Why farmers adopt best management practice in the United States: a meta-analysis of the adoption literature.

By Adam Baumgart-Getz, L. Prokopy, Kristin M. Floress. Journal of Environmental Management, 2012

832 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science

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In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. L. Prokopy
2. Kristin M. Floress
3. Michael R. Carter
4. Leslie Lipper
5. Y. Tey
6. M. Brindal
7. P. Tittonell

In Plant Science

1. L. Prokopy
2. Kristin M. Floress
3. Jerry L. Hatfield
4. Michael R. Carter
5. L. Jackson
6. William R. Horwath
7. Leslie Lipper
8. Matthew P Reynolds

Citations in the corpus

• The relative importance of factors influencing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: a factor approach for Malaysian vegetable farmers (2013, methodology): “According to the reviews by Baumgart-Getz et al. (2012), Tey and Brindal (2012), Prokopy et al. (2008), Knowler and Bradshaw (2007), and Pannell et al. (2006), common factors that influence the adoption of SAPs can be split into six dimensions: socio-economic factors, agro-ecological factors,…”
• Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action (2014, background): “In general, adoption of best management practices can be promoted by focusing on implementation among farmers most likely to adopt them, followed by leveraging social networks to inform other farmers about the benefits of adoption [140].”
• Barriers Affecting Sustainable Agricultural Productivity of Smallholder Farmers in the Eastern Free State of South Africa (2019, background): “Previous studies have indicated that older farmers are less likely to adopt new sustainable practices and often rely on their indigenous knowledge to manage their farms [18,35,41].”
• Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature (2019, methodology): “This work, along with a subsequent meta-analysis of the same data (Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012) and a review of literature from around the globe (Knowler and Bradshaw 2007), all demonstrated that there were very few consistent determinants of adoption.”
• Private Landowner Conservation Behavior Following Participation in Voluntary Incentive Programs: Recommendations to Facilitate Behavioral Persistence (2018, background): “Landowner adoption of conservation practices (Prokopy et al. 2008; Baumgart-Getz et al. 2012) and participation in voluntary incentive programs (e.”