@article{Shively:174310,
      recid = {174310},
      author = {Shively, Gerald E.},
      title = {Consumption risk, farm characteristics, and soil  conservation adoption among low-income farmers in the  Philippines},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1997-12},
      number = {968-2016-75488},
      pages = {14},
      year = {1997},
      abstract = {This paper investigates patterns of soil conservation  adoption among low-income farmers in the Philippines. A  model is presented that
focuses attention on the role of  assets and consumption risk in influencing soil  conservation adoption decisions. Results from a  reduced-form
probit model of adoption are reported. These  econometric findings indicate that patterns of soil  conservation adoption reflect relative risk
considerations  in addition to farm and household characteristics. Farm  size, tenure security, labor availability, and land quality  all exhibit a
positive association with soil conservation  adoption. In contrast, controlling on these and other  household characteristics, the probability of
adoption  falls as consumption risk rises. These results underscore a  need for greater sensitivity among policymakers to the role  of
consumption risk in influencing soil conservation  decisions in low-income settings.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/174310},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.174310},
}