Discussion Papers series, the International Food Policy Research Institute has just published "Ex ante economic assessment of impacts of GM maize and cassava on producers and consumers in Tanzania" by R.D. Ruhinduka and co-authors. The 91-page study estimates the potential economic impacts that could be attributed to the adoption of two main genetically modified (GM) varieties of maize and cassava. Economic models and locally collected data are used to estimate the net benefits that eventually would accrue to society should the GM varieties currently under development be commercialized. The work was undertaken as part of the Biotechnology and Biosafety Rapid Assessment and Policy Platform (BioRAPP) project, led by IFPRI’s Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS). See
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