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ABSTRACT
This paper presents an analysis of 481 landowners' self-administered questionnaires from recent surveys in five southern Ontario watersheds. Farmers opposed “excessive” regulation but wanted government financial support for implementing environmental practices voluntarily. Logistic regression models for adoption rate and gross sales helped identify the variables that predicted the Adoption Rate Index (ARI) and Gross Farm Sales (GFS). Farm size, the adoption rate of best management practices, age and education predicted gross farm sales for combined data sets. Minimum regulations, financial incentives, outreach and technical support for voluntary programs geared to different farm types and sizes are needed for effective environmental management.
Thanks to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for funding this research. This paper is not to be quoted without the authors' permission and is presently being reviewed for publication by the Journal of Sustainable Agriculture.
Notes
1. The political units are not exactly coterminous with each sub-watershed with respect to each boundary and this adds somewhat to our sampling error.