Abstract
AbstractThis research aimed to illicit nonfarming absentee landowners’ and producers’ preferences for the benefits and characteristics derived from conservation practices during adoption decisions using maximum difference scaling, also called the best-worst method. Both groups are found to rank and value the attributes and reasons for adoption of conservation practices differently at the 95% significance level. This difference between the two groups reinforced the importance of land tenure in decision making. This indicated the need for new extension educational efforts, research efforts, and economic incentives to reduce negative externalities that could be ameliorated from adoption of soil and water conservation practices.
Highlights
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that, by the year 2050, agricultural output must increase 60% from current levels to feed an estimated world population of 9 billion people (USDA, 2015)
Farms enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) may receive two payment types: one is for adopting less erosive crop rotations; the other is for adopting new conservation methods (USDA-NRCS, 2015a)
According to the USDA’s 2012 Census of Agriculture for Caddo, Washita, and Custer Counties (USDA-NASS, 2012a, 2012b, 2012c), approximately 51.4% of the land area is owned by agricultural producers and 48.6% is owned by nonfarming/absentee landowners (NFALs)
Summary
The federal government offers conservation programs such as CRP, CSP, or EQIP to offset production losses or expenses for retiring marginally productive lands or adopting new tillage or cropping systems (USDA, Farm Service Agency [FSA], 2016). Those farms enrolled in CRP receive annual rent payments to remove a portion of their sensitive land from production and adopting conservation practices, such as planting native plant species (USDA-FSA, 2015). Farms enrolled in the CSP may receive two payment types: one is for adopting less erosive crop rotations; the other is for adopting new conservation methods (USDA-NRCS, 2015a). These issues are of concern for governmental agencies, and local landowners as evidenced by both the public discussion and communication concerning conservation payments and options in venues such as extension meetings, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, and newsletters (OCC, 2009)
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