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Impact of Asterix Variety of Potato Research in Bangladesh

M. A. Baset
Principal Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

Q. M. Alam
Chief Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

M. R.Karim
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Impact study on Asterix variety of Potato research was under taken to quantify the future benefit from Asterix variety of potato which was approved by the National Seed Board (NSB) of Bangladesh and released by the Tuber Crops Research Centre (TCRC) of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and recommended for cultivation throughout the the country in the year 2005. The model used for this study is the one developed by Akino & Hayami (1975) based on the economic surplus approach. The internal rate of return (IRR) to the total investment in Asterix variety of potato was calculated. The result indicated that each taka invested returns Tk.0.44 per year from Asterix variety of potato research and was highly profitable and the funding on Asterix variety of potato research would be a good investment

Keywords: Impact, Asterix variety, Potato research

Location:

Start Date: 01-08-2006

End Date: 01-07-2007

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Impact

Objectives:

i. To calculate the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) from Asterix variety potato research investment

ii. To provide information to policy makers, donor agencies and research managers.

Methodology:

The Economic Surplus Model for ex-ante analysis was used which is described by the (Alstom et al, 1995). There are two different approaches to measure the research benefits from technological advance in agriculture. The first can be described as the production function approach which involves estimating marginal productivity of technology or research. The second approach employs the technique of surplus analysis which measures average productivity of technological advance. A vital part of this approach is the estimation of annual social surplus created by the downward shift in the long-run supply curve, which results from the adoption of new technology in the form of process innovations. This study concentrates exclusively on the latter approach to measure the research benefits from technological advance in Asterix variety potato research in Bangladesh. Data requirements are in terms of (1) market related data, and (2) research related data. Market related data and information are gathered from published sources. Market related data requirement for this analysis includes production and price of the commodity and output supply elasticity. Research related data are obtained from scientists, and other informants. Research related data is included yield advantage of the Asterix variety potato, the input cost change, and research expenditure.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report 2007, Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

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Funding Source:

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Budget:

Total Budget (Tk.) :

Achievement/Findings:

Asterix is a newly developed potato variety that gives higher yield comparing to most cultivated variety cardinal. The estimated research cost for the development of Asterix variety was Tk. 6451000. In this study benefit from the Asterix variety was estimated to be 44% IRR. In this analysis, the supply elasticity was 0.01 percent, yield change was 0.05 commodity price was Tk 7100.00, exogenous output growth rate was 0.085, base quantity in the year 2005 was 3907000 metric ton, and research cost was Tk. 6451000. The IRR44% is a good rate of return. Thus on average, a taka invested in research and extension, returned Tk 0.44 per year from the time it was invested until 2020. From the sensitivity analysis, it was found that IRR (48%) was highest when the research cost decreased by 25% and lowest (38%) when the yield change rate decrease by 25%.

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