Thesis
The role of agroclimatic and socio-economic factors on the adoption of direct-seeding in the Inland Pacific Northwest
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101794
Abstract
This paper examines the adoption of direct-seeding technology in six dryland farming counties in the Inland Pacific Northwest through three alternate disciplines: Sociology, Social Psychology, and Neoclassical Economics with a special emphasis on the role of agroclimatic factors as potential constraints on adoption. Survey data eliciting information on respondent usage of direct-seeding as well as a wide range of socio-economic variables was used in conjunction with spatial agroclimatic data to model adoption of direct-seeding using a multinomial logistic regression. Results show support for attitude and farmer-characteristic driven behavior, while no evidence was found to suggest agroclimatic factors (represented by 5 year average annual precipitation in the final analysis) served as constraints on the adoption of direct-seeding
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Details
- Title
- The role of agroclimatic and socio-economic factors on the adoption of direct-seeding in the Inland Pacific Northwest
- Creators
- Genevieve Christine Pickart
- Contributors
- Douglas Leonard Young (Degree Supervisor)Philip Wandschneider (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900524865501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis