limited information on the profitability and risk of NT. Most rice producers are knowledgeable on NT costs savings but … yields, and economic risk of both NT and CT in five rice-based cropping systems (continuous rice, rice-soybean, rice … distributions. Stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF) is used to evaluate profitability and risk efficiency …

producers only and do not take into consideration the landlord’s perspective. This analysis evaluates the profitability and risk … enhance preference for no-till in rice production by risk-averse landlords. …

Selecting the best wheat varieties affects producers’ profit and financial risk. This study identifies the optimal … wheat variety selection using the portfolio approach at various risk aversion levels. Results showed that the optimal wheat … variety selection was significantly affected by changes in levels of risk aversion of decision makers …

supports these assumptions. An empirical application of the arbitrage equations provides evidence that risk aversion and …

This study evaluates both the profitability and risk efficiency of grazing stocker steers on conservation tillage …. Stocker steer net return distributions by tillage treatment are constructed and ranked for risk efficiency using SERF. The … results indicate the NT system is the most profitable and most risk efficient of the three tillage systems, followed by the RT …

restoration and maintenance, land use, and degree of risk aversion are important factors in a landowner’s decisions to invest in …