Genetic diversity and interdependent crop choices in agriculture

Geoffrey Heal; Brian Walker; Simon Asher Levin; Kenneth Arrow; Partha Dasgupta; Gretchen Daily; Paul Ehrlich; Karl Goran Maler; Nils Kautsky; Jane Lubchenco; Steve Schneider; David Starrett

doi:10.1016/j.reseneeco.2003.11.006

Genetic diversity and interdependent crop choices in agriculture

Geoffrey Heal
, Brian Walker
, Simon Asher Levin
, Kenneth Arrow
, Partha Dasgupta
, Gretchen Daily
, Paul Ehrlich
, Karl Goran Maler
, Nils Kautsky
, Jane Lubchenco
, Steve Schneider
, David Starrett

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Abstract

The extent of genetic diversity in food crops is important as it affects the risk of attack by pathogens. A drop in diversity increases this risk. Farmers may not take this into account when making crop choices, leading to what from a social perspective is an inadequate level of diversity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	175-184
Number of pages	10
Journal	Resource and Energy Economics
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2003.11.006
State	Published - Jun 2004

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Economics and Econometrics

Keywords

Agriculture
External effect
Genetic diversity
Nash equilibrium

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