The Adoption of Best Management Practices by Louisiana Dairy Producers

Noro C. Rahelizatovo and Jeffrey M. Gillespie ()

Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 2004, vol. 36, issue 1, pages 229-240

Abstract: This study examines the adoption of best management practices (BMPs) in terms of the total number of practices implemented up to a certain period, employing count data analysis. Poisson and negative binomial regressions are used to examine the likely determinants of producers' decisions to adopt greater numbers of technologies, and the specific case of dairy producers' adoption of BMPs is explored. Results emphasize the significant effect of producers' awareness of the efforts to control non-point source pollution, information about BMPs, farm size, producer's educational attainment and risk aversion on the number of BMPs adopted.

Keywords: best management practices (BMP); count data analysis; dairy industry; negative binomial regression; Poisson regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q12 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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