Soil conservation in developing countries: Project and policy intervention

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Jock R.en
dc.contributor.authorThampapillai, Jesuthasonen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialDeveloping countriesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:11:09Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:11:09Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractSoil degradation is a serious ecological and economic problem in many developing countries. This report provides a socioeconomic analysis of land degradation. It examines the effectiveness of a number of policies designed to help solve the problem. Many factors influence the decisions of farmers to adopt soil conservation measures. These include income, access to low-cost credit, educational level of farmers, access to sound technical advice, security of land tenure, high subsidies on agricultural supplies, and population pressures. The paper pays particular attention to price supports and taxes, the availability of new agricultural technology, and the attitude of farmers toward taking risks. The report describes what development agencies can do to promote soil conservation. It also outlines future directions for research in the field, particularly for the long-term. [CAB Abstract]en
dc.description.notesSysCoor-5 (Policy and Governance)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier1924en
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank, Policy and Research Series 8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66500en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWashington, D.C.: The World Banken
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1990 The World Bank, Washington, D.C.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectSoilen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectInnovation adoptionen
dc.subjectSupport measuresen
dc.subjectProjectsen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleSoil conservation in developing countries: Project and policy interventionen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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