Catchment scale hydrology of an irrigated cropping system under soil conservation practices

PurposeThis paper analysed survey data of 715 rice-producing households in China to assess the determinants of adoption of five mutually exclusive soil conservation practices (SCPs) and their impact on rice yield and chemical fertiliser use.Design/methodology/approachThe multinomial endogenous treatment effects model was used to account for selection bias and endogeneity arising from both observed and unobserved heterogeneity.FindingsFarms that adopted SCPs as a package experienced an increase in rice yield and decrease in chemical fertiliser use. Adoption of SCPs as a package led to a 12.0% increase in yield and 15.2% decrease in chemical fertiliser use; these results have policy implications for the non-point source pollution control in the agricultural sector. In contrast, adoption of straw retention only significantly reduced yield by 4.9% and increased chemical fertiliser use by 18.1%.Originality/valueThe authors evaluate and compare multi-type of SCPs, such as straw retention, deep tillage and use of organic fertiliser, separately or in combination, and their impacts on smallholder farmers’ rice yield and chemical fertiliser usage.

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3 Land titling policy and soil conservation practices in the northern Uplands of Vietnam

Microeconomic Impacts of Institutional Change in Vietnam’s Northern Uplands ◽

10.3726/978-3-653-04253-5/17 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Soil Conservation ◽

Conservation Practices ◽

Land Titling

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Impact of the adoption of vegetative soil conservation measures on farm profit, revenue and variable cost in Darjeeling district, India

Environment and Development Economics ◽

10.1017/s1355770x19000226 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 529-553 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Chandan Singha

Keyword(s):

Propensity Score ◽

Selection Bias ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Spatial Model ◽

Variable Cost ◽

Conservation Practices ◽

Conservation Measures ◽

Farm Profit ◽

On Farm ◽

Soil Conservation Measures

AbstractThis study evaluates the effects of vegetative soil conservation practices (afforestation and/or bamboo planting) on farm profit and its components, revenue and variable cost. Since farmers self-select themselves as adopters of conservation measures, there could be a problem of selection bias in evaluating their soil conservation practices. We address the selection bias by using propensity score matching. We also check if there exists spatial spillover in adoption of vegetative conservation measures and how it affects matching. We use primary survey data from the Darjeeling district of the Eastern Himalayan region for the year 2013. Our results suggest strong spatial correlation. We find that the propensity score estimated from the spatial model provides better matches than the non-spatial model. While the results show that vegetative soil conservation can lead to significant gains in revenue, it also increases costs so that no significant gains in profit accrue to farmers.

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Effect of runoff management and soil conservation practices on the growth and yield of Maize (Zea mays) in a sub-humid agro-climatic zone of Ile-Ife, Nigeria

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/445/1/012027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 445 ◽

pp. 012027

Author(s):

D A Okunade ◽

K O Adekalu ◽

J W Gowing

Keyword(s):

Zea Mays ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Climatic Zone ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Conservation Practices

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Utilization of soil conservation practices among root and tuber farmers in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria

Agrosearch ◽

10.4314/agrosh.v17i2.8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 99

Author(s):

F.O. Oladipo ◽

O. Bolarin ◽

A.K. Daudu ◽

A.O. Kayode ◽

P.O. Awoyele

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Local Government Area ◽

Conservation Practices

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A Soil Erosion Indicator for Supporting Agricultural, Environmental and Climate Policies in the European Union

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12091365 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 1365 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Panos Panagos ◽

Cristiano Ballabio ◽

Jean Poesen ◽

Emanuele Lugato ◽

Simone Scarpa ◽

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Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Soil Erosion ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Soil Loss ◽

National Level ◽

Water Erosion ◽

Soil Protection ◽

Conservation Practices ◽

The European Union ◽

The Eu

Soil erosion is one of the eight threats in the Soil Thematic Strategy, the main policy instrument dedicated to soil protection in the European Union (EU). During the last decade, soil erosion indicators have been included in monitoring the performance of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study comes five years after the assessment of soil loss by water erosion in the EU [Environmental science & policy 54, 438–447 (2015)], where a soil erosion modelling baseline for 2010 was developed. Here, we present an update of the EU assessment of soil loss by water erosion for the year 2016. The estimated long-term average erosion rate decreased by 0.4% between 2010 and 2016. This small decrease of soil loss was due to a limited increase of applied soil conservation practices and land cover change observed at the EU level. The modelling results suggest that, currently, ca. 25% of the EU land has erosion rates higher than the recommended sustainable threshold (2 t ha−1 yr−1) and more than 6% of agricultural lands suffer from severe erosion (11 t ha−1 yr−1). The results suggest that a more incisive set of measures of soil conservation is needed to mitigate soil erosion across the EU. However, targeted measures are recommendable at regional and national level as soil erosion trends are diverse between countries which show heterogeneous application of conservation practices.

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