Attitudes and Practices of Sustainable Farmers, with Applications to Designing a Sustainable Agriculture Extension Program

Hanson, James A.; Kauffman, Charles S.; Schauer, Anne

doi:10.1300/j064v06n02_12

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“…Many studies ( Bird et al, 1995, Hanson et al, 1995, Taylor, et al, 1989 concluded that most farmers have had problems in controlling weeds. Do farmers in Iowa use sustainable practices for weed control?…”

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“…Sustainable agriculture farmers regard weeds as their major obstacle. Weed control in a sustainable environment proved difficult and a majority of sustainable agriculture farmers believed weed problems would remain the same (Bultena et al, 1995;Jamtgaard, 1995;Hanson et al, 1995;Taylor et al, 1989).…”

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“…The replacement of LISA (low input sustainable agriculture) by S ARE has encouraged Extension to look at sustainable agriculture with a broader view and formulate programs that would cater to farmer needs. Hanson et al (1995) argued that Extension needs to find out how sustainable farmers farm, what information they need, and work out how best to work with them. It is only then that educational approaches can be identified that would facilitate the development of the programs and strengthen the growth of sustainable agriculture.…”

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“…(Nation^ Research Council, 1989, p. 8) The majority of farmers still lack effective tools and guidelines that will help them sort out the available information and make rational and profitable decisions on how and when to use inputs (Bird et al, 1995;Hanson et al, 1995). The role of education is, therefore, to help farmers gain confidence in appropriate technologies and in science and make their own decisions about how to achieve a sustainable agriculture.…”

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“…Means and standard deviations of ratings of the sources of information for 90 sustainable agriculture practices for weed control as perceived by fanners in Iowa Table 12. Analysis of variance of use of selected agricultural practices for 93 weed control by Iowa farmers when the respondents were grouped by age Table 13 Analysis of variance ratings of the level of interest of respondents regarding 94 some selected sustainable agriculture practices when respondents were grouped by level of education achieved in Iowa viii Table 14 Analysis of variance ratings regarding the importance of selected 95 management strategies for implementing sustainable agriculture practices for weed control programs as perceived by farmers in Iowa grouped by age Table 15 Analysis of variance ratings regarding the importance of management 97 strategies for implementing sustainable agriculture practices for weed control programs as perceived by farmers in Iowa when the respondents were grouped by level of education Table 16 Analysis of variance ratings regarding the importance of selected 97 selected management strategies for implementing sustainable agriculture practices for weed control programs as perceived by farmers in Iowa when the respondents were grouped by number of years in farming Table 17 Analysis of variance ratings regarding sources of information for 99 for sustainable agriculture practices for weed control as perceived by farmers in Iowa when the respondents were grouped by age A study of 17 states by Hanson et al (1995) concluded that sustainable farmers mainly used cultivation, cover crops, mowing and crop rotation as the main methods of weed control. About one third of these farmers banded their herbicides while over half of them used a rotary hoe.…”

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