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ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES
Author(s) -
Esseks J. Dixon,
Kraft Steven E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1986.tb00691.x
Subject(s) - receipt , argument (complex analysis) , soil conservation , government (linguistics) , diversity (politics) , service (business) , conservation reserve program , nature conservation , business , environmental resource management , economics , political science , marketing , geography , accounting , ecology , agriculture , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , law , biology
When making its case to Congress and other audiences the Conservation Technical Assistance program of USDAIS Soil Conservation Service, which is the federal government's most extensive and expensive soil conservation program, based its argument on data about its clients. Missing have been comparisons between clients and nonclients that address the issue of whether clients might not have exhibited just as good conservation behavior without the program. Using multiple regression analysis that relates the diversity of conservation practices used to farm operators' receipt lnonreceipt of technical assistance, and controlling for relevant other variables, this study found statistically and substantively significant program effects in each of six diverse survey sites.