Urea Subsidies and the Decision to Allocate Land to a New Fertilizing Technology: Ex-ante Analysis in Ecuador
| dc.creator | Avila-Santamaria, Jorge J. | |
| dc.creator | Useche, Maria P. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:30:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T10:02:32Z | |
| dc.description | This ex-ante study examines how urea subsidies affect the adoption of a more efficient but labor-intensive existing alternative, Urea Deep Placement (UDP), in some of the major growing regions of Ecuador (Daule and Santa Lucia cantons, Guayas province). A government subsidy covers around 30% of urea fertilizer cost since 2007. Such a public intervention may be favoring to the traditional broadcasting fertilization method, which demands urea more intensively, crowding out improved innovations (i.e. UDP) and becoming an adverse selection mechanism. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.229851 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229851/files/Avila%20and%20Useche%202016_SAEA.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229851 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/614914 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229851 | |
| dc.title | Urea Subsidies and the Decision to Allocate Land to a New Fertilizing Technology: Ex-ante Analysis in Ecuador | |
| dc.type | Text |