Conservation-compatible practices and programs : who participates ? /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lambert, David
Other Authors: Claassen, Roger, Sullivan, Patrick
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : USDA Economic Research Serv, 2006.
Series:Economic research report ; 14.
Online Access:http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/err14/
Description
Item Description:"This report examines the business, operator, and household characteristics of farms that have adopted certain conservation-compatible practices, with and without financial assistance from government conservation programs. The analysis finds that attributes of the farm operator and household and characteristics of the farm business are associated with the likelihood that a farmer will adopt certain conservation-compatible practices and the degree to which the farmer participates in conservation programs. For example, operators of small farms and operators not primarily focused on farming are less likely to adopt management-intensive conservation-compatible practices and to participate in working-land conservation programs than operators of large enterprises whose primary occupation is farming."
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Physical Description:iv, 43 pages ; 28 cm.