Risks and returns from soil conservation: Evidence from low-income farms in the Philippines

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dc.contributorSEARCAen
dc.contributorBaker, Timen
dc.contributorCoxhead, Ianen
dc.contributorPreckel, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBarangay Bansalanen
dc.coverage.spatialDavao del Sur Provinceen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.coverage.temporal1994 - 1995en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:28Zen
dc.date.issued1999en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the risks and benefits of using contour hedgerows as a soil conservation technique on low-income hillside corn farms in the Philippines. The author applies regression analysis to compare hedgerows with conventional practices, finding that the former may increase yields by as much as 15%. However, there is not strong evidence that hedgerows greatly reduce variance or provide a dominant production strategy. A coefficient of relative risk aversion, derived from stochastic efficiency measures, suggests that hedgerows dominate conventional tillage only for farmers with a high coefficient of risk aversion, in the range of 3 to 5.5. The author also discusses factors influencing adoption of soil conservation measures by low-income farmers.en
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dc.identifier252en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Economics 21(1): 53-67en
dc.identifier.issn0169-5150en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65315en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam ; New York: Elsevier Science B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserveden
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEconomic analysesen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectVulnerability and risken
dc.subjectTraditional farmingen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectContour hedgerowsen
dc.subjectThe Philippinesen
dc.subjectStochastic dominanceen
dc.subjectYield risken
dc.subjectLow-income farmsen
dc.subjectUpland agricultureen
dc.subjectRegression modelen
dc.subjectCornen
dc.subjectCrop yieldsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleRisks and returns from soil conservation: Evidence from low-income farms in the Philippinesen
dc.typeAbstracten
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