Título
Quantifying wheat blast disease induced yield and production losses of wheat: A quasi-natural experiment
Autor
Khondoker Mottaleb
Nivel de Acceso
Acceso Abierto
Descripción
Abstracto - Applying the difference-in-difference (DID) estimation procedure, this study quantifies the wheat blast (Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum) induced losses in wheat yield, quantity of wheat sold, consumed, or stored, as well as wheat grain value in Bangladesh in 2016 following a disease outbreak that affected over 15,000 hectares. Estimates show that the blast-induced yield loss was 540 kg ha-1 on average for households in the blast-affected districts. Estimated total wheat production loss was approximately 8,205 tons worth USD 2.1 million following the outbreak. Based on these insights, we discuss the need for long-term assured investment and concerted research efforts in controlling transboundary diseases such as wheat blast, including the importance of weather-forecast driven early warning systems and the dissemination of blast-resistant varieties.
Editor
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Fecha de publicación
2023
Tipo de recurso
Dataset
Recurso de información
Repositorio Orígen
Repositorio Institucional de Datos y Software de Investigación del CIMMYT
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