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Modeling Perennial Crop Supply: An Illustration from the Pecan Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Abdelmoneim H. Elnagheeb  and
Wojciech J. Florkowski
Abdelmoneim H. Elnagheeb
Affiliation:
Department of agricultural and applied economics, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Griffin, GA
Wojciech J. Florkowski
Affiliation:
Department of agricultural and applied economics, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Griffin, GA
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Abstract

Two methodological approaches were applied to estimating the number of non-bearing trees in the absence of such data using data for the Southern USA pecan industry. The first approach distinguished between bearing and non-bearing phases of a tree life and directly estimated the number of non-bearing trees. The second focused on indirect estimating of the non-bearing tree number from changes in production. This approach relaxed the assumption of maintaining maximum yields for infinite period as used in earlier studies. Empirical applications used two data sets from the pecan industry. The comparison of empirical results suggested that the first method was more accurate than the alternative approach in predicting the number of newly planted trees over an extended period of time. Additional data collection will allow for further application of available methodology to the pecan industry.

Keywords

non-bearing treespecanstree croptree yieldsvolume produced
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 187 - 196
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1993

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