Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature

LS Prokopy, K Floress, JG Arbuckle… - Journal of Soil and …, 2019 - jswconline.org
This is a comprehensive review of all published, quantitative studies focused on adoption of
agricultural conservation practices in the United States between 1982 and 2017. This review …

Factors influencing farmers' adoption of best management practices: A review and synthesis

T Liu, RJF Bruins, MT Heberling - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are
widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of …

Climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and adaptation behavior among Midwestern US crop farmers

AS Mase, BM Gramig, LS Prokopy - Climate Risk Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Global climate change presents unique challenges to the resilience of United States
agriculture, and farmers and advisors must utilize effective adaptation strategies to be both …

Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands

LA Schulte, J Niemi, MJ Helmers… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services from agricultural lands remain
important challenges in the United States despite decades of spending on natural resource …

Synthesizing conservation motivations and barriers: what have we learned from qualitative studies of farmers' behaviors in the United States?

P Ranjan, SP Church, K Floress… - Society & Natural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Since 2011, qualitative studies examining adoption of conservation practices and programs
(CPPs) have burgeoned. This article presents a systematic review of all US-based …

Pesticide-free but not organic: adoption of a large-scale wheat production standard in Switzerland

N Möhring, R Finger - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The sustainable intensification of agriculture requires solutions for a large-scale reduction of
pesticide use while sustaining agricultural yields. Pesticide-free production standards, which …

Perceptions and use of cover crops among early adopters: Findings from a national survey

M Dunn, JD Ulrich-Schad, LS Prokopy… - Journal of Soil and …, 2016 - jswconline.org
There is evidence that cover crops can bring both environmental and yield benefits to a farm
operation, yet according to the USDA's Census of Agriculture, in 2012 less than 5% of the …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of farmers' adoption and continuation of climate-smart agricultural practices. A study from northeastern Italy

F Pagliacci, E Defrancesco, D Mozzato… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The EU rural development policy has addressed challenges related to climate change in
agriculture by introducing public voluntary schemes, which financially support the adoption …

Management foundations for navigating ecological transformation by resisting, accepting, or directing social–ecological change

DR Magness, L Hoang, RT Belote, J Brennan… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Despite striking global change, management to ensure healthy landscapes and sustained
natural resources has tended to set objectives on the basis of the historical range of …

Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics

DK Bagnall, CLS Morgan, GM Bean… - Soil Science Society …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Farmers, scientists, and other soil health stakeholders require interpretable indicators of soil
hydraulic function. Determining which indicators to use has been difficult because of …