The Economics of Within-Field Bt Corn Refuges

A Time Series Analysis of the Effects of Agriculture Credit and Extension Services on Crop Productivity in Malaysia
The Interaction Between Agricultural Extension Services and Environmental Management Accounting: The Role of Farmer Value Orientations
The Role of Agricultural Extension Services and a New Ecological Paradigm in Determinants of Perceived Crop Yield and Pro-Environmental Social Norms
Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Marketing Between Green Marketing and Green Management in Predicting Sustainable Performance in Malaysia’s Organic Agriculture Sector
Climate Change and Extension Services’ Effects on Farm Level Income in Malaysia: A Time Series Analysis
The Interaction Between Agricultural Extension Services and Environmental Management Accounting: The Role of Farmer Value Orientations
Climate Change and Extension Services’ Effects on Farm Level Income in Malaysia: A Time Series Analysis
The Interaction Between Agricultural Extension Services and Environmental Management Accounting: The Role of Farmer Value Orientations
Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Marketing Between Green Marketing and Green Management in Predicting Sustainable Performance in Malaysia’s Organic Agriculture Sector
A Time Series Analysis of the Effects of Agriculture Credit and Extension Services on Crop Productivity in Malaysia

Posted on : January 1, 2000 By admin

Issue Volume 3, Number 1, 2000

Jeffrey Hyde, Marshall A. Martin, Paul V. Preckel, Craig L. Dobbins, and C. Richard Edwards
Purdue University

Farmers who plant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn are obligated to plant a 20% non-Bt corn refuge as part of an Insect Resistance Management program. This paper analyzes the economics of alternative refuge configurations. Ignoring potential genetically modified organism (GMO) separation requirements, planting strips is the least cost method of meeting the 20% refuge requirement.

Key words: Bt corn; European corn borer (ECB); Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner); refuge; Insect Resistance Management (IRM); budget analysis.

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