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 …

Improvements in nitrogen use efficiency in crop production are critical for addressing the
triple challenges of food security, environmental degradation and climate change. Such …

Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are
widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of …

Farmer cooperatives may promote technology adoption in agricultural production, which, in
turn, increases crop productivity and farmers' income. However, empirical evidence of how …

Precision agriculture (PA) technologies offer a potential solution to food security and
environmental challenges but, will only be successful if adopted by farmers. Adoption in …

Economists have long been interested in why farmers decide to adopt new technologies.
Modeling decision making requires modeling behavior; the key behavioral assumption is …

Agriculture faces key challenges of increasing productivity while reducing adverse impacts
on the environment. Conventional practices that rely on tillage, inefficient and over …

Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer has been a double‐edged sword, greatly improving human
nutrition during the 20th century but also posing major human health and environmental …

Fertiliser nitrogen (N) has been, and will continue to be, essential in nourishing, clothing and
providing bioenergy for the human family. Yet, emissions of ammonia (NH3) and nitrous …

Abstract The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) aims to reduce nutrient loads in
waterways from nonpoint sources such as farm fields. Farmers' voluntary adoption of soil …