@article{Pitoro:51633,
      recid = {51633},
      author = {Pitoro, Raul and Walker, Thomas S. and Tschirley, David L.  and Swinton, Scott M. and Boughton, Duncan and de Marrule,  Higino Francisco},
      title = {Can Bt Technology Reduce Poverty Among African Cotton  Growers?  An Ex Ante Analysis of the Private and Social  Profitability of Bt Cotton Seed in Mozambique.},
      address = {2009},
      number = {1005-2016-78986},
      series = {Contributed Paper},
      pages = {22},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {This paper presents an ex ante analysis of the private and  social profitability of the introduction of Bt cotton for a  major cotton producing area of northern Mozambique.    Cotton is especially relevant to rural poverty reduction  because smallholders often have few alternative cash  earning activities, and yields are among the lowest in  Africa.  Multivariate regression is used to quantify the  relationship between pest control and yield loss at farm  level as a basis for estimating the expected yield gain  from the introduction of Bt cotton.  Partial budget  analysis of technical packages with and without Bt cotton  seed reveals a strong divergence between private (negative)  and social (positive) profitability.  The Mozambique case  indicates that effective bio-safety and legal frameworks  may be a necessary but not sufficient condition for Bt  cotton technology adoption and poverty reduction.   Policy  changes to align private and social profitability of cotton  production with Bt seed, as well as complementary  improvements in crop management, especially timely planting  and weed control, are also necessary for Bt technology to  change the fortunes of Mozambican cotton growers.  With  improved policy and technology in place the adoption of Bt  cotton varieties could result in a sizeable reduction in  poverty as measured by the predicted change in squared  poverty gap.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51633},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.51633},
}