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Three decades of organic wheat improvement: Assessing the impact and returns on investment

Grovermann, Christian; Weiner, Mareike; Levy, Lilia; Locher, Michael; Herrera, Juan Manuel and Winter, Eva (2022) Three decades of organic wheat improvement: Assessing the impact and returns on investment. Q Open, 2 (1), pp. 1-14.

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Summary

A changing regulatory environment and growing awareness are driving the need for crop improvement in organic agriculture. Contrary to conventional breeding, evidence on the economic effects of research and development in organic breeding is lacking. This study assesses adoption, economic impact, and rates of return to organic crop improvement research. The economic surplus method is used to quantify the impact of the Wiwa winter wheat variety. The standard model is enhanced by considering the economic benefits of improvements in crop nutrient and processing quality as well as resilience gains. Results show substantial economic returns of 18.6 per cent for the period from 1988 to 2019. The reduced downside risk of the organic cultivar is a key distinguishing factor in the analysis as organic breeding aims at providing farmers with resilient cultivars. Further investment in organic breeding appears as a promising element in the strategy for resilient and sustainable food systems.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Economic surplus model, Impact assessment, Downside risk, Resilience, Abacus, FiBL35191
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
resilience
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1374480530924
English
economic impact
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_547fe3a0
English
awareness-raising
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1410424656573
English
impact assessment
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37938
English
wheat
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8373
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Production systems > Cereals, pulses and oilseeds
Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation
Food systems > Policy environments and social economy
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Society > Agri-food policy
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Arable crops > Cereals
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Seeds and breeding > Plant breeding
DOI:10.1093/qopen/qoac005
Deposited By: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL
ID Code:43993
Deposited On:08 Apr 2022 08:09
Last Modified:23 Nov 2022 10:02
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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