Can we get better information by any alternative to conventional statistical approaches for analysing land allocation decision problems? A case study on lowland rice varieties

This study conducted a social survey on 300 representatives of Nepali farming households to demonstrate robustness of a structural modelling approach for examining and explaining complex land allocation decision problems of managers. It tested the approach specifically for investigating drivers and barriers of farmers’ decisions for allocating lowland under three kinds (hybrid, conventionally improved and local) of rice varieties. The study...