| The Economics of Soybean Disease Control Contributor(s): Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas (Author), Kaufman, James (Author), Zahringer, Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780648081 ISBN-13: 9781780648088 Publisher: Cabi OUR PRICE: $166.87 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Agribusiness - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 633.34 |
| LCCN: 2019003367 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (1.65 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first section provides an overview of global soybean diseases and their economic significance. It pieces together the existing evidence on the incidence and severity of such diseases and discusses the available management techniques, both existing and emerging. Attention then shifts to farm-level decision making where the potential economic payoffs of alternative disease practices and key uncertainties on the need and benefits for such practices will be discussed in detail. Adoption of new technologies is discussed along with what potential market-level impacts might be. Extensive empirical case studies are provided where strategies for economically optimal management of soybean seedling disease and soybean root rots are detailed. The last section provides a global economic model that evaluates the potential economic benefits of soybean disease and their distribution and draws conclusions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas: - Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes is the MSMC Endowed Professor of Agribusiness Strategy and the Director of the Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC) at the University of Missouri. His research, teaching and outreach focus on the economics and policy of agrifood biotechnology and other agribusiness innovations. Over the past five years, Dr. Kalaitzandonakes has authored articles on the economic and environmental impacts of biotechnology; its impacts on the structure of the agrifood supply chain; on biotech entrepreneurship and industrial development; the impact of biotechnology on international trade; and on biotech regulation. Through an active outreach program, Dr. Kalaitzandonakes advises governments, international organizations, non-profits and Fortune 500 firms on the economics, policies and regulations of agrifood innovation. He is also a member of scientific advising boards for startups, venture capital firms and national research centers involved in the life sciences and has been a member of the US Secretary of Agriculture Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) and the Missouri Governor's Advisory Council for Plant Biotechnology.Kaufman, James: - James Kaufman is a project director at University of Missouri-Columbia, who specializes in production economics, economics of new agrifood technologies and impact assessment. |