https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/373192
Title: | Chemical usage in production agriculture: Do crop insurance and off-farm work play a part? | Authors: | HUNG-HAO CHANG Mishra, A.K. |
Keywords: | Crop insurance; Farm household; Fertilizer/chemical expenses; Off-farm work; Quantile regression | Issue Date: | 2012 | Journal Volume: | 105 | Start page/Pages: | 76-82 | Source: | Journal of Environmental Management | Abstract: | In recent years a growing body of literature in the agricultural policy arena has examined the association between crop insurance and off-farm employment. However, little is known about the extent to which these two activities may be related to environmental quality, in particular their impacts on fertilizer/chemical use of the farm. To fill this gap, this paper examines the effect of crop insurance and off-farm work on fertilizer/chemical expenses within the farm household framework. Quantile regression results from a national representative farm-level data show that off-farm work by the farm operator tends to decrease fertilizer/chemical expenses, and the effect is more pronounced at the higher percentiles of the distribution of fertilizer/chemical expense. In contrast, a positive effect of crop insurance on fertilizer/chemical expenses is evident, and the effect is robust across the entire distribution. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. |
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DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.038 | SDG/Keyword: | fertilizer; agricultural policy; agricultural production; chemical compound; environmental quality; fertilizer application; insurance system; off-farm employment; temporal analysis; agricultural management; article; crop insurance; crop production; environmental protection; farming system; human; labor management; off farm employment; policy; United States; Agriculture; Crops, Agricultural; Employment; Family Characteristics; Fertilizers; Insurance; Pesticides; United States |
Appears in Collections: | 農業經濟學系 |
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