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 crop**, crop rotation, and conservation tillage—
provide synergistic environmental and economic benefits, both on and beyond the farms that …

[HTML][HTML] Participation in individual and collective agri-environmental schemes: a synthesis using the theory of planned behaviour

A Sander, J Ghazoul, R Finger, S Schaub - Journal of Rural Studies, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the behavioural factors that influence farmers' intentions to participate in agri-
environmental schemes is crucial for delivering sustainability in agricultural landscapes …

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 …

Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US:'all hands on deck'

WE Thogmartin, L López-Hoffman… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The eastern migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) has
declined by> 80% within the last two decades. One possible cause of this decline is the loss …

Motivations and attitudes influence farmers' willingness to participate in biodiversity conservation contracts

R Greiner - Agricultural Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasingly, voluntary conservation programs are targeted at farmers to contribute to
biodiversity conservation through tailored on-farm conservation activities. Such programs …

Slow-down of deforestation following a Brazilian forest policy was less effective on private lands than in all conservation areas

RFB da Silva, D de Castro Victoria… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Private lands are important for conservation worldwide, but knowledge about their
effectiveness is still insufficient. To help fill this important knowledge gap, we analyzed the …

[HTML][HTML] Motivations and barriers for Western Australian broad-acre farmers to adopt carbon farming

ME Kragt, NP Dumbrell, L Blackmore - Environmental Science & Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbon farming policies aim to contribute to climate change mitigation, but their success
strongly depends on whether landholders actually adopt desired practices or participate in …

Conservation intensification under risk: An assessment of adoption, additionality, and farmer preferences

E Canales, JS Bergtold… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation practices used on agricultural cropland can provide important ecosystem
services. The United States relies largely on voluntary programs to incentivize adoption of …

Understanding landowner participation in the Conservation Reserve Program in the US High Plains region

B Thapa, BP Chapagain, ST McMurry, LM Smith… - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the array of financial and non-financial decision-making drivers of private
landowners with vulnerable cropland for enrolling in the United States Department of …

Private landowner conservation behavior following participation in voluntary incentive programs: Recommendations to facilitate behavioral persistence

AA Dayer, SH Lutter, KA Sesser, CM Hickey… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Voluntary incentive programs are a keystone policy tool for increasing private landowner
conservation behavior. Although landowner participation in conservation incentive programs …