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Economic Implications Of Phenologically Timed Irrigation In Corn Production, Dawuda Tsalhatu Gowon
Economic Implications Of Phenologically Timed Irrigation In Corn Production, Dawuda Tsalhatu Gowon
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
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.