Date of Award:
5-1979
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Economics and Finance
Department name when degree awarded
Economics
Committee Chair(s)
Jay C. Anderson
Committee
Jay C. Anderson
Committee
Basudeb Biswas
Committee
Kenneth Lyon
Committee
Terry Glover
Committee
Bartell Jensen
Committee
Gaylen Ashcroft
Abstract
Corn production data was fitted into a Translog production function. Analysis of the resultant equation was based on what impact irrigation keyed to the crop's phenology would have on yield. A crop product cost function was developed to determine if there is profit (loss) in adapting water application to corn by phenological time period. Reasons for not adapting phenology as a key variable in irrigation include institutional constraints. Without modifying these institutional constrains, adopting the proposed technology may prove prohibitive.
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Recommended Citation
Gowon, Dawuda Tsalhatu, "Economic Implications of Phenologically Timed Irrigation in Corn Production" (1979). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4304.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4304
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