Organic pest management decisions: A systems approach to technology adoption

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 467-478

  Park, Timothy A ^a   Lohr, Luanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Count data model; Farming systems; Organic farming; Seemingly unrelated negative binomial model; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

MODEL TEST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; PEST CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745527445     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0864.2005.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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