dc.creatorNahuelhual, L.
dc.creatorEngler, A.
dc.creatorCarrillo, B.
dc.creatorMoreira, V.H.
dc.creatorCastro, I.
dc.date2010-08-06T15:51:09Z
dc.date2010-08-06T15:51:09Z
dc.date2009
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T14:55:53Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T14:55:53Z
dc.identifierCiencia e Investigación Agraria 36(1):97-106
dc.identifier0304-5609
dc.identifierhttp://dspace.utalca.cl/handle/1950/7779
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/374930
dc.descriptionNahuelhual, L (reprint author), Univ Austral Chile, Inst Econ Agr, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
dc.descriptionRising concerns about the environmental costs of dairy production have resulted in an increasing use of farm practices that diminish negative production externalities. Yet, little empirical evidence exists regarding the factors influencing the adoption of pollution-reducing strategies by dairy farmers. In this study, we estimate a logit probability model to explain first-stage adoption of capital-intensive cleaner production (CP) practices, using a sample of 100 medium and large-size dairy farms located in southern Chile. Voluntary approaches to pollution control in agriculture are relatively recent in Chile and diffusion has been slow and uneven among farmers. Only 43% of the farmers surveyed were using some CP practices at the time of the interview. The probability of adoption was found to be positively correlated with farmer's education and age, awareness of environmental regulations, the type of milk buyer, and the use of complementary CP management practices. Conversely, farm structure variables were not significant, which suggests that the adoption of CP practices could be responding to non-economic motivations.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherPontifia Universidad Católica de Chile, Fac. Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal
dc.subjectChilean dairy sector
dc.subjectdairy-derived pollution
dc.subjectdairy farming, environmental
dc.subjecttechnology innovation
dc.titleAdoption of cleaner production practices by dairy farmers in southern Chile
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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