Callahan, S. (author), Gramble, J.C. (author), Jones): L.D. (author), Moore, C.L. (author), Shuffett, D.M. (author), and University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00455
Dixon, Bruce L. (author), Ward, Ronald W. (author), and Ward: Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Florida; Dixon: Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Arkansas
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04068
Funk, T.F. (author), Huff, H.B. (author), Meilke, Karl D. (author), and Associate Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, University of Guelph, Canada; Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, University of Guelph, Canada; Economics Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05453
Nelson, Gleen L. (author / Resident Fellow, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1984-12
Published:
USA: Ames, IA : American Agricultural Economics Association.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 87 Document Number: C05831
AGE 85925357; Paper presented at the "Annual Meeting at the American agricultural economics Association," 1984, August 5 - 8; Ithaca, NY, This paper addresses issues surrounding a paradigm for rural development. The first section develops further the consequences of the lack of a generally accepted paradigm. The following three sections present elements of a framework by focusing in turn on target variables, policy instruments, and the structural relationships which link causal factors and target variables. The final section draws conclusions about developing better paradigms and improved policy analysis.
Sporleder, Thomas L. (author / Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University) and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04611
Ditwiler, C. Dirck (author / Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, and Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Washington State University) and Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, and Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Washington State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 37 Document Number: B04063
Forker, Olan D. (author), Kaiser, Harry M. (author), Kobayashi, Kohei (author), Lenz, John E. (author), Suzuki, Nobuhiro (author), and National Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Kyushu University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08405
search through journal, A framework is proposed for incorporating the degree of market competition in evaluating milk promotion effectiveness. The imperfect competition model allows simultaneity in price and quantity with an endogenous fluid milk premium. The model's usefulness is demonstrated with Japanese generic milk promotion data. Results show a conventional exogenous-price or exogenous-premium model will underestimate returns to milk promotion. (original)
Grinnell, Gerald (author), Hamm, Larry G. (author), and Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA; Policy Analyst, Office of Energy, USDA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 64 Document Number: C02324
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.
Finley, Robert M. (author), Johnson, S.R. (author), Knight, Thomas O. (author), and Knight: Texas A&NM University; Johnson: Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Iowa State University; Finley: University of Missouri
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03064
Reichelderfer, Katherine H. (author / Associate Director, Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05385
Drees, Bastiaan M. (author), Harper, Jayson K. (author), Mjelde, James W. (author), Rister, M. Edward (author), Way, Michael O. (author), and Harper: Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, PA; Rister: Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M, TX; Mjelde: Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M, TX; Drees: Extension entomologist, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Bryan, TX; Way: Associate professor of entomology, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Beaumont
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 82 Document Number: C04935
Byerlee, Derek (author), Polanco, Edith Hesse de (author), and Byerlee: Regional Economist (South Asia), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Pakistan; Polanco: Senior Scientific Information Officer, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 50 Document Number: C00271
9 pages, The article investigates whether the social network based program (SNP) in villages can encourage learning and adoption of a relatively new cash crop, cotton, to female heads of households. It explains how social network based training program had more significant effects on yields for the poorest performing farmers than the standard training program, and proves that SNP can increase productivity up to 50 percent for farmers producing at the average yield of production.
Perrin, R.K. (author), Ryan, J.G. (author), and Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Department of Agriculture; Sydney, Australia : New South Wales Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00462
Forker, Olan D. (author), Liu, Donald J. (author), and Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics; Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03014
Bailey, DeeVon (author), Glover, Terrence F. (author), Helms, Gary L. (author), and Helms: Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Bailey, Glover: Department of Economics, Utah State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 67 Document Number: C02692
AGRICOLA AGE 85925870, Extract: The thesis of this paper is that adaptive ability is unimportant when the processes generating the variables, which farmers take as exogenous, are stationary and unaltered. However, when these processes undergo structural change, adaptive ability is expected to affect the quality of production, marketing, and investment decisions. Farmers who have superior adaptive skills are expected on average to make better decisions. Furthermore, given the highly competitive nature of U.S. agriculture, successfully adapting to structural change is selective. Farmers possessing poor adaptive skill can be expected to comprise a relatively large share of the persons forced by economic circumstances to seek alternative employment or retirement, provided governmental intervention does not neutralize this selection process.
