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A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS

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AFFUSO, E; HITE, D; WILSON, NWL
Published in: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
August 2015

Pesticide applications are essential for peanut production to control insects, weeds, and other plant pathogens and for a profitable operation. We use a stochastic frontier analysis/primal system approach to test the hypothesis of the overuse of fungicides among peanut farmers. With nationally representative data available from the Agricultural and Resource Management Survey, we find evidence that U.S. peanut growers used excessive amounts of fungicides to prevent fungal infections. If those farmers adopt a new cultivar resistant to fungal pathogens, they could reduce the total cost of chemicals up to 36.2%. The reduction in fungicide use would have spillover environmental benefits.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics

DOI

EISSN

2056-7405

ISSN

1074-0708

Publication Date

August 2015

Volume

47

Issue

3

Start / End Page

359 / 381

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Related Subject Headings

  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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AFFUSO, E., HITE, D., & WILSON, N. W. L. (2015). A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 47(3), 359–381. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2015.10
AFFUSO, E. R. M. A. N. N. O., D. I. A. N. E. HITE, and NORBERT W. L. WILSON. “A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 47, no. 3 (August 2015): 359–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2015.10.
AFFUSO E, HITE D, WILSON NWL. A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 2015 Aug;47(3):359–81.
AFFUSO, E. R. M. A. N. N. O., et al. “A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, vol. 47, no. 3, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Aug. 2015, pp. 359–81. Crossref, doi:10.1017/aae.2015.10.
AFFUSO E, HITE D, WILSON NWL. A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Cambridge University Press (CUP); 2015 Aug;47(3):359–381.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics

DOI

EISSN

2056-7405

ISSN

1074-0708

Publication Date

August 2015

Volume

47

Issue

3

Start / End Page

359 / 381

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Related Subject Headings

  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 1402 Applied Economics