Factors related to adoption of soil conservation practices in the Dominican Republic

ABSTRACT: Data were collected in 1982 from 281 land operators in the Ocoa watershed located in the southwestern portion of the central mountains of the Dominican Republic. The purpose of the study was to determine if factors shown in the United States were predictive of adoption behavior in the Dominican Republic. The findings demonstrated that socioeconomic factors were very poor predictors of adoption of soil erosion control practices as measured in this study. Diffusion-type factors were shown to be relatively good predictors of adoption.