Effect of yield and price risk on conversion from conventional to organic farming

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-411

  Acs, Szvetlana ^a   Berentsen, Paul ^a   Huirne, Ruud ^a   van Asseldonk, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arable farming; Conversion process; Dynamic utility efficient programming model; Organic farming; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; DECISION MAKING; MODELING; ORGANIC FARMING; RISK FACTOR; YIELD RESPONSE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649195475     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2009.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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