ECONOMIC EFFECT OF IMPERFECT INFORMATION ON CONSERVATION DECISIONS

Cotton farmers in the Piedmont region incorrectly believe conservation systems with winter cover crop and no-till cultivation yield less than conventional systems. We model the effect of organic matter on productivity and show how ignoring this effect causes returns to be underestimated. Farmers with imperfect information underinvest in residue management.

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Year of publication:	1996-12
Authors:	PAUDEL, Krishna P. ; LOHR, Luanne
Institutions:	Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia
Subject:	residue management \| organic matter \| productivity \| comparative statics

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Series:	Faculty Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Faculty Series Number 96-21
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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