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Off-Farm Employment Effects on Adoption of Nutrient Management Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Haluk Gedikoglu ,
Laura McCann  and
Georgeanne Artz
Haluk Gedikoglu
Affiliation:
Cooperative Research Programs at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri
Laura McCann
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri
Georgeanne Artz
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri
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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 capitalintensive 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

adoptionnutrient managementoff-farm income
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , August 2011 , pp. 293 - 306
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Copyright © 2011 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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