Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Methods and Genetically Modified Cotton

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Roland Roberts (rrobert3@utk.edu), Burton English, Qi Gao and James Larson (jlarson2@utk.edu)

No 35293, 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Adoption of herbicide-tolerant cotton and conservation tillage may be simultaneously related. Bayes' theorem and a two-equation logit model were used to test the simultaneity hypothesis. Evidence for Tennessee suggests that adoption of these technologies reduced residual herbicide use and soil erosion more than if adoption of these technologies were independent.

Keywords: Bayes' theorem; conservation tillage; cotton; genetically modified crops; herbicide tolerant crops; simultaneous logit model; technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Q12; Q16; Q24; O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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