Download or read book Relative Profitability and Order of Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of Recent Published Material on Soil and Water Conservation written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts for Dec. 1954- issued in the Agricultural Research Service's series ARS-41.
Download or read book Research Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annotated Archive of Diffusion References written by William D. Crano and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conservation Tillage in U S Agriculture written by Noel Uri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover farming techniques that will decrease soil erosion and costs! Soil erosion from U.S. croplands has long been recognized as a national problem. Conservation Tillage in U.S. Agriculture: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues is the first ever complete study of the costs and benefits of using conservation tillage to prevent soil erosion. Designed for professionals working in the areas of soil science, agronomy, economics, environmental studies, and agriculture, this complete study covers everything from machinery and trends in conservation tillage to its adoption to use in regions of the United States. With this in-depth manual, you will examine different types of tillage and the many benefits this practice can ensure, such as improving water quality, increasing organic matter in your soil, sequestering carbon, and providing habitat and food for wildlife. Covering the economic, environmental, and policy issues of this practice, Conservation Tillage in U.S. Agriculture features: the history of conservation tillage case studies on costs and benefits of differing conservation tillage practices with various crops tables and graphs of trends, and case studies concerning the use of different farming methods U.S. Department of Agriculture soil conservation policies how to prevent soil erosion without harming the environment factors affecting conservation tillage, adoption, and use for crops such as peanuts, potatoes, beets, tobacco, and vegetables. With the help of this book, you will measure the benefits and costs of conservation tillage based on profitability and environmental impact and explore the positive and negative environmental consequences that may involve air, land, water, and/or the health and ecological status of wildlife. Conservation Tillage in U.S. Agriculture is a timely and informative look at conservation tillage practices that will help you improve residue management and create better conditions for wildlife and the environment.
Download or read book Soil Conservation in Perspective written by R. Burnell Held and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews and evaluates the nationwide soil conservation effort in the United States and suggests broad outlines of a future conservation program. Originally published in 1965
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Download or read book An Evaluation of the Agricultural Conservation Program s Performance in Fulfilling Program and Political Objectives written by K. William Easter and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Diffusion of Innovations 5th Edition written by Everett M. Rogers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-08-16 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth edition, Diffusion of Innovations is a classic work on the spread of new ideas. In this renowned book, Everett M. Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico, explains how new ideas spread via communication channels over time. Such innovations are initially perceived as uncertain and even risky. To overcome this uncertainty, most people seek out others like themselves who have already adopted the new idea. Thus the diffusion process consists of a few individuals who first adopt an innovation, then spread the word among their circle of acquaintances—a process which typically takes months or years. But there are exceptions: use of the Internet in the 1990s, for example, may have spread more rapidly than any other innovation in the history of humankind. Furthermore, the Internet is changing the very nature of diffusion by decreasing the importance of physical distance between people. The fifth edition addresses the spread of the Internet, and how it has transformed the way human beings communicate and adopt new ideas.
Download or read book Diffusion of Innovations Research Report written by Michigan State University. Department of Communication and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing Land Management written by David Pannell and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a rich and extensive history of research into factors that encourage farmers to change their land management practices, or inhibit them from doing so. Yet this research is often under-utilised in practice. Changing Land Management provides key insights from past and cutting-edge research to support decision-makers as they attempt to influence or assist rural communities adapting to changed circumstances, such as new technologies, new environmental imperatives, new market opportunities or changed climate. Understanding the process of practice change by rural landholders is crucial for policy makers, agricultural researchers, extension agents, natural resource management bodies, non-government organisations and agricultural consultants. For example, such understanding can assist with the design and implementation of environmental programs, with the prioritisation of agricultural research and with commercial ventures. Common themes are the need for an appreciation of the diversity of land managers and their contexts, of the diversity of factors that influence land-management decisions, and of the challenges that face government programs that are intended to change land management.
Download or read book Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub Saharan Africa Challenges and Opportunities written by Andre Bationo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 1051 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food insecurity is a fundamental challenge to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production leads to low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risk and threat and lack of empowerment. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of agricultural research and development experiences from sub-Saharan Africa. The text highlights practical lessons from the sub-Saharan Africa region.
Download or read book Factors Affecting the Adoption of Tillage Systems in Kansas written by Niranjan Kumar Baradi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns about environmental degradation due to agriculture have gained importance as it is associated with soil erosion, health hazards, and ground water pollution. Environment-friendly land use practices have been developed to gain a wide range of environmental benefits including reduced soil erosion, reduced nutrient runoff from crop and livestock facilities, increased biodiversity preservation efforts, and restoration of wetlands and other native ecosystems. No-till is one such practice where soil erosion, nutrient runoff and environmental degradation can be reduced to a certain extent. This study evaluated the factors affecting the adoption of tillage systems in Kansas. A survey was conducted with a total of 135 participants from four different locations in the state of Kansas between August 2006 and January 2007. The adoption process was modeled as a two-step econometric models consisting of perception and adoption equations to estimate the impacts of demographic variables and farmers' familiarity with and participation in certain conservation programs. The results for the perception models showed that the farm operators' perceptions regarding whether BPM installation and management is unfair to producers or not and whether environmental legislation is often unfair to producers do not vary systematically across farm size, producers' familiarity and participation in conservation programs, or other demographics considered in the study. On the other hand, their perceptions regarding how polluted their water supplies varied by their thoughts on relative profitability across various tillage practices, their primary occupation, and their familiarity with conservation programs. Specifically, the results suggested that those who regarded no-till practices to be more profitable than other tillage practices or whose primary occupation was farming-related tended to believe that ground water was not polluted, and those who were less familiar with available conservation programs tended to believe that surface waters were not polluted. The adoption model results suggested that farmers with greater operating acreage, those who perceived that no-till was more profitable than other tillage systems, and those with greater familiarity with and participation in existing conservation programs were more likely to adopt more conservation tillage systems, all else equal. Further, perceptions of fairness of environmental regulations or the level of pollution did not impact the tillage choices.
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