@article{Schreinemachers:50899,
      recid = {50899},
      author = {Schreinemachers, Pepijn and Berger, Thomas and Sirijinda,  Aer and Praneetvatakul, Suwanna},
      title = {The diffusion of greenhouse agriculture in northern  Thailand: Combining econometrics and agent-based modeling},
      address = {2009},
      number = {1005-2016-79035},
      series = {Contributed Paper},
      pages = {30},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {This paper studies the diffusion of greenhouse agriculture  in a watershed in the northern uplands of Thailand by  applying econometrics and agent-based modeling in  combination. Adoption has been rapid by farmers in the  central valley of the watershed, while farmers at higher  altitudes, lacking transferable land titles that could  serve as mortgage collateral, have been unable to obtain  loans for greenhouse investment. The objectives of the  paper are both methodological and empirical. On the  methodological side, it shows that econometrically  estimated models of farm household behavior are useful to  design and to parameterize an agent-based model. On the  empirical side, simulation results show that if mortgage  collateral would not be required, then adoption in the  upper part of the watershed could reach nearly 77 percent  of farm households by 2020, as compared to about 36 percent  under current conditions. Further results suggest a  significant increase in incomes related to the innovation  and a substantially greater irrigation water use,  especially in the central part. As bell pepper under  greenhouses has replaced pesticide-intensive chrysanthemum,  it has declined average levels of pesticide use.  Nevertheless, pesticide use is high and farmers are  struggling to control pests, which raises questions about  the long-term sustainability of the innovation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/50899},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.50899},
}