The role of institutions and social learning in soil conservation innovations: Implications for policy and practice

► We examined the role of institutions and social learning in the adoption of soil conservation measures. ► Social learning opens opportunity for the actors to look into how model actors behave, act and interact. ► Apart from social learning, institutions play positive roles in sustaining and governing the interactions between actors. ► Local level institutions, in particular, play an important role in the formation of new forms of interaction.