Incentive programs promote cover crop adoption in the northeastern United States

IF 2.3 4区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural & Environmental Letters Pub Date : 2023-08-11 DOI:10.1002/ael2.20114

Barbara Chami, Meredith T. Niles, Stephen Parry, Steven B. Mirsky, Victoria J. Ackroyd, Matthew R. Ryan

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Farmers are increasingly planting cover crops to improve soil health and provide other ecosystem services. Cover crop incentive programs in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont were compared and farmers using cover crops were surveyed (n = 328) to characterize program participants and assess the effects of programs on cover crop adoption. Farmers who participated in incentive programs differed from nonparticipants in their perspectives about incentive programs, challenges they faced using cover crops, and reasons for cover crop use. When averaged across farmers, results show that incentive programs doubled average farmer cropland with cover crops from 50.7 ha prior to participation to 101.0 ha during participation. Among participants who no longer were enrolled in a program, cover crop use remained on average 37.2% greater than before enrollment. Results highlight the role of incentive programs in facilitating adoption and provide insights for expanding participation to different farmers and increasing program impact.

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激励计划促进美国东北部覆盖作物的采用

农民越来越多地种植覆盖作物，以改善土壤健康并提供其他生态系统服务。对马里兰州、宾夕法尼亚州、纽约州和佛蒙特州的覆盖作物激励计划进行了比较，并对使用覆盖作物的农民进行了调查（n=328），以确定计划参与者的特征，并评估计划对覆盖作物采用的影响。参与激励计划的农民与非参与者在对激励计划的看法、他们在使用覆盖作物方面面临的挑战以及使用覆盖作物的原因方面存在差异。当对农民进行平均时，结果显示，激励计划使农民种植覆盖作物的平均农田面积翻了一番，从参与前的50.7公顷增加到参与期间的101.0公顷。在不再参加该项目的参与者中，覆盖作物的使用量平均比报名前增加37.2%。研究结果突出了激励计划在促进收养方面的作用，并为扩大不同农民的参与和增加计划影响提供了见解。

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Agricultural & Environmental Letters Multiple-

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