Lynne, Gary D. (author), Rola, Leandro R. (author), Shonkwiler, J.S. (author), and Lynne, Shonkwiler: Associate Professors, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, FL; Rola: Director, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute, University of Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05380
Huffman, Wallace E. (author / Assistant Professor of Economics, Oklahoma State University) and Assistant Professor of Economics, Oklahoma State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00078
INTERPAKS, Study examines the contribution of education to production both as an "allocative effect" and as a "worker effect". An allocative effect is based on the decision making process and refers to an individual's ability to acquire, decode, and sort market and technical information efficiently. Worker effect reflects education's effect on technical efficiency, or the ability of the more educated worker to produce more from a given set of inputs. The study focuses on a single aspect of allocative ability - adjustment of Midwestern U.S. farmers to the changing optimum quantity of nitrogen fertilizer in corn production. The hypothesis is that rate of adjustment can be explained by economic variables: the rate is positively related to education of farmers, availability of information (extensio), and scale incentive to be informed (acres of corn) is supported by the results. It is also noted that education and extension serve as substitute sources of allocative efficiency.
AGRICOLA IND 92014245, This paper uses the diffusion of F1 hybrid rice as a case for examining the effects of education on the adoption of new technology in China. A simple behavioral model that treats the adoption of hybrid rice as a portfolio selection problem is presented. The implications of the model are tested with farm-level data collected from a sample of 500 households in Hunan Province. The results from a dichotomous profit model and a two-limit obit model are consistent with the hypothesis that education has a positive impact on the adoption of new technology. (original)
Knight, Thomas O. (author), Kubiak, Kathryn A. (author), and Knight: Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, TX; Kubiak: Graduate research assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, TX
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05350
AGRICOLA IND 88021937, Abstract: Extension economists in many states develop decision aids to assist agricultural producers in evaluating farm participation. It is important that these analytical procedures yield reliable results. Consistency among procedures is also important when they are used in formulating competitive bids for programs like the Dairy Termination Program. Seven Dairy Termination Program break-even bid procedures are examined. The results show that the analytical approaches are conceptually quite different and that numerical results derived for an example farm are inconsistent.
Batte, Marvin T. (author), Botomogno, Jean (author), Jones, Eugene (author), Schnitkey, Gary (author), and Schnitkey, Batte, and Jones: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University; Botomogno: Department of Agricultural Economics, Dschang University Center, Cameroon
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06520
James F. Evans Collection; AGRICOLA IND 92048494, Mathematical logic models were used to examine farmers' information preferences for marketing, production, and financial decisions. Dependent variables represented the preferred information source category: Cooperative Extension Service, printed, broadcast, specialist, and other sources. Independent variables included farm and business characteristics. In general, farmers preferred information from printed sources, and the Cooperative Extension Service ranked highly as an information source. Results did not support the contention that farmers are substituting specialist services for information received from the Cooperative Extension Service. (author)
Guilkey, David K. (author), Haines, Pamela S. (author), Popkin, Barry M. (author), and Haines, Popkin: Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina; Guilkey: Department of Economics, University of North Carolina
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03036
Dijkhuizen, A. A. (author), Verstegen, J. A. (author), Sonnemans, Joep (author), Huirne, B.M. (author), Cox, James C. (author), and Ruud, B.M. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24091
Holt, J. (author / University of Flordia), Purvis, A. (author / Texas A&M University), Boggess, W.G. (author / University of Flordia), and Moss, C.B. (author / University of Flordia)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1995-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 105 Document Number: C09153
Bergstrom, John C. (author), Randall, Alan (author), Stoll, John R. (author), and Bergstrom: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia; Stoll: Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Randall: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-08
Published:
USA: Ames, IA : American Agricultural Economics Association.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06814
AGRICOLA IND 90050733, A conceptual model is developed which provides insight into how information affects willingness to pay for environmental commodities. A refutable hypothesis of the effects of a specific information type on the magnitude of willingness to pay for an environmental commodity is developed. This hypothesis is tested using a contingent valuation method experiment. Results indicate that information affects willingness to pay in a theoretically plausible manner. The results support the contention that information is important for accurate environmental commodity consumer valuations.
