Browsing by Author "Knowler, D."
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- The economics of soil productivity in sub-Saharan AfricaFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. United Nations Development Programme (Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001)
- Farmers' adoption of conservation agriculture: A review and synthesis of recent researchKnowler, D.; Bradshaw, B. (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 2006)The paper reviews and synthesizes past research in order to identify those independent variables that explain conservation agriculture adoption. The authors find few if any influences on the adoption of conservation agriculture after analyzing factors such as farm size, education, land tenure, output prices, and soil erosion rate among many variables. The only possible universal factor may be social capital based on positive findings of some research and expected cost-effectiveness relative to other policy approaches.
- Incentives systems for natural resources management: The role of indirect incentivesKnowler, D. (FAO, 1997)