Balancing Challenges of Scale and Scope Economies in the Development of Labor-Saving Technology for Specialty Crop Production

Clinton L. Neill

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2025, vol. 40, issue 1

Abstract: Technology adoption, often considered a fixed cost in the short run, is one of the key reasons why economists often argue for economies of scale in many agricultural operations (Stigler, 1958). Yet to increase the per acre value of an operation, economies of scope are also a common argument when evaluating whole farm enterprises (Fernandez-Cornejo et al., 1992). (See Box 1 for definitions of economies of scale and scope.)

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.356431

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