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| Title: | POTENTIAL ECONOMIC AND POVERTY IMPACT OF IMPROVED CHICKPEA TECHNOLOGIES IN ETHIOPIA |
| Authors: | Macharia, Ibrahim
Orr, Alastair
Simtowe, Franklin
Asfaw, Solomon |
| Authors (Email): | Macharia, Ibrahim (mach4ibra@yahoo.com)
Orr, Alastair (AOrr@cgiar.org)
Simtowe, Franklin (F.p.Simtowe@cgiar.org)
Asfaw, Solomon (Solomon.Asfaw@fao.org) |
| Keywords: | Economic impact
chickpea
improved varieties
Ethiopia |
| Issue Date: | 2012-06 |
| Abstract: | This study assessed the potential economic and poverty impact of 11 improved chickpea
varieties released by the national agricultural research organization of Ethiopia in collaboration
with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. The economic surplus
model applied estimated a total benefit of US$ 111 million for 30 years. Consumers are
estimated to get 39% of the benefit and producers 61%. The benefit cost ratio was estimated at
5:1 and an internal rate of return of 55%, indicating that the investment is profitable. The
generated benefit is expected to lift more than 0.7 million people (both producers and
consumers) out of poverty. Thus, further investments in the chickpea and other legume research
in Ethiopia is justified as a means of poverty alleviation. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/132553 |
| Institution/Association: | International Association of Agricultural Economists>2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil |
| Total Pages: | 23 |
| Collections: | 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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