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rate of pumping for irrigation in the region is causing the aquifer to be depleted in many areas, which is cause for …
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We develop a stochastic-dynamic model of technology adoption that imposes fewer restrictions on behavior than do previous studies of similar decision problems. Like these previous studies, our model is forward-looking and can be used to demonstrate the additional "hurdle rate" that must be met...
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Despite recent traces of economic growth, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Though about 80% of its population is engaged in agriculture, agricultural productivity remains low and extremely vulnerable to climatic conditions. The adoption and use of modern technologies...
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This paper introduces social learning into irreversible investment theory through parameter uncertainty, and shows that social learning could reduce parameter uncertainty to facilitate irreversible investment technology adoption. The theoretic model is tested by using household level data from...
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In this paper we revisit the issue on the impact of public R&D expenditure on US agricultural productivity growth. We estimate a dual cost function using a state-by-year panel data set. We construct the potential R&D “spillins” based on both geographical location and production mix. We also...
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Irrigation systems are critical to agricultural systems in semi-arid parts of the developing world. Although there is … irrigation and reductions in surface water deliveries result in reductions in use of other inputs. We explore two cases more …
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inducing abatement technology diffusion between competing firms. I show that such diffusion can be induced by an efficient … induce diffusion. …
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the adoption and diffusion of these new forms of organization has varied widely across regions, commodities, or farm types … different organizational forms, in part because of their inherent static nature. In order to explain the adoption, diffusion and …, the diffusion of technological innovation, and organizational complementarities. Using recent trends as stylized facts we …
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Texas High Plains (THP) is a major cotton producing region in the US with low rainfall and decreasing irrigation water … optimal strategies for temporal allocation of irrigation water for center pivot irrigated cotton in THP. The study analyzed … different strategies to allocate irrigation water during one growing season among three different growth stages of cotton …
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