Conservation Adoption Among Owners and Tenant Farmers in the Southern United States

Naveen Adusumilli and Hua Wang
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Naveen Adusumilli: Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Department of Agricultural Economics 230 Martin D. Woodin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Hua Wang: Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy Louisiana State University Department of Agricultural Economics 254B Woodin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

Agriculture, 2019, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: This study investigates owner and tenant characteristics and differences between these two groups in their participation in federal conservation initiatives. Bivariate probit model analysis, based on a 2016–2017 Louisiana row-crop producer’s survey show that owners, relative to tenant farmers, are more likely to adopt conservation in early years of ownership. The results emphasize the need for mechanisms for tenants in short-term contracts to invest in long-term conservation. Moreover, conservation initiatives should be tailored, as tenant farmers are increasingly farming more land and policies should carefully account for this growing group of farmers.

Keywords: conservation; voluntary adoption; conservation incentives; policy; outreach; tenant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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