The Demand for fertilizer in southern Brazil, 1948-1971

Larson, D.W. and Cibantos, J.S. (1974) The Demand for fertilizer in southern Brazil, 1948-1971. Documentation. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

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Abstract

The physical relationship between chemical fertilizer use and crop yields has been widely documented. From these studies, specialists have prescribed the level or amount of fertilizer which farmers should use. Very little work, however, has been done on the economic factors associated with the farmer's actual use of fertilizers in developing countries. Nevertheless, it is well known that increased agricultural production end modernization have been associated with substantial increases in purchased farm inputs: fertilizer, machinery, seed and others...

Item Type:	Monograph (Documentation)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Chemical fertilizer, Crop yields, peanuts, livestock, Rice
Author Affiliation:	Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State University and Professor Assistente Doutor do Departamnto de Economia Rural da Faculdade de Ciencias Madicas has Biologicas de Botucatu, SP
Subjects:	Plant Production
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Ms Ishrath Durafsha
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2014 09:53
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2014 09:53
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12830

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