OPERATOR AND LANDLORD PARTICIPATION IN SOIL EROSION CONTROL IN THE MAPLE CREEK WATERSHED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

Herbert Hoover and Marc Wiitala

No 278837, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Responses of a sample of 106 operators and 69 landlords concerning degree of soil erosion, use of conservation practices, and factors hindering adoption of selected practices are described. Operator and landlord views of the seriousness of soil erosion differed from SCS estimates. Operators and landlords may not have skills to assess the economic or physical severity of the problem. Few used recommended erosion control practices. Main obstacles to adoption were low levels of cost sharing in 1977 and views of the soil erosion problem.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 82
Date: 1980-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278837

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