Farmers' preferences for the design of a slurry hosing support scheme to combat soil compaction: Insights from a discrete choice experiment in Germany

Florian Tietjens, Daniel Schröer and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 219, issue C

Abstract: Following that 60% of the EU's soils are in unhealthy condition, the German government has identified soil protection as a key area of action within the framework of the Agricultural Strategy 2035 as a part of the development of a sustainable agricultural and food system. In particular, harmful compaction of topsoil and subsoil has a negative impact on yield, nitrogen efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions. Slurry hosing is an effective technique to reduce the risk of soil compaction by simultaneously minimising both the number of field passes and the weight of the machinery during slurry spreading.

Keywords: Slurry hosing; Soil compaction; Discrete choice experiment; Mixed logit; Latent-class model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104030

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