Social influence and collective action effects on farm level soil conservation effort in rural Kenya

摘要: Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of social influence and participation in collective action initiatives on soil conservation effort among smallholder farmers Lake Naivasha basin, Kenya. We apply binary ordered probit models a two stage regression procedure to cross-sectional data collected through household survey randomly selected farmers. Smallholder farming systems research area are associated with practices that render farmlands susceptible erosion causing negative impacts land environment. Therefore, strategies encourage likely also offer solutions for dealing agri-environmental challenges poverty alleviation. Results indicate capital facilitates which then individual efforts. Neighborhood influences, subjective norms, gender, education level, farm size, access credit livestock ownership emerge as key determinants effort. Policy implications drawn by this study increase effectiveness boost conservation. Implementation could be encouraged awareness increasing instruments, facilitating agricultural micro-credit paying attention gender related knowledge rights over other natural resources.