Determinants of Irrigation Technology Adoption in Soybean Production

Tej Gautam, Krishna Paudel and Kurt Guidry

No 236180, 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: This study identifies factors affecting irrigation technology adoption among soybean producers in Louisiana. We conducted survey to collect information regarding irrigation practices and concerns among the soybean farmers, then estimated technology adoption model using logit framework and analyzed the impact of different factors on irrigation technology adoption. Our estimated results show that the predicted probability for adopting furrow irrigation increases as well depth and land holding size increase. Additionally, farming experience, farm revenue, well drilling cost, education, and maintenance cost have negative effect on adopting furrow irrigation technology.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.236180

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