Measuring the potential payoffs from biofortification: The case of high -iron rice in the Philippines

This study examines the potential social rate of return to biofortification, an international plant breeding initiative that develops food crops to contain more micronutrients. We conduct an ex ante cost-benefit analysis of introducing conventionally bred high-iron rice varieties in the Philippines,...

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Main Author:	Javelosa, Josyline Chio
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	English
Published:	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01-01-2006
Subjects:	Agricultural economics Agricultural production Benefit cost analysis Cost control Cost reduction Decision making Demand Food GDP Gross Domestic Product Households Net present value Nutrients Nutrition Nutrition research Public health Rice Shadow prices Studies
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