摘要：The paper demonstrates a group incentive program to encourage farmer adoption of bestmanagement practices. It is demonstrated that the best management practices may not actuallyreduce farm profits but may increase farm profits and reduce environmental pollution. This maybring about a win-win situation for sponsor, the farmer participating in the program, and thesociety as a whole. The results show that the farmers subjective beliefs about response of cornyields and profits to nitrogen application differ from the simulated responses which in turn resultsin the willingness-to-Accept for adoption best management practices significantly higher than theexpected program payments. The program could be implemented as an educational effort todemonstrate the benefits of sound management practices for larger adoption in the long run.
关键词：group incentive; adoption; best management practices
