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Effects of Seed and Farm Characteristics on Cottonseed Choice: A Choice-Based Conjoint Experiment in the Mississippi Delta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Swagata “Ban” Banerjee ,
Darren Hudson  and
Steven W. Martin
Swagata “Ban” Banerjee
Affiliation:
Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
Darren Hudson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Steven W. Martin
Affiliation:
Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
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Abstract

Producers' preferences for cottonseed with respect to price, seed type, yield, and fiber quality are examined by a willingness-to-pay approach via mail surveys. Results indicate a positive willingness to pay (WTP) for technology relative to conventional cottonseed, and WTP increases with the level of technology. Yield and quality also show a positive WTP. Larger farms have a higher WTP for technology, and farms with more farm labor have a lower WTP for technology. These results suggest economies of size in technology adoption (biotechnology is not size-neutral) and that labor and biotechnology are direct substitutes.

Keywords

biotechnologyconjoint analysisconjoint (choice) experimentcottonfarm laborfarm sizefiber qualitywillingness to pay (WTP)D24Q12Q16
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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , December 2007 , pp. 657 - 669
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2007

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