FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON COMMERCIAL FARMS IN KWAZULU—NATAL / FAKTORE WAT DIE AANVAARDING VAN GRONDBEWARINGSPRAKTYKE OP KOMMERSIËLE PLASE IN KWAZULU—NATAL BEÏNVLOED

Agrekon ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-100
Author(s):  
G. R. Barlow ◽  
W. L. Nieuwoudt ◽  
J. B. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Commercial Farms

scholarly journals Virginia Farmers' Soil Conservation Decisions: An Application of Tobit Analysis

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia E. Norris ◽  
Sandra S. Batie
Keyword(s):  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Conservation Tillage ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Financial Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Tobit Analysis ◽  
Farm Operators ◽  
Using Data ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Conservation Decisions

AbstractUsing data from a survey of farm operators in two Virginia counties, the authors analyze farmers' soil conservation decisions. Results indicate that financial factors, including income and debt, are the most important influences on the sample farmers' use of conservation practices. Additional factors such as perception of erosion, education level, off-farm employment, and tenancy also influence conservation expenditures. Factors influencing conservation tillage acreage differ from those influencing expenditures for other conservation practices. In particular, age and race of the operator and on-farm erosion potential are significantly related to the use of conservation tillage but not other practices. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for conservation programs.

Impact of multiple soil conservation practices on rice yields and chemical fertiliser use in China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihai Yang ◽  
Ning Yin ◽  
Amin William Mugera ◽  
Yumeng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Rice Yield ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Organic Fertiliser ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Straw Retention ◽  
Fertiliser Use ◽  
Chemical Fertiliser

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.

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

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-553 ◽  
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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