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Abstract
The allocation of variable inputs among crops is a common problem in applied studies that
use farm accountancy data. Standard farm accounting information is typically restricted
to aggregate or whole-farm input expenditures; there are usually no details on how these
expenditures are split among crops. Most studies employing multi-crop econometric models
with land as an allocable fixed input consider generally variable input uses at the farm level
(Moore and Negri, 1992). However, the allocation of variable inputs among crops appears to
be useful for several objectives, such as to analyze the evolution of gross margins at the crop
level, to investigate the empirical validity of a multi-crop econometric model and to provide
important information for extension agents or farmer advisors.