Bt cotton and pesticide use in Argentina: economic and environmental effects

By M. Qaim, A. de Janvry. Environment and Development Economics, 2005

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The Impact of Bt Cotton on Poor Households in Rural India (2008, background): “On average, farmers growing Bt cotton benefit from insecticide savings, higher effective yields through reduced crop losses and net revenue gains, in spite of higher seed prices (Huang et al., 2002; Morse et al., 2004; Qaim and de Janvry, 2005; Gandhi and Namboodiri, 2006; Crost et al., 2007; Dev an”
Impacts of Bt crops on non-target invertebrates and insecticide use patterns (2009, background): “Insecticide applications in Argentina and Mexico have been estimated to have dropped by about 50% [106, 107].”
Time to Change What to Sow: Risk Preferences and Technology Adoption Decisions of Cotton Farmers in China (2013, result): “This paper differs from previous studies in that it is the first empirical paper that provides evidence that PT could play a role in explaining farmers’ technology adoption decisions.”