TY - JOUR
T1 - Willingness to Accept for Perennial Crop Adoption
T2 - The Influence of Trust in Environmental and Government Organizations
AU - Levers, Lucia R.
AU - Pradhananga, Amit K.
AU - Peterson, Jeffrey M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources for funding and supporting this project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Water Resources Association
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Replacing corn crops with perennial species can decrease sedimentation, increase soil health metrics, and of particular importance for the reduction of dead zones downstream, reduce agricultural nitrate pollution. Farmers can be paid to grow perennial species, but how much they are willing to accept to do so, as well as what factors influence the amount they want, are key. Using a mail survey administered to 3,000 farmers in Minnesota, home of the headwaters of the Mississippi, we show that farmers with a higher trust of environmental organizations and state agencies are willing to accept less to replace their crops with perennial crops, particularly for longer contracts, which produce more environmental benefits.
AB - Replacing corn crops with perennial species can decrease sedimentation, increase soil health metrics, and of particular importance for the reduction of dead zones downstream, reduce agricultural nitrate pollution. Farmers can be paid to grow perennial species, but how much they are willing to accept to do so, as well as what factors influence the amount they want, are key. Using a mail survey administered to 3,000 farmers in Minnesota, home of the headwaters of the Mississippi, we show that farmers with a higher trust of environmental organizations and state agencies are willing to accept less to replace their crops with perennial crops, particularly for longer contracts, which produce more environmental benefits.
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U2 - 10.1111/1752-1688.12972
DO - 10.1111/1752-1688.12972
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119001477
SN - 1093-474X
VL - 57
SP - 1004
EP - 1020
JO - Journal of the American Water Resources Association
JF - Journal of the American Water Resources Association
IS - 6
ER -
