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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...
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We estimate a bivariate probit model with sample selection to identify factors affecting adoption and abandonment of precision farming technologies for cotton farmers, using the 2009 Southern Cotton Precision Farming Survey conducted in 12 Southern states in the United States. Farmers for whom...
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A precíziós gazdálkodás – 90-es évek közepétől kezdődő – alkalmazását követően napjainkban is megválaszolásra vár a beruházás megtérülési idejének és a területnagyságnak az összefüggése. Megállapítható, hogy a beruházás az eszközök gyors avulását...
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We analyzed data obtained from the 2009 Southern Cotton Precision Farming Survey of farmers in twelve states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) to identify reasons for adoption/nonadoption of...
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A vizsgálatokból megállapítható, hogy a precíziós gazdálkodás bevezetésére irányuló beruházások megtérülése és az üzemi méretek között szoros az összefüggés. A feltételezett öt- és hatéves megtérülés mellett a hozam- vagy az elvárt kamatszint-változást a...
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method could be a break-out point for Hungarian agriculture, as it allows up to 40-50% reduction in the amount of pesticides …
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subsidies can promote reduced pesticide use in viticulture. Simulations are carried out using VINEPA, a multi-periodic discrete … the Environment Impact Quotient (EIQ), which evaluates potential impacts of pesticides on farm workers, consumers, and non …
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active substances, among these more than 20 pesticides formerly used in crop growing. By doing so the progress in WUE has … been put into question. This paper argues that a sudden reduction of pesticides by 50 % would lead to a need for more than … saving technologies including pesticides. Specific research is needed to clarify which countries would be affected most by a …
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In modern agriculture, pesticides feature so prominently in growers’ arsenal to reduce crop damage caused by various … agricultural productivity negatively. In an era of an increasing public awareness on the external effects of pesticides, the EU is … impacts of pesticides are also affecting the farmers’ production environment. A damage abatement specification is used …
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