The Choice of Tillage, Rotation, and Soil Testing Practices: Economic and Environmental Implications

Wu, Junjie; Babcock, Bruce A.

doi:10.2307/1244552

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“…The slope is one of the key factors affecting land susceptibility to soil erosion, which in turn, should affect adoption of conservation techniques. As expected, we found a statistically significant positive relationship between this variable and the probability of adoption, a result consistent with earlier studies of Wu and Babcock (1998) and Uri (1998).…”

Section: Estimation Of the Tillage Adoption Modelsupporting

confidence: 93%

The efficiency of sequestering carbon in agricultural soils

Pautsch¹,

Kurkalova²,

Babcock³

et al. 2001

Contemporary Economic Policy

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Agricultural tillage practices are important human-induced activities that can alter carbon emissions from agricultural soils and have the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in greenhouse gas emission (Lal et al, 1998). This research investigates the expected costs of sequestering carbon in agricultural soils under different subsidy and market-based policies. Using the detailed National Resources Inventory data, we estimate the probability that farmers adopt conservation tillage practices based on a variety of exogenous characteristics and profit from conventional practices. These estimates are used with physical models of carbon sequestration to estimate the subsidy costs of achieving increased carbon sequestration with alternative subsidy schemes. Disciplines AbstractAgricultural tillage practices are important human-induced activities that can alter carbon emissions from agricultural soils and have the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in greenhouse gas emission (Lal et al, 1998). This research investigates the expected costs of sequestering carbon in agricultural soils under different subsidy and market-based policies. Using the detailed National Resources Inventory data, we estimate the probability that farmers adopt conservation tillage practices based on a variety of exogenous characteristics and profit from conventional practices. These estimates are used with physical models of carbon sequestration to estimate the subsidy costs of achieving increased carbon sequestration with alternative subsidy schemes.

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Section: Estimation Of the Tillage Adoption Modelsupporting

confidence: 93%

The efficiency of sequestering carbon in agricultural soils

Pautsch¹,

Kurkalova²,

Babcock³

et al. 2001

Contemporary Economic Policy

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“…Multinomial logit (MNL) and multinomial probit (MNP) models are commonly used in adoption decision process study involving multiple choices (Hassan & Nhemachena, 2008). Both MNL and MNP are important for anlysing farmer adaptation decisions (Hassan & Nhemachena, 2008) as well as evaluating alternative combinations of adaptation strategies including individual strategies (Hausman & Wise, 1978;Wu & Babcock, 1998). This study used the MNL to identify the socio-economic determinants of cocoyam farmer's adaptation decision.…”

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Socio-Economic Determinants of Cocoyam Farmer’s Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Nigeria

Ifeanyi-obi¹,

Togun²,

Lamboll³

et al. 2017

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“…Studies by Dasgupta et al (2007), Asafu-Adjaye (2008), Paudel et al (2008), and Wu and Babcock (1998) found that farmers' education tends to positively influence their decision to adopt conservation.…”

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confidence: 99%