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Economic Returns to Crop Management Research in a Post‐Green Revolution Setting
Author(s) -
Traxler Greg,
Byerlee Derek
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1242570
Subject(s) - economics , crop , green revolution , range (aeronautics) , crop management , agricultural economics , agricultural engineering , econometrics , agronomy , agriculture , engineering , geography , biology , archaeology , aerospace engineering
Returns to research studies have neglected research on crop management (CMR), which may account for half of all crop research. Because CMR enhances the efficiency of input use, returns to CMR are hypothesized to increase in settings characterized by high input levels and high yields. A method is developed to estimate returns to CMR, and this method is applied to wheat research in a post‐green revolution setting in northwest Mexico. The results suggest that returns to CMR are positive over a range of model assumptions.