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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"farmer decision making"”.
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Towards a Behavioral Theory of Farmer Decision -Making: The Value of Site -Specific Information in Agricultural Production
The results of the numerical optimization model indicates that for uniform applications of N fertilizer, imperfect SSI about soil N levels will only be valuable in a typical Illinois farm if the costs of acquiring that information is not more than $1.05 per acre. Costs greater than this will not …
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Modeling farmer decision-making using an agent-based model for studying best management practice adoption rates: A typological approach
… of best management practices (BMPs) by farmers could greatly reduce the amount of nutrient runoff into the surrounding watershed. For this to be effective, however, farmers must implement these practices. Understanding the factors that farmers consider when making decisions and the value …
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Understanding the drivers behind farmer decision making toward a new farm management approach : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master Applied Science at Lincoln University
… semistructured interviews with twelve Canterbury farmers (stage 2). Stage 1 set a base of understanding for the project, revealing gaps the current literature and placing this project in context. Stage 2 employed an inductive qualitative case study approach to understand the influencing factors on …
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Stewarding emotional places: Effects of place and emotion on pro-environmental behaviors in working landscapes
… In the third study, I conducted interviews with farmers living in the Kaskaskia River Watershed, Illinois to understand their decision-making and adoption of sustainable agriculture practices. Through a narrative analysis, I found that farmers described their decision-making as a process of …
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Staple Crop Diversity and Risk Mitigation - Potatoes in Bolivia
… "high climatic risk" (CIP-WPA) Andean highlands. Farmers in LFAs surrounding Cochabamba city produce (among other things) potatoes for market and home consumption; the potato is the main source of food and income for most residents. Previous studies and anecdotal evidence have shown that Andean …
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Widening stakeholder involvement: exploiting interactive 3D visualisation and protocol buffers in geo-computing
… of the effects of land use change, driven by farmer decision making, on the sustainability of a region. Communication protocols are evaluated and Protocol Buffers, a binary based communications protocol is selected, based on speed of object serialization and data transfer, to pass message from …
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Paying to Play: Supply Management in Montana's Dairy Industry
… findings from in-depth interviews with 17 dairy farmers to learn how quota has affected on-farm decision-making and how they perceive the impacts of quota on the statewide industry. Farmers tend to be spilt between those who think it affected their on-farm decisions and those who felt that other …
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Paying to Play: Supply Management in Montana's Dairy Industry
… findings from in-depth interviews with 17 dairy farmers to learn how quota has affected on-farm decision-making and how they perceive the impacts of quota on the statewide industry. Farmers tend to be spilt between those who think it affected their on-farm decisions and those who felt that other …
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Using Data Analytics in Agriculture to Make Better Management Decisions
… in agriculture. In our research, we produce decisions with mathematical models, create models, evaluate existing models, and review how certain models are best applied. The increasing granularity in decisions being made on farm, like individualized feeding, sub-plot level crop management, and …
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Farmers’ Motivation and Biophysical Impact of using Cordia africana and Albizia coriaria on Coffee-Bean Intercrops in the Mt Elgon Region (Uganda)
Farmers in developing countries are struggling to feed families due to low crop yields resulting from land degradation, land use pressures and unsustainable use of water resources. While deliberate integration of trees into farming systems (agroforestry) has been practiced traditionally in the Mt. …
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Economic incentives for adoption of alternative crops in the rainfed US
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Modeling Whole Farm Systems to Enhance Beginning Small Farmer Success in Southwest Virginia
… farms (<10 acres) is increasing and beginning farmers (in practice for <10 years) are more likely to run them. Very small farms are typically complex systems in which the farmer manages both production of a diverse array of crops and marketing of crops directly to consumers and their failure …
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Weed management practice selection among Midwest U.S. organic growers
… complexity of weed management, leading organic farmers to cite weed management as the greatest barrier to organic production. Integrated Weed Management (IWM) systems have been developed to address the ecological implications of weeds and weed management in cropping systems, but adoption is …