A Note on the Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures in the Northern Province of South Africa
研究了影响南非北部省农民采纳土壤保持措施的因素，发现对土壤侵蚀问题的认识和长期利润增加是显著因素，而年龄、土地保有权等因素不显著。
This study attempts to expand the range of explanatory variables used in adoption studies. The results suggest that awareness of soil erosion problems and increases in long‐term profit are significant indicators of the probability of adopting silt traps and contour ploughing as methods of soil conservation. Factors such as age, security of land tenure, informal communication, size of land holding and difficulty of adopting a particular technology, do not appear to be significant determinants of the adoption of soil conservation measures.