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increase returns to management or to various production inputs in four 

 cropping patterns. 



Thus, growers with limited cash receive similar returns per dol- 

 lar spent on production inputs as those growers with more available cash 

 resource. Although both groups of growers assume risk during unfavorable 

 cropping years, growers who grow high management crops will incur a much 

 greater risk of loss than growers with limited cash. With limited cash, 

 small-scale growers benefit from growing a sequence of low management 

 crops because of low and efficient resource use and stable yields. 

 Growers with available cash can grow low and high management crops and 

 earn a greater gross income if they operate efficiently. 



