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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Chemical Use Reductions in Urban Fringe Agriculture
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| Autores: |
Adelaja, Adesoji O.
Sullivan, Kevin P.
Hailu, Yohannes G.
Govindasamy, Ramu
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| Data: |
2010-10-27
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| Ano: |
2010
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| Palavras-chave: |
Chemical use
Sustainable agriculture
Herbicides
Fungicides
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Urban fringe
Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Production Economics
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| Resumo: |
Using an augmented profit function framework designed to account for externalities related to chemical use in agriculture, this paper explains the chemical use choices of farmers in an urban fringe farming environment. It further estimates empirical logit models of reduced insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, and fertilizer usage. Results suggest that farmers who perceive their regulatory environment to be strict, who have experienced right-to-farm conflicts, and who have farms larger in size are more likely to reduce their chemical use over time, vis-à-vis other farmers. The results also suggest the importance of other farm structural and business climate factors in determining chemical use reduction choices.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/95646
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| Relação: |
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review>Volume 39, Number 3, October 2010
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| Formato: |
14
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