Farm level impacts of conservation agriculture in Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.authorBarrera, Victor H.en
dc.contributor.authorNguema, Abigail M.en
dc.contributor.authorBertelsen, Michaelen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBolívar Provinceen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:14Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:14Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractFarmers in the Bolivar province of Ecuador face significant livelihood challenges including environmental degradation and low yields. Conservation agriculture (CA), which promotes reduced tillage, intercropping, and maintaining an organic soil cover, offers a potential solution. This article presents a two-year study analyzing conservation agriculture’s short-term effect on net income. Treatments of various combinations of conservation agriculture methods were applied in the Alumbre and Illangama sub-watersheds. Linear modeling was used to determine which practice would generate the highest net income based on land, labor, and other constraints. In Illangama, the optimal solution consisted of a combination of three treatments: one conventional agriculture plot and two plots implementing the CA practices of crop rotation and cover crops (under conventional tillage). In Alumbre, on the other hand, the optimal solution consisted of the same application on all fields of reduced tillage, crop rotation, and an oats-vetch cover crop. In both instances, the application of CA techniques resulted in a higher net income, indicating that CA is economically beneficial, even in the short run.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-7 (Pathways to CAPS in the Andes)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier6689en
dc.identifier.citationExperimental Agriculture 49 (1):134-147en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479712001044en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70131en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.academia.edu/4155972/Economic_Growth_and_Watershed_Management_Drivers_of_Research_and_Development_Innovationsen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil nutrientsen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectEconomic modeling and analysisen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectChimbo river watersheden
dc.subjectIlangama sub-watersheden
dc.subjectAlumbre sub-watersheden
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleFarm level impacts of conservation agriculture in Ecuadoren
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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