Factors influencing farmer adoption of soil health practices in the United States: A narrative review

L Carlisle - Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Soil health practices—such as cover cropping, crop rotation, and conservation tillage—
provide synergistic environmental and economic benefits, both on and beyond the farms that …

A typology of farm households for the Umutara Province in Rwanda

JC Bidogeza, PBM Berentsen, J De Graaff… - Food Security, 2009 - Springer
For nearly 30 years, technologies for more sustainable land use have been developed and
promoted in Rwanda. However, these technologies have not been fully adopted. Keeping in …

Barriers affecting sustainable agricultural productivity of smallholder farmers in the Eastern Free State of South Africa

L Myeni, M Moeletsi, M Thavhana, M Randela… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) are the most promising pathways to enhance the
productivity and resilience of agricultural production of smallholder farming systems while …

Farmers' willingness to participate in Payment‐for‐Environmental‐Services programmes

S Ma, SM Swinton, F Lupi… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding farmers' willingness to participate in agricultural payment‐for‐environmental‐
services (PES) programmes is an essential precondition for designing effective and efficient …

Adoption of sustainable agriculture practices among farmers in Kentucky, USA

B Mishra, BR Gyawali, KP Paudel, NC Poudyal… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Promoting the sustainable agricultural practices at an individual farm level is essential to
ensure agricultural sustainability. This study analyzed whether and how various factors …

Farm household typology and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa

M Makate, N Nelson, C Makate - African Journal of Science …, 2018 - journals.co.za
Enhancing adoption rates of climate-smart agriculture practices and their impact on
livelihoods requires promotional persistence, complemented by a thorough socioeconomic …

Evaluating agricultural best management practices in tile‐drained subwatersheds of the Mackinaw River, Illinois

AM Lemke, KG Kirkham, TT Lindenbaum… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Best management practices (BMPs) are widely promoted in agricultural watersheds as a
means of improving water quality and ameliorating altered hydrology. We used a paired …

Welfare impacts of conservation agriculture adoption on smallholder maize farmers in South Africa

OS Oduniyi, C Chagwiza, T Wade - Renewable Agriculture and Food …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Climate change and soil degradation are the issues depleting the soil's ability to promote
good yield. One of the ways to combat this is the practice of conservation agriculture (CA) …

Irrigated landscapes, produced scarcity, and adaptive social institutions in Rajasthan, India

T Birkenholtz - Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This article employs an actor–network (ANT) and materialist approach to examine the
changing relations among nature, society, and technology in dynamic groundwater-irrigated …

An analysis of the socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of conservation agriculture as a climate change mitigation activity in Australian dryland grain …

JF Rochecouste, P Dargusch, D Cameron, C Smith - Agricultural Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
The cropping sector in Australia contributes 2.5% of national greenhouse gas emissions, not
accounting for the historical loss of soil carbon. The Australian Government is developing …