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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Production risks in Bulgarian peanut production
Autores: | Ligeon,   Carel; Jolly,   Curtis M.; Bencheva,   Nelly; Delikostadinov,   Stanko; Puppala,   Naveen.
Data: | 2010-09-14
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Agricultural and Food Policy.
Resumo: | As farmers in a transition economy search for new crop enterprises with a potential for income enhancement they are faced with increased risks in the process of resource allocation. It has been noted that biased estimation of production function estimates results from the lack of accountability of risks. Since peanut production in Bulgaria has increased at a varying rate since 1989 it is important that we examine the risks associated with input use. The data for this study were collected from farmers from 18 villages in the southern part of Bulgaria. A total of 205 farmers were surveyed for this study. Peanut yield in Bulgaria is positively related to the quantity of seed used, fungicide, manual labor,  investment  level  and mechanized  labor  used.  Peanut  yield  is  negatively  influenced by investment levels but positively by the increase of manual labor. The response  of yield to quantity of seed used is elastic, and an addition of a kg of peanut seeds may increase yield by 32kg. However, as the quantity of seeds used per ha increases the risk is expected to increase, hence farmers may be cautious in increasing the quantity of seeds used. Investment capital, manual labor and mechanized labor are positively related to yield and there will be a reduction in yield if the optimal levels of those inputs are  surpassed.  Thus  farmers  may  increase  yield  and  production  by  augmenting  the seeding rate, other factors remaining constant.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/93807
Relação: | Agricultural Economics Review&gt;Volume 09, Issue 1, January 2008
Formato: | 8