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Behaviour, Economics, People

339. Assuming that farmers maximise profit

18 May, 202018 May, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Agricultural economists building models of agricultural production often use simplistic assumptions about what motivates farmers. The simplest possible assumption — that farmers maximise profits —

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Latest, Research

338. Modelling COVID-19

11 May, 202011 May, 2020 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

When there is a serious epidemic or a pandemic such as COVID-19, numerous epidemiological modelling groups around the world get busy. How should these various

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Agriculture, Behaviour, Economics, People

337. Developing-country farmers: how are they different?

20 April, 202020 April, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

One of the papers in the recent AEPP Special Issue of papers on adoption of agricultural innovations is about how smallholder farmers in developing countries

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Agriculture, Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management, Water

336. Free time at home? Do this free course!

13 April, 202012 April, 2020 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

The Australian Government is encouraging people to utilize any unexpected spare time at home by up-skilling through study. I’ve got just the thing! My course

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Agriculture, Behaviour, Economics, People, Policy, Social issues

335. Behavioural economics and adoption of agricultural innovations

30 March, 20201 April, 2020 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Behavioural economics has become a thriving field of research over the past decade or so, but research by agricultural economists on farmers’ behaviour when adopting

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Communication, Latest

334. Making video lectures

23 March, 202018 April, 2020 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Universities around the world have moved to online teaching in response to Covid-19. Many university teachers who have done little or no online teaching are

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