Determinants of farmer behavior: Adoption of and compliance with best management practices for nonpoint source pollution in the Skaneateles Lake Watershed

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• adoption behavior 100%
• nonpoint source pollution 61%
• best management practice 61%
• compliance 48%
• watershed 38%
• lake 30%
• program 27%
• income 13%
• farm 12%
• pollution 9%
• pollution prevention 9%
• evaluation criterion 8%
• watershed management 8%
• drinking water supply 8%
• city 8%
• water treatment 6%
• cooperation 6%
• water supply 5%
• communication 5%
• recommendation 5%
• agriculture 5%
• surface water 5%
• public 5%
• planning 4%
• policy 4%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• nonpoint source pollution 81%
• best management practices 71%
• compliance 55%
• lakes 43%
• farmers 37%
• agricultural watersheds 24%
• whole farm planning 15%
• water supply 15%
• watershed management 13%
• income 13%
• pollution control 9%
• surface water 8%
• communication (human) 8%
• water treatment 8%
• cooperatives 7%
• managers 7%
• drinking water 7%
• pollution 6%
• farming systems 6%
• agriculture 5%
• farms 5%