THE ROLE OF SEED COMPANY SUPPLIED INFORMATION IN FARMERS' DECISIONS

Corinne Alexander

No 19617, 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Structural and technological change in American agricultural input markets has increased the influence of seed company supplied information relative to other information sources in farmers' decisions. I examine theoretically the incentives for biotechnology firms to provide reliable, useful information to potential customers.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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