Analysis of the adoption of soil conservation practices in olive groves: the case of mountainous areas in southern Spain
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Economía, Sociología y Política AgrariaSponsors
This research has been carried out within the European Project «The future of olive plantation systems in sloping and mountainous land: Scenarios for production and natural resource conservation (OLIVERO)», Contract nº QLK5-CT-2002-01841.Publication date
2007-09-04Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria (INIA)Bibliographic Citation
CALATRAVA LEYVA, J., FRANCO MARTÍNEZ, J.A. GONZÁLEZ ROA, M.C. Analysis of the adoption of soil conservation practices in olive groves: the case of mountainous areas in southern Spain. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research , 46 (3): 249-258, 2007. ISSN 1695-971XKeywords
Adopción de tecnologíasFactores socioeconómicos
Modelos probit
Olivar
Technology adoption
Soil erosion
Socioeconomic factors
Probit models
Olive
Erosión del suelo
Abstract
Eng: This paper presents some results from a survey carried out in 2004 among 223 olive tree farmers from mountainous
areas in the Spanish Southern provinces of Granada and Jaén regarding the adoption of soil conservation and
management practices. Olive tree groves in mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion and incur a
higher cost of soil conservation. This results in greater difficulty to comply with the requirements of the new single
payment scheme (cross-compliance) and to benefit from agri-environmental schemes. The main objectives of this
study are to analyze the current adoption level of soil conservation practices in this area and to address which socioeconomic
and institutional factors determine such adoption. Three probit models are estimated. Dependent variables
are three different soil conservation practices, namely tillage following contour lines, maintenance of terraces with
stonewalls, and non-tillage with weedicides. Results show a significant ...
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