impact of the development of agriculture on wild biodiversity is assessed because some environmentalists see the conservation … conservationist groups. Some see intensive agriculture (including silviculture) as favourable to the conservation of wild biodiversity … whereas others oppose such production methods as being unfavourable to wild biodiversity conservation. Reasons why modern …

The paper examines the joint adoption of conservation tillage, crop rotations, and soil testing by small and limited …-resource farmers in the Southeast. The objectives are to determine the potential eligibility of small farmers for the Conservation … conservation practices. Results indicate that conservation management, ethnicity, and farm characteristics affect practice adoption …

The adoption of conservation practices is a complex matter – rural landholders consider a wide variety of factors and … characteristics when deciding whether to adopt a conservation practice. To confound the issue, recent research has suggested that the … goals of landholders affect the adoption of conservation practices by creating a subjective consideration of the relative …

.g. increased yield, higher profits, and improved soil productivity) is positive. The perceived benefits, while partially based on …, growing soybeans, high debt, high gross farm sales, use of conservation tillage, increased application of N to the cash crop …

shown that cover crops can improve soil conservation and productivity, potentially improving cash crop yields and decreasing … study examines farmers’ willingness to grow cover crops as a soil conservation practice and to examine the socio …

proven technologies. We draw on a case study of forages and livestock production in Laos, a Southeast Asian country … undergoing rapid economic and agricultural change. A facilitated learning environment stimulated farmers to adapt forages … using forages and fattening livestock had increased six fold, with a 50% reduction in the time required for farmers to get …