The Adoption and Management of Soil Conservation Practices in Haiti: The Case of Rock Walls

Budry Bayard, Curtis M. Jolly and Dennis A. Shannon

Agricultural Economics Review, 2006, vol. 07, issue 2

Abstract: Farmers are usually reluctant to adopt measures to reduce the toll of soil erosion; and even when soil conservation structures are adopted, farmers fail to manage them. This study investigates factors that influence adoption and management of soil conservation structures in Fort-Jacques, Haiti. The results show that personal characteristics of farmers, institutional factors, such as local group membership, training in soil conservation, per capita income and size of farm influence soil conservation adoption in Forte-Jacques. Age, education, per capita household income, participation in local groups, the interaction of per capita household income and farmers’ age influence rock wall management.

Date: 2006
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