期刊
AGRONOMY-BASEL
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11061107
关键词
nitrogen management; pollution; subjective beliefs; yield distribution; nitrogen-use efficiency; over-fertilization
资金
- Junta de Andalucia
- Grupo de Investigacion (WEARE) [SEJ 592]
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, Spain [PID2019-107127RB-I00]
The agricultural-economic model proposed in the article explores subjective yield probability distributions that are better suited to subjective crop yields, allowing for analysis of the impact of changes in fertilizer price and expected yield variance. The model results suggest that the rule of fertilizing for good years is rational and consistent with expected profit maximization under yield uncertainty.
Farmers in the developed world tend to over-apply fertilizer, and we explore a model for decision-making under uncertainty in yields. This article proposes an agro-economic model for farmer decision-making based on subjective expected yield and crop response to fertilization. The model explores subjective yield probability distributions that are both better suited to subjective crop yields than the previously proposed probability distribution and is easier to extract from farmers. The model allows the analysis of the impact of changes in fertilizer price and variance of expected yields. The model result is consistent with observed farmer behavior based on the rule of fertilizing for the good years that appears, according to our model, as rational and consistent with expected profit maximization under yield uncertainty since the cost of over-application is lower than that of the opportunity cost of under-application. The goal of increasing the efficiency of nitrogen use requires both technical innovation and an expansion of the knowledge on the socioeconomic factors underlying excessive crop fertilization that must be improved both to meet future food demands and to prevent environmental degradation and climate change.
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