Debertin, David L. (author), Jones, L.D. (author), Moore, C.L. (author), Pagoulatos, A. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08552
Perrin, Richard (author), Winkelmann, Don (author), and Associate Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University; Economist, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo, Mexico
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04226
Bergstrom, John C. (author), Randall, Alan (author), Stoll, John R. (author), and Bergstrom: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia; Stoll: Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Randall: Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04067
21 Pages, Agricultural advisory services generally rely on interpersonal knowledge transfers by agricultural extension agents who visit farmers to provide information. This approach is not always effective and has proved hard to scale sustainably, particularly in highly dispersed smallholder farming systems. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been advanced as a promising way to overcome many of the problems associated with conventional agricultural extension. We evaluate the effectiveness of an ICT‐mediated approach to deliver agricultural information in a field experiment conducted among small‐scale maize farmers in eastern Uganda. Three complementary technologies designed to address both informational and behavioral constraints to technical change are considered. First, we investigate the effectiveness of audiovisual messages (video) as a means of delivering information on input use and improved maize management practices to farmers. Second, we quantify the additional impact of complementing video with an interactive voice response (IVR) service. Third, we estimate the incremental effect of time‐sensitive short message services (SMS) messages designed to remind farmers about applying key practices at specific points during the season. We find that households that were shown a short video on how to become better maize farmers were performing significantly better on a knowledge test, more likely to apply recommended practices, and more likely to use fertilizer than households that did not view the video. These same households also reported maize yields about 10.5% higher than those that did not view the video. We find little evidence of an incremental effect of the IVR service or SMS reminders.
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)
Hudson, Michael A. (author), Sonka, Steven T. (author), Streeter, Deborah H. (author), and Streeter: Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Sonka: Professor of Agricultural Management, University of Illinois; Hudson: Associate Professor, Bruce F. Failing, Sr., Chair of Personal Enterprise, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1991-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06101
Gardner, B.D. (author / Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis.) and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA: Ames, Iowa:American Agricultural Economics Association
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01163
Binkley, Clark S. (author), Washburn, Courtland L. (author), and Washburn: Ph.D. candidate, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University; Binkley: Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 79 Document Number: C04540
Dinar, Ariel (author), Voet, Hillary (author), Yaron, Daniel (author), and Yaron and Voet: Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Dinar: visiting researcher, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-05
Published:
Israel
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06521
James F. Evans Collection, This paper analyzes factors that affect innovativeness on family farms under Arab social and institutional systems in the Nazareth region in the north of Israel. The adoption of five different innovations was studied and an "index of innovativeness" was constructed. Innovativeness was found to be affected positively by risk tolerance, extension, and water quota allotment and affected negatively by the farm's land area. The latter result supports the hypothesis that a small land area provides an incentive to adopt high-payoff, input-intensive innovations. Innovativeness is affected by extension but not necessarily by education. this result implies that farmers with elementary school education are capable of adopting complex technologies if proper extension services are provided. (author)
Walker, H.W. (author / Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: B00742
Holt, John (author / Professor and Extension Management Economist, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida) and Professor and Extension Management Economist, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04614
Schmitz, Andrew (author), Seckler, David (author), and Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Acting Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1970-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04229
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
Meilke, Karl D. (author), Moschini, Giancarlo (author), and Moschini: Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University; Meilke: Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Guelph
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 75 Document Number: C03862
Schluter, Gerald E. (author), Southard, Leland W. (author), Weeks, Eldon E. (author), and Agricultural Economists, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.; Agricultural Economists, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.; Agricultural Economists, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04232
22 pages, This paper presents direct evidence on the impact of a specific extension program that is aimed at promoting the adoption of varieties resistant to the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), specifically the Iowa State University SCN-Resistant Soybean Variety Trials. We use two data sources: experimental data from these variety trials and a rich proprietary dataset on farmers’ seed purchases. Combining these data, we estimate the value of soybean cyst nematode-resistant variety availability, and the associated variety trials that provide information on their performance to farmers and seed companies. Given the scope and diffusion of this extension program, the focus of the analysis is on Iowa and northern Illinois over the period 2011–2016. Farmers’ seed choices are modeled in a discrete choice framework, specifically a one-level nested logit model. Using the estimated demand model, we find farmers’ marginal willingness to pay for soybean cyst nematode-resistant varieties, and for related extension information provided by the Iowa State University SCN-Resistant Soybean Variety Trials program, to be large. These results are confirmed by counterfactual analyses showing that, over the six-year period and region of the study, the total ex post welfare change associated with the existence of, and information about, SCN-resistant seeds is about $478 million. About one-third of this surplus is captured by seed suppliers, and two-thirds accrues to farmers.