conservation technology

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conservation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.səˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of ...
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technology
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/tekˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/
(the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of ...
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(Definition ofconservationandtechnologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Growers are steadily becoming more active participants in research as well as the developers ofconservationtechnology.
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Such models fail to capture the critical trade-off between short- and long-term welfare that farmers face in theirconservationtechnologychoice decisions.
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Farm households themselves had no real influence over the choice ofconservationtechnologynor how it was to fit into the landscape on their farms.
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More consideration should also be given to the effect ofconservationtechnologychoice on production risk.
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Expenditure during 1974–75 on energyconservationtechnologywas £88,000, and for 1975–76 this is expected to double.
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There are too many companies in this country that show a distinctly apathetic attitude towards investing inconservationtechnology.
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We are still awaiting a major breakthrough inconservationtechnologythat will enable us to look for estuarial barrages and so on.
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An alternative to incentives is to offer conservation technologies in conjunction with measures that enhance the short-term profitability of agriculture.
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However, education may increase the value of labor, which in turn reduces probability to use labor-intensive soil and water conservation technologies.
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Certainly, it has not led to mass adoption of conservation technologies, nor pasture abandonment.
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The farmers were concerned with the falling productivity of their land due to soil erosion but conservation technologies were not adopted on erodible lands.
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In our case, farm profits for many conservation technologies are initially very low or may even be negative.
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We demonstrate that soil conservation technologies may induce agricultural systems to exhibit equilibria characterized by both low and high levels of soil degradation.
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The productivity dynamics of figure 1 will now be incorporated into a model for the economic assessment of returns to investments in soil conservation technologies.
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Intensity of conservation technologies is measured in meters on structure per ha of land.
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This paper provides a new explanation for the persistent land degradation in some parts of the world, despite the availability of seemingly effective soil conservation technologies.
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In this paper, using the concepts of multiple equilibria and resilience, we provide a new explanation for persistent agricultural soil degradation, despite the availability of seemingly effective soil conservation technologies.
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As we show below, this vulnerability of tropical soils to degradation can cause productivity to decline to the point that restorative investments in soil conservation technologies may not be profitable.
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There is clearly a need to coordinate conservation activities across farms and considerable technical skills are required to design and fit the alternative conservation technologies into the landscape.
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