Technology adoption and technical efficiency: Organic and conventional dairy farms in the United States

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-195

  Mayen, Carlos D ^a   Balagtas, Joseph V ^b   Alexander, Corinne E ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dairy; organic; productivity; propensity score matching; self selection; stochastic frontier; technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; DAIRY FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956587854     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aap018     Document Type: Article

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