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<journal-id>2346-3775</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Trop. Grassl.-Forrajes Trop.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2346-3775</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2346-37752018000300117</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17138/tgft(6)117-133</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Got forages? Understanding potential returns on investment in Brachiaria spp. for dairy producers in Eastern Africa]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comprender los retornos potenciales de la inversión en Brachiaria spp. para los productores de leche en el Este de África]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[SCHIEK]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[BEN]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[GONZÁLEZ]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[CARLOS]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[MWENDIA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[SOLOMON]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[PRAGER]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[STEVEN D.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,International Center for Tropical Agriculture Decision and Policy Analysis Area ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cali ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,International Center for Tropical Agriculture Agrobiodiversity Research Area ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nairobi ]]></addr-line>
<country>Kenya</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>6</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>117</fpage>
<lpage>133</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2346-37752018000300117&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2346-37752018000300117&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2346-37752018000300117&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Production of livestock and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa struggles to keep pace with growing demand. The potential exists to close this gap in a climate-friendly way through the introduction of improved forage varieties of the Brachiaria genus. We assess the potential economic impact of the development and release of such varieties in 6 Eastern African countries using an economic surplus model. Results are presented across a range of potential scenarios involving different adoption rates and percentage increases in production. For all but the lowest levels of adoption and production increases, improved forages have the potential for positive return on investment. Using these results, we present formulae that help readers calculate the adoption rate or percentage increase in production necessary to achieve specific desired levels of net benefit. Overall, the model output suggests that investment in a forages research program related to the qualities of the forage itself as well as programs to enhance dissemination and adoption of new materials would be low risk and have high likelihood for positive outcomes, generating discounted net benefits in the order of multiple tens of millions of dollars over a 30-year time horizon.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La producción pecuaria, incluyendo la láctea, en África subsahariana exige un alto esfuerzo para mantenerse al ritmo de la creciente demanda. No obstante existe la posibilidad de cerrar esta brecha de una manera amigable con el clima mediante la introducción de variedades de forrajeras mejoradas del género Brachiaria. En el estudio se evaluó el potencial impacto económico del desarrollo y liberación de estas variedades en 6 países de África Oriental utilizando un modelo de excedentes económicos. Los resultados se presentan a través de un rango potencial de escenarios que implican diferentes tasas de adopción e incrementos porcentuales de producción. Para todos ellos, excepto los niveles más bajos de adopción y aumento de producción, los forrajes mejorados tienen el potencial de un retorno positivo en la inversión. Usando estos resultados, presentamos fórmulas que ayudan a los investigadores a calcular la tasa de adopción o aumento porcentual de la producción necesaria para lograr niveles deseados de beneficio neto. En general, el resultado del modelo sugiere que la inversión en un programa de investigación de forrajes y programas básicos de diseminación y adopción de nuevos materiales es de bajo riesgo y con alta probabilidad de obtener resultados positivos, generando beneficios netos en el orden de varias decenas de millones de dólares sobre un horizonte temporal de 30 años.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ex-ante impact assessment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[producer surplus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tropical forages]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Adaptación al cambio climático]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[excedentes económicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[forrajes tropicales]]></kwd>
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