Title

The economic impact of new technology adoption on the U.S. apple industry

Abstract

We develop a temporal and spatial partial equilibrium model to evaluate the welfare impact of new technology on the apple industry to control fire blight. We show significant benefits of GM technology relative to conventional methods and other new methods such as microencapsulation of biological agents. We also show that the cost-reduction benefits of the technology exceed the yield-increasing benefits.

Department(s)

Agribusiness, Education, and Communication

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Apple production, Fire blight, Technology, Welfare analysis

Publication Date

9-1-2016

Journal Title

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

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