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conservation efforts. Farmers will be more likely to adopt conservation production
systems if they are able to capture future income streams from adoption of conserva-
tion practices and/or technologies. However, it must be noted that ownership alone
will not ensure adoption of conservation production systems because many factors
influence the adoption decision.
One of the most important factors associated with adoption of soil and water
conservation production systems is the existence of farming techniques and/or
technologies to address erosion problems. Anthony et al. (1998) note that many
farm production systems have been developed to address soil loss on sloped agri-
cultural land in lesser-scale societies. They discuss several types of soil and water
conservation techniques that have been effectively used to reduce soil loss on
steep slopes within various geographic regions of the planet. They argue that no
FIGURE 15.2
Extreme terrain modified for agriculture, near Rimetea, Romania.
