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Title: Effects of rice farmers' pest management decisions under risk on economic efficiency in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Author : Rusmadi
This study analyzed the mean and the variance of rice yield response from adopting Integrated Pest Management and chemical method practices using the Just and Pope's risk flexible model. Moreover, it also analyzed the factors affecting the rice farmers' pest management decisions. An attempt was also made to estimate the effect of such decisions on economic efficiency. The study used primary panel data of rice farmers covering a two-year period (1999-2000). Stratified random sampling using equal allocation method was employed in the selection of 162 samples farmers (81 FFS farmers and 81 non-FFS farmers).
Subject:
agricultural economics farmers integrated pest management economic efficiency South Sulawesi Indonesia
Material : theses
Publisher : University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB),
Publication Date : 2001
PR-T
2001
D - AgEc 24
SEARCA Library
TD