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Weather Risk and Cropping Intensity: A Non-Stationary and Dynamic Panel Modeling Approach
Khanal, Aditya R.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Bhattarai, Madhusan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Climatic conditions and weather play an important role in production agriculture. Using district level panels for 42 …
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Farmers’ Perception of Precision Technology: The Case of Autosteer Adoption by Cotton Farmers
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Powell, Rebekah R.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
Precision agriculture and autosteer technology are, overall, profitable investments for farmers, as previous literature … research investigates farmers’ perception of precision agriculture and how those perceptions impact adoption of the autosteer … importance of precision agriculture as well as farmers’ ranking of input cost savings relative to other attributes of the …
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A Categorical Data Analysis on Risks in Agriculture
Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
This study compares farm operators’ risk perceptions and actual realization of risk attitudes revealed through off-farm labor, enterprise diversification, and use of contracts, crop insurance, and other types of insurance, using data from 2001 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)....
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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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Do Farm Programs Explain Mean and Variance of Technical Efficiency? Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Ranjan, Rahul; Shaik, Saleem; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
Past literature has examined the importance of farm programs on the volatility and returns on general and agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922528
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Returns to Scale of Production Function: Pooled, Within and Between Quantile Regression Approach
Reimbaeva, Maya; Shaik, Saleem; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
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Factors Influencing Cotton Farmers’ Perceptions about the Importance of Information Sources in Precision Farming Decisions
Velandia, Margarita M.; Lambert, Dayton M.; Mendieta, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Information generated by precision farming technologies is of particular importance to producers. Precision farming technologies implies the ability to improve the management of production factors using site-specific information. This study examines factors influencing cotton farmers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021469
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Health Insurance and Joint Off‐Farm Labor Allocation Decisions of Farm Families
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421056
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Health Insurance and Joint Off?Farm Labor Allocation Decisions of Farm Families
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2012
Farm operators and spouses have increasingly engaged in off-farm work in recent years. Many studies have analyzed the role of government payments; however, little is known about the impact of health insurance coverage. This study builds on previous literature by using copulas to test for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483611
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Determinants of Meats Purchase Behavior by Ethnic Groups
Garcia-Jimenez, Carlos I.; Mishra, Ashok K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Farmers and food companies need to assess their production and marketing strategies for nurturing business opportunities that will arise from the simultaneous increase in population and income of Hispanics in the United States. Previous studies on demand for meat products have not received much...
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