Economic evaluation of soil and water management practices on farmlands adjacent to riding mountain national park, Manitoba
Abstract
This study evaluates on-farm economic impacts of soil and
water management practices on farmlands adjacent to Riding
Mountain National Park, Manitoba. Linear programming and
Universal Soil Loss Equation are used to evaluate tillagerotation
combinations on different soil types in terms of
costs, returns, resource use and soil loss on farmlands.
Opportunity costs of soil loss restrictions are determined.
Resource use and management conflicts in the study area were
identified and discussed the in context of poorly defined
property rights.
Adoption of conservation-tillage, altering crop rotations
and using erodible land for forage are more beneficial than
the conventionally-tilled cereal and oil crops which were
predominant in the study area. Soil loss restrictions result
in selection of soil conserving production systems or taking
land out of production.Poorly defined property rights are
identified as a cause of resource management conflicts in the
study area.
Citation
Degree of Master of SciencePublisher
University of Nairobi Department of Agriculture
Description
A theses submitted in Partial Fulfilment of requirements
for the degree of
Master of Science