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Simultaneous Adoption of Herbicide-Resistant and Conservation-Tillage Cotton Technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Roland K. Roberts ,
Burton C. English ,
Qi Gao  and
James A. Larson
Roland K. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Burton C. English
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Qi Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
James A. Larson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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Abstract

If adoption of herbicide-resistant seed and adoption of conservation-tillage practices are determined simultaneously, adoption of herbicide-resistant seed could indirectly reduce soil erosion and adoption of conservation-tillage practices could indirectly reduce residual herbicide use and increase farm profits. Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between these two technologies for Tennessee cotton production. Evidence from Bayes' theorem and a two-equation logit model suggested a simultaneous relationship. Mean elasticities for acres in herbicide-resistant seed with respect to the probability of adopting conservation-tillage practices and acres in conservation-tillage practices with respect to the probability of adopting herbicide-resistant seed were 1.74 and 0.24, respectively.

Keywords

Bayes' theorem, conservation tillage, cotton, genetically modified crops, herbicide-resistant crops, simultaneous logit model, technology adoptionQ12Q16Q24O33
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , December 2006 , pp. 629 - 643
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2006

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