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Farmer’s post adoption responses about technology are important in continuation and diffusion of a technology in … precision agriculture. We studied farmer’s frequency of application decisions of GPS guidance system, after adoption. Using a … Cotton grower’s precision farming survey in the U.S. and Bayesian approaches, our study suggests that ‘meeting expectation …
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farm. This study was conducted to determine whether the adoption of PA had a positive impact on whole-farm profitability …. To overcome problems of simultaneity and self-selection in the adoption decision of PA, this study used a two stage … econometric model using data from farms in Southwest Minnesota. The PA adoption decision was evaluated in the first stage, and the …
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This study assesses quantitatively the economic incentives for firms to adopt food safety controls and the potential impact of a number of firm and market-specific characteristics on this behavior, focusing on the red meat and poultry-processing sector in Canada.
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economic and demographic characteristics of farm operators' traditionally used in adoption studies. Four attitudes are analyzed … other internal and external factors to assess interest in each practice. The data used is from a household survey of 364 …
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Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.
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increased. The reported adoption rate for phytase for non-ruminants was 17.2 percent, however it is currently added to virtually …
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location was a key variable influencing the adoption of soil testing, human capital and innovativeness of farmers had a … significant impact on the adoption of VRT. A double selectivity model applied to correct for sample selection bias shows that … gains in nitrogen productivity due to the two adoption decisions are largest for farms with below average soil quality and …
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-based model of variety adoption indicates that the choice of host variety has equity and efficiency implications related to …
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This study examined adoption of ten best management practices (BMPs) to control weed resistance to herbicides. Using … data from a survey of 1,205 U.S. cotton, corn, and soybean growers, count data models were estimated to explain the total … adoption. Growers practicing a greater number of BMPs frequently (a) had more education, but less farming experience; (b) grew …
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The paper demonstrates a group incentive program to encourage farmer adoption of best management practices. It is … application differ from the simulated responses which in turn results in the willingness-to-Accept for adoption best management … demonstrate the benefits of sound management practices for larger adoption in the long run. …
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