Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations
By making adoption decisions on soil conservation practices, agricultural producers play a key role in reversing unintended consequences caused by soil degradation. This paper studies two soil conservation practicesÑdiversified crop rotation (DCR) and integrated cropping and livestock system (ICLS)Ñ...
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
2019-05-01
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| author | Tong Wang Hailong Jim Bishal B. Kasu Jeffrey Jacquet Sandeep Kumar |
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| description | By making adoption decisions on soil conservation practices, agricultural producers play a key role in reversing unintended consequences caused by soil degradation. This paper studies two soil conservation practicesÑdiversified crop rotation (DCR) and integrated cropping and livestock system (ICLS)Ñusing survey data collected from Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota producers. We estimate a bivariate probit model to identify factors affecting adoption decisions. Farmers' requirements for monetary incentives and values on soil health were found to be important determinants of adoption behavior. Geographic location matters, as North Dakota had the highest DCR adoption rate yet the lowest ICLS adoption rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04b6d746e5244cb28ff3ec02c96281a92022-12-21T17:30:29ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82852019-05-0144240442110.22004/ag.econ.287989287989Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship MotivationsTong WangHailong JimBishal B. KasuJeffrey JacquetSandeep KumarBy making adoption decisions on soil conservation practices, agricultural producers play a key role in reversing unintended consequences caused by soil degradation. This paper studies two soil conservation practicesÑdiversified crop rotation (DCR) and integrated cropping and livestock system (ICLS)Ñusing survey data collected from Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota producers. We estimate a bivariate probit model to identify factors affecting adoption decisions. Farmers' requirements for monetary incentives and values on soil health were found to be important determinants of adoption behavior. Geographic location matters, as North Dakota had the highest DCR adoption rate yet the lowest ICLS adoption rate.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/287989adoption behaviordiversified crop rotation (dcr)integrated cropping and livestock system (icls)monetary incentivesoil health |
| spellingShingle | Tong Wang Hailong Jim Bishal B. Kasu Jeffrey Jacquet Sandeep Kumar Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics adoption behavior diversified crop rotation (dcr) integrated cropping and livestock system (icls) monetary incentive soil health |
| title | Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations |
| title_full | Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations |
| title_fullStr | Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations |
| title_short | Soil Conservation Practice Adoption in the Northern Great Plains: Economic versus Stewardship Motivations |
| title_sort | soil conservation practice adoption in the northern great plains economic versus stewardship motivations |
| topic | adoption behavior diversified crop rotation (dcr) integrated cropping and livestock system (icls) monetary incentive soil health |
| url | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/287989 |
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