Does risk influence the adoption of alternative soil tillage technologies? A compromise programming approach

The alternative soil tillage technology plays an important role in the development of a sustainable agriculture. The use of traditional technology gives the farmers a positive expected income. With the use of an alternative soil tillage technology, the expected income considerably rises together with the income risk. Combinations of income and risk revealed that the use of traditional technology is an option when the objective is to lower the income risk. Nevertheless, the income risk foes not play a decisive role in the adoption of the technology, especially when the effects of production variability and available days are hidden by the agricultural policy.