Claim · model-written summary
Bt brinjal increased net revenues by 128%.
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Verbatim
e0“resulting in a 128% increase in net revenues”
t0“Bt Eggplant”
Title
The Impacts of GM Foods: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Bt Eggplant in Bangladesh
Akhter U. Ahmed; John Hoddinott; Naveen Abedin; et al. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2020. doi:10.1111/ajae.12162
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal increased yield by 3,564 kg/ha, or 51% against control.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal reduced pesticide costs by 7,175 Taka per hectare, or 37.5%.
- Intervention effect Bt farmers harvested more eggplant.
- Intervention effect Bt farmers discarded fewer damaged fruits.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal farmers sold more eggplant.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal farmers received a higher output price.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal farmers had lower input costs.
- Intervention effect Bt farmers used smaller pesticide quantities.
- Intervention effect Bt farmers sprayed pesticides less frequently.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal reduced pesticide toxicity by as much as 76%.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal farmers with chronic conditions were 11.5 percentage points less likely to report a poisoning symptom.
- Intervention effect Bt brinjal farmers with chronic conditions were less likely to incur medical expenses for poisoning symptoms.
- Association No heterogeneous effects were detected by farmer age, schooling, or cultivated land.