Risk Analysis of Adopting Conservation Practices on a Representative Peanut-Cotton Farm in Virginia

The objective of this study is to evaluate the costs of reducing pesticide, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment losses of a representative risk-neutral and risk-averse peanut-cotton farmer in Southeast Virginia. Five currently popular rotations and eight alternative conservation rotations are evalua...

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Main Author: Peng, Wei
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35767
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-111997-112257/