Title	Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India
Authors	Kolady DE Lesser W
Year	2007
Keywords	Agbiotech Agricultural biotechnology Asia Crop biotech Developing countries Eggplant Ex-ante Farm survey analysis Genetically modified crops GM crops India Industry Insect resistance Maharashtra Partial budget analysis Impacts on Farmers Impacts on Industries or Sectors Sector Willingness to pay
Journal	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
Volume	11
Issue	2
Start Page	1
End Page	8
Citation	Kolady, D. E., and W. Lesser. 2007. Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 11 (2): 1-8.
Abstract	Are humanitarian donations in agbiotech economically feasible for the donor? We address this question by conducting an ex ante analysis of genetically engineered (GE) eggplant in India. Our analysis indicates that it is economically viable for a firm to donate the technology for poor farmers' use by restricting use to open pollinated varieties while selling hybrid verities. By extension, this means of segmenting markets would likely apply in cases where different levels of production technologies are used based on access to market, irrigation, and credit, at least for perishable crops.

Can owners afford humanitarian donations in agbiotech - The case of genetically engineered eggplant in India

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