The effect of energy on the adoption of conservation tillage in the United States |
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| Authors: | N D Uri |
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| Institution: | (1) Resources Inventory Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1301 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C., 20005, USA, US |
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| Abstract: | The impact of energy on the adoption of conservation tillage is of special importance in addressing concerns about the effect
of agricultural production on the environment in the United States. It is the subject of this paper. After establishing that
a relationship exists between the price of energy and the adoption of conservation tillage via cointegration techniques, the
relationship is quantified. It is shown that while the real price of crude oil, the proxy used for the price of energy, does
not affect the rate of adoption of conservation tillage, it does impact the extent to which it is used. Finally, there is
no structural instability in the relationship between the relative use of conservation tillage and the real price of crude
oil over the period 1963–1997.
Received: 6 February 1998 · Accepted: 4 May 1998 |
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| Keywords: | Agriculture Cointegration Conservation tillage Energy |
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