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Multiple Benefits of Carbon-Friendly Agricultural Practices: Empirical Assessment of Conservation Tillage in Iowa [PDF]

In this study, we estimate empirically the multiple benefits of a subsidy policy that would offer payments to farmers in return for the adoption of conservation tillage and compare the outcomes of alternative targeting designs for such a policy.
Kling, Catherine L., Kurkalova, Lyubov A., Zhao, Jinhua   +2 more
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Vegetation Structure and Diversity Under Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: A Comparison of Silvo‐Arable and Silvo‐Pastoral Systems in Kenya

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a low‐cost, adaptable agroforestry practice that enhances land restoration by promoting systematic integration of naturally regenerating trees within farming systems through tree selection and management.
Irene Awino Ojuok, Madelon Lohbeck, Till Stellmacher, Ermias Aynekulu, Tony Rinaudo, Christian Borgemeister   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of Fungal Sub-Communities in a Maize-Wheat Rotation Field Subjected to Long-Term Conservation Tillage Management. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2022
Zhang C, Liu H, Liu S, Hussain S, Zhang L, Yu X, Cao K, Xin X, Cao H, Zhu A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE SUBSIDY FOR ADOPTING CONSERVATION TILLAGE: ESTIMATION FROM OBSERVED BEHAVIOR [PDF]

Due to payoff uncertainties combined with risk aversion and/or real options, farmers may demand a premium in order to adopt conservation tillage practices, over and above the compensation for the expected profit losses (if any).
Kling, Catherine L., Kurkalova, Lyubov A., Zhao, Jinhua   +2 more
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A Field Guide for Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Olive Orchards Across Mediterranean Conditions for End‐Users and Stakeholders

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion control poses a crucial challenge to the sustainability of Mediterranean olive groves. To facilitate field‐level decision‐making, we have developed a field guide oriented to use in any type of olive orchard across the Mediterranean.
I. Domenech‐Carretero, G. Guzmán, M. A. Soriano, J. Montoliu, J. A. Gómez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation tillage and fertiliser management strategies impact on basmati rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L): crop performance, crop water productivity, nutrient uptake and fertility status of the soil under rice-wheat cropping system. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Chandra MS, Naresh RK, Bhatt R, V Kadam P, Siddiqui MH, Gaafar AZ, Atikur Rahman M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adoption and diffusion of no tillage practices in Southern Spain olive groves [PDF]

This paper analyses the process of adoption of no tillage in South-eastern Spain’s olive groves. Olive tree groves in South-eastern Spain’s mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion, which is the main environmental problem for this ...
Calatrava-Requena, Javier, Franco, Juan Agustin   +1 more
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Winegrowers' Perceptions and Adoption of Sustainable Soil Management Practices and Technologies: A Case Study in Piedmont, Italy

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil is crucial for human survival but is threatened by erosion and contamination. Farmers play a pivotal role in soil conservation, thus, understanding what influences their decisions is crucial. The IN‐GEST SOIL project aimed to mitigate soil erosion and improve soil and vine quality in Piedmont vineyards, NW Italy.
Federica Caffaro, Eugenio De Gregorio, Giorgio Capello, Lucia Vigoroso, Giorgia Bagagiolo, Eugenio Cavallo, Marcella Biddoccu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of conservation tillage strategies on soil physicochemical indicators and N₂O emission under spring wheat monocropping system conditions. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Yuan J, Yan L, Li G, Sadiq M, Rahim N, Wu J, Ma W, Xu G, Du M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Practices in Cotton Production [PDF]

Replaced with revised version of paper 10/23/07.conservation tillage, cotton, genetically modified seed, herbicide-resistant cotton, stacked-gene cotton, simultaneous logit model, single-equation logit model, technology adoption, Crop Production ...
Banerjee, Swagata (Ban), Hogan, Robert J., Jr., Johnson, Jason L., Larson, James A., Martin, Steven W., Paxton, Kenneth W., Reeves, Jeanne M., Roberts, Roland K.   +7 more
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