From agronomic data to farmer recommendations : an economics training manual
From agronomic data to farmer recommendations : an economics training manual
- Completely revised edition
- Bangkok, Thailand : CIMMYT, 1988.
- ix, 88 pages.
- Printed Computer File
Open Access. Belonging to the Economics Program the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
This manual presents a set of procedures for doing an economic analysis of on-farm agronomic experiments wich will help in selecting treatments for furter experimentation and for developing farmer recommendations. The following points are discussed: importance of reviewing the objectives of the experiment; the experimental design and management; how to calculate total costs that vary, average yields, adjusted yield, gross field benefits, and net benefits; how to develop a partial budget; the importance of dominance analysis, marginal analysis, minimum returns analysis, and sensitivity analysis; and how to draw and report appropriate
Text in Thai
968-6127-18-6
Data analysis
Crop yield
Economic analysis
Methods
Open Access. Belonging to the Economics Program the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
This manual presents a set of procedures for doing an economic analysis of on-farm agronomic experiments wich will help in selecting treatments for furter experimentation and for developing farmer recommendations. The following points are discussed: importance of reviewing the objectives of the experiment; the experimental design and management; how to calculate total costs that vary, average yields, adjusted yield, gross field benefits, and net benefits; how to develop a partial budget; the importance of dominance analysis, marginal analysis, minimum returns analysis, and sensitivity analysis; and how to draw and report appropriate
Text in Thai
968-6127-18-6
Data analysis
Crop yield
Economic analysis
Methods