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From agronomic data to farmer recommendations: An economics training manual

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: En Publication details: Mexico, DF (Mexico) : CIMMYT, 1988Description: v, 79 pagesISBN:
  • 968-6127-18-6
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: 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
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Non conventional literature CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Publications Collection CIM 0250-R TRA En 1998 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 605264
Non conventional literature CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Publications Collection CIM 0250-R TRA En 1998 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available B600516
Non conventional literature CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Publications Collection CIM 0250-R TRA En 1998 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available A617332
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Contents: Economic training manual - Economics workbook 9686127194 - Answers to workbook Exercises 9686127283

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

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Also available in Spanish, French, and Th|EconomicsPubs|MIC 6433-R EN|DSpace 1

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