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The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.

1	The Effects of Changing Technology on Average Costs for Mississippi Cotton Producers: from 1996 - 2005 Thompson, William Michael, II 11 August 2007 (has links) Row crop production can be characterized by constant change. Agricultural technology is responsible for most of the changes in productivity observed at the field level since the advent of mechanized farm equipment. Genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties have changed many aspects of cotton production in the United States. The advent of GM varieties has been the source of altered cropping practices in cotton production. The rapid adoption of GM cotton varieties in Mississippi has allowed producers to alter certain aspects of their farming operation because of added flexibility, increased yields, and other benefits of GM varieties. This study analyses the effects of certain changes in some of the most relevant components of cotton production on yield that stem from the adoption of GM varieties in Mississippi by estimating and comparing regional production functions from 1996 to 2005. GM cotton varieties structural change production functions Mississippi GM cotton varieties structural change production functions Mississippi GM cotton varieties structural change production functions Mississippi GM cotton varieties structural change production functions Mississippi