Why farmers adopt best management practice in the United States: A meta-analysis of the adoption literature

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Baumgart Getz, Adam ^a   Prokopy, Linda Stalker ^b   Floress, Kristin ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agricultural BMPs; Diffusion; Meta analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADOPTION; AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL BMP; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTISE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; FINANCIAL CAPACITY; LOCAL NETWORKS; META-ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DIFFUSION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 82055191801     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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