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Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Methods and Genetically Modified Cotton
Roberts, Roland K.; English, Burton C.; Gao, Qi; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2006
Adoption of herbicide-tolerant cotton and conservation tillage may be simultaneously related. Bayes' theorem and a two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060896
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Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Practices in Cotton Production
Banerjee, Swagata; Martin, Steven W.; Roberts, Roland K.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2007
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/23/07.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806021
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A Binary Logit Analysis of Factors Impacting Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton
Banerjee, Swagata; Martin, Steven W. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008
adoption of GM cotton with either of these definitions, while adoption of GM cotton in the previous year did. Refuge cotton …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338905
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Are the economic benefits of Bt cotton sustainable? : evidence from Indian panel data
Kathage, Jonas; Qaim, Matin - 2011
While several studies have shown that genetically modified Bt cotton can benefit smallholder farmers economically, the … unique panel data of 533 cotton farmers, collected in India between 2002 and 2008, to analyze Bt impacts on cotton yield …, profit, and household living standards. Results from fixed effects models show that the adoption of Bt cotton is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348625
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Net Effect of Education on Technology Adoption by U.S. Farmers
Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
The objective of this study is to estimate the net effect of education on technology adoption for U.S. farmers. Using 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey data, this study develops a simultaneous equations model to integrate farmers’ labor allocation decision with adoption of both time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922485
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Identifying farmer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) crops in Scotland
Hall, Clare - Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College - 2006
Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) food are well documented but there has been much less focus on farmer attitudes to GM technology in agriculture. This paper reports findings from a study investigating farmers’ attitudes to GM crops in Scotland. Results from a Q methodology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914657
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Identifying farmer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) crops in Scotland
Hall, Clare - Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College - 2006
Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) food are well documented but there has been much less focus on farmer attitudes to GM technology in agriculture. This paper reports findings from a study investigating farmers’ attitudes to GM crops in Scotland. Results from a Q methodology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060828
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Adoption of Variability Detection and Variable Rate Application Technologies by Cotton Farmers in Southern United States
Nair, Shyam; Wang, Chenggang; Segarra, Eduardo; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
A nested logit model was used to analyze the 2009 Southern Cotton Precision Farming Survey to study the impact of … based VDTs are more likely to adopt VRT. The probability of adoption of VRTs was lower for Texas cotton farmers irrespective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021568
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Women cotton farmers: Their perceptions and experiences with transgenic varieties: A case study for Colombia
Zambrano, Patricia; Maldonado, Jorge H.; Mendoza, Sandra L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This paper explores gender differences in cotton cultivation and looks into the perceptions and experiences of women … to listen to women and men farmers' perceptions and insights. The project was conducted in the main cotton …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366801
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Modelling Possible Impacts of GM Crops on Australian Trade
Stone, Susan; Matysek, Anna; Dolling, Andrew - EconWPA - 2003
This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407855