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Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China

In: Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy

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  • Shenghui Wang

    (Cornell University)

  • David R. Just

    (Cornell University)

  • Per Pinstrup-Andersen

    (Cornell University)

Abstract

Because Bt technology targets only bollworm populations, secondary pest populations have slowly eroded the benefits of Bt technology in China. Stochastic dominance tests based on primary household data from 1999–2001 and 2004 in China provide strong evidence that secondary pests have completely eroded all benefits from Bt cotton cultivation. Refuge, while currently used to prevent Bt resistance in the United States, could be used to control secondary pest populations by increasing their exposure to lethal toxins. We show that such a strategy would be profitable in China.

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  • Shenghui Wang & David R. Just & Per Pinstrup-Andersen, 2006. "Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Richard E. Just & Julian M. Alston & David Zilberman (ed.), Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy, chapter 0, pages 625-637, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-0-387-36953-2_28
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36953-2_28
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    Cited by:

    1. Stone, Glenn Davis, 2011. "Field versus Farm in Warangal: Bt Cotton, Higher Yields, and Larger Questions," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 387-398, March.
    2. Frisvold, George, 2010. "Resistance Management and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biotechnology," 14th ICABR Conference, June 16-18, 2010, Ravello, Italy 188091, International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR).

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