Sustainability partnerships and viticulture management in California.

摘要: Agricultural regions in the United States are experimenting with sustainability partnerships that, among other goals, seek to improve growers' ability manage their vineyards sustainably. In this paper, we analyze association between winegrape grower participation partnership activities and practice adoption three winegrowing of California. Using data gathered from a survey 822 growers, find positive sustainable practices, which holds most strongly for practices perceived private benefits outweigh costs, growers relatively dense social networks. We highlight mechanisms by may catalyze farm management, discuss implications these findings improving partnerships. Taken together, provide one comprehensive quantitative analyses date regarding effectiveness agricultural management.