SELECTION OF APPLE SCAB PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES UNDER UNCERTAINTY: AN APPLICATION OF VARIOUS STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE TECHNIQUES

Mark Cochran, Weldon Lodwick, Alan Jones and Lindon Robinson

No 279471, 1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: For most scenarios considered the conventional spray program used to control apple scab in Michigan orchards is risk efficient even though it has an expected return below the IPM programs. Several Stochastic Dominance techiques are applied and the results compared.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1982-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.279471

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