TY  - EJOUR
AB  - Conventional methods were used to assess the benefits and costs of an unconventional project whose purpose was to test
whether participatory crop improvement can encourage Mexican farmers to continue growing maize landraces by enhancing
their current use value. Findings suggest that farmers as a group earned a high benefit-cost ratio from participating, though
from the perspective of the private investor the returns were low. The project also generated social benefits, but these would
be difficult (and costly) to measure. There was a gender bias in both participation and benefits distributions, though there is
some evidence of a welfare transfer to maize deficit households. Application of other valuation approaches will be necessary
in order to assess both the private and social benefits of similar projects.
© 2003 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
AU  - Smale, M.
AU  - Bellon, Mauricio R.
AU  - Aguirre, J.A.
AU  - Rosas, I. Manuel
AU  - Mendoza, Jorge
AU  - Solano, A.M.
AU  - Martinez, R.
AU  - Ramirez, A.
AU  - Berthaud, Julien
DA  - 2003-12
DA  - 2003-12
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.178082
DO  - doi
EP  - 275
EP  - 265
ID  - 178082
IS  - 3
JF  - Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
KW  - Crop Production/Industries
KW  - Production Economics
KW  - Maize
KW  - On-farm conservation
KW  - Participatory plant breeding
KW  - Costs and benefits
KW  - Mexico
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/178082/files/agec2003v029i003a005.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/178082/files/agec2003v029i003a005.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/178082/files/agec2003v029i003a005.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/178082/files/agec2003v029i003a005.pdf
N2  - Conventional methods were used to assess the benefits and costs of an unconventional project whose purpose was to test
whether participatory crop improvement can encourage Mexican farmers to continue growing maize landraces by enhancing
their current use value. Findings suggest that farmers as a group earned a high benefit-cost ratio from participating, though
from the perspective of the private investor the returns were low. The project also generated social benefits, but these would
be difficult (and costly) to measure. There was a gender bias in both participation and benefits distributions, though there is
some evidence of a welfare transfer to maize deficit households. Application of other valuation approaches will be necessary
in order to assess both the private and social benefits of similar projects.
© 2003 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
PY  - 2003-12
PY  - 2003-12
SP  - 265
T1  - The economic costs and benefits of a participatory project to conserve maize landraces on farms in Oaxaca, Mexico*
TI  - The economic costs and benefits of a participatory project to conserve maize landraces on farms in Oaxaca, Mexico*
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/178082/files/agec2003v029i003a005.pdf
VL  - 29
Y1  - 2003-12
T2  - Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
ER  -