Conservation Tillage, Pesticide Use, and Biotech Crops in the U.S.A.
Fernandez-Cornejo J, et al (2010). Economic Research Service, USDA.
This paper is relevant to the Agronomic, Socio-Economic, Environmental, and Overview Documents categories in the following areas:
| Crops: | Soybean |
| Traits: | Herbicide Tolerance |
| Countries: | US |
| Regions: | North America |
| ImpactAreas: | Agronomic, Socio-Economic, and Environmental |
Abstract or Summary:
This paper presents the first part of an ongoing project whose objective is to present a long term relationship between conservation tillage, adoption of GE crops and pesticide use for major crops in the United States. In addition, the project aims to provide some innovative tests on causality using a panel data set. This paper presents preliminary results for soybeans.
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