Search Results - subject:"Soil and Water conservation"

Land Acquisition and the Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Techniques: A Duration Analysis for Kenya and The Philippines

Oostendorp, Remco H.; Zaal, Fred - In: World Development 40 (2012) 6, pp. 1240-1254

This paper analyzes the adoption behavior of smallholder farmers using comparable plot-level duration data for Kenya and The Philippines. We find that adoption behavior is strongly linked to the process of land ownership transfer. This relationship is found both for data from Kenya and The...

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To terrace or not: the short-term impact of bench terraces on soil properties and crop response in the Peruvian Andes

Posthumus, H.; Stroosnijder, L. - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 12 (2010) 2, pp. 263-276

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Laying a solid foundation for sustainable development in Bolivian mountain villages

Kessler, C. - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 10 (2008) 2, pp. 233-247

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Factors influencing adoption of land-enhancing technology in the Sahel: lessons from a case study in Niger

Baidu-Forson, J. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 20 (1999) 3

Technical change, through the introduction of land-enhancing conservation technologies, is essential to economic growth in the Sahel. Tobit analysis was used to identify factors that motivate level and intensity of adoption of specific soil and water management technologies. The results show...

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Determinants of farmers' indigenous soil and water conservation investments in semi -arid India

Pender, John L.; Kerr, John M. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 19 (1998) 1-2

This paper investigates the determinants of farmers' indigenous soil and water conservation investments in the semi … agroclimatic conditions in designing programs to promote investments in soil and water conservation. © 1998 Elsevier Science B …

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Farmers’ Views of Soil Erosion Problems and their Conservation Knowledge at Beressa Watershed, Central Highlands of Ethiopia

Amsalu, Aklilu; Graaff, Jan - In: Agriculture and Human Values 23 (2006) 1, pp. 99-108

highlands, soil and water conservation interventions should consider farmers’ conservation knowledge and practices to improve …

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Stochastic Dominance Analysis of Soil and Water Conservation in Subsistence Crop Production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands: The Case of the Hunde-Lafto Area

Bekele, Wagayehu - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 32 (2005) 4, pp. 533-550

The aim of this paper is to analyze whether investment in soil and water conservation results in a higher yield and … from crop production with and without soil and water conservation (SWC) are compared based on stochastic dominance (SD …

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Nudging Boserup? The Impact of Fertilizer Subsidies on Investment in Soil and Water Conservation

Vondolia, Godwin Kofi; Eggert, Håkan; Stage, Jesper

development of a fertilizer market. Fertilizer adoption requires complementary inputs, such as investment in soil and water … conservation (SWC), for efficient and optimal nutrient uptake, and many fertilizer subsidy programs implicitly assume that …

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