Why farmers adopt (or do not adopt) soil and water conservation practices: Results from a meta-analysis of adoption research from 1982-2017

Abstract

Since the 1980s, when concern about U.S. agriculture’s environmental impacts led to increases in USDA, Land Grant University Extension, and NGO involvement in policy and programming to promote soil and water conservation... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. J. Gordon Arbuckle (Iowa State University)
  2. Kristin Floress (US Forest Service Northern Research Station)
  3. Linda Prokopy (Purdue University)

Topic Area

Sociology of Agriculture & Food

Session

SID.18 » Sustainable Farming: Innovation, Diffusion, Adoption (09:30 - Sunday, 29th July, Weyerhaeuser)