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 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Cover crop management and water conservation in vineyard and olive orchards

A Novara, A Cerda, E Barone, L Gristina - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainability in orchard crops is an important goal for farmers, decision-makers and
consumers. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals emphasize the importance …

The trouble with cover crops: Farmers' experiences with overcoming barriers to adoption

GE Roesch-McNally, AD Basche… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Cover crops are known to promote many aspects of soil and water quality, yet estimates find
that in 2012 only 2.3% of the total agricultural lands in the Midwestern USA were using cover …

A review of economic considerations for cover crops as a conservation practice

JS Bergtold, S Ramsey, L Maddy… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Over the past few decades, farmers have increasingly integrated cover crops into their
crop** systems. Cover-crop benefits can help a farmer to achieve sustainability or reduce …

Corn yield response to winter cover crops: An updated meta-analysis

GS Marcillo, FE Miguez - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Winter cover crops (WCCs) provide agronomic and environmental benefits, although their
impacts on subsequent crop yields have been reported to vary across regions, soils, or …

Advancing intercrop** research and practices in industrialized agricultural landscapes

KA Bybee-Finley, MR Ryan - Agriculture, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sustainable intensification calls for agroecological and adaptive management of the
agrifood system. Here, we focus on intercrop** and how this agroecological practice can …

Management of service crops for the provision of ecosystem services in vineyards: A review

L Garcia, F Celette, C Gary, A Ripoche… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Service crops are crops grown with the aim of providing non-marketed ecosystem
services, ie differing from food, fiber and fuel production. Vineyard soils face various …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of cover crops on multiple ecosystem services: Ten meta-analyses of data from arable farmland in California and the Mediterranean

GE Shackelford, R Kelsey, LV Dicks - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cover crops are considered to be beneficial for multiple ecosystem services, and they have
been widely promoted through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU and Farm …

An adoption spectrum for sustainable agriculture practices: A new framework applied to cover crop adoption

G Han, MT Niles - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices is critical for future ecological,
food security, and farmer livelihood goals. Traditionally, the adoption of sustainable …

The adoption of conservation practices in the Corn Belt: the role of one formal farmer network, Practical Farmers of Iowa

L Asprooth, M Norton, R Galt - Agriculture and Human Values, 2023 - Springer
Substantial evidence has shown that involvement in peer-to-peer farming networks
influences whether a farmer decides to try a new practice. Formally organized farmer …