Off-Farm Employment Effects on Adoption of Nutrient Management Practices

Haluk Gedikoglu, Laura M.J. McCann and Georgeanne M. Artz

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2011, vol. 40, issue 2

Abstract: Off-farm income as a share of total farm household income has been increasing. Previous studies found inconsistent results regarding the impact of off-farm income on adoption of conservation practices. We test the hypothesis that off-farm employment has a positive impact on adoption of capital incentive practices and a negative impact on adoption of labor-intensive practices. The results confirm that adoption of injecting manure into the soil, a capital intensive practice, is positively and significantly impacted by off-farm employment of the operator. However, off-farm employment variables had no effect on adoption of record keeping.

Keywords: adoption; nutrient management; off-farm income; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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