Conservation technology adoption decisions and the theory of planned behavior

Lynne, Gary D.; Casey, C. Franklin; Hodges, Alan W.; Rahmani, Mohamed Elhadi

doi:10.1016/0167-4870(95)00031-6

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“…Meanwhile, Far and Moghaddam [30] established that attitudes toward water resources management, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control, affect farmers' attitudes toward participation in water saving projects. About the adoption of irrigation water saving measures, in particular, Lynne et al [31] found that farmers' attitudes toward them, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control are significant predictors of farmers' investments in such measures. This finding was partially replicated by Yazdanpanah et al [3] who focused on the broad range of practices farmers may adopt to save and conserve water (e.g., new irrigation systems, rainwater harvesting techniques) and found that perceived behavioral control exerts a direct influence on Iranian farmers' adoption of these practices, whereas attitudes and subjective norm indirectly influence this behavior via their behavioral intentions.…”

Section: The Theory Of Planned Behavior and Water Saving Measuresmentioning

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Determinants of Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Water Saving Measures: Evidence from Italy

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Abstract:The present research is aimed at establishing how farmers can be encouraged to adopt irrigation water saving measures. By developing and implementing an extended version of the well-known Theory of Planned Behavior, we considered farmers' propensity to adopt innovations and their water footprints. In a sample of 150 Italian farmers, we found that favorable attitudes towards water saving measures, and the orientations of environmental associations and public bodies favorably influence farmers' intentions to adopt water saving measures. Farmers' innovativeness and water footprints also exert a significant influence on their adoption intentions. The paper also discusses the contribution of these results to the previous literature and highlights practical implications for policy makers interested in promoting the adoption of irrigation water saving measures.

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Section: The Theory Of Planned Behavior and Water Saving Measuresmentioning

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Determinants of Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Water Saving Measures: Evidence from Italy

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“…Jenner et al, 2002), pro-environmental behaviours such as recycling (Cheung et. al, 1999), riparian zone management (Fielding et al, 2005), composting (Taylor and Todd, 1995), and water conservation (Lynne et al, 1995). The theory is especially applicable to behaviours that are not entirely under personal control, and it encompasses the relatively thoughtful process involved in considering personal costs and benefits of engaging in various kinds of behaviours (Petty et al, 1991).…”

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Attitudinal and socio-demographic effects on willingness to pay for water services and actual payment behaviour

Mugabi

Kayaga

2010

Urban Water Journal

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Citation: MUGABI, J. and KAYAGA, S., 2010. Attitudinal and socio-demographic effects on willingness to pay for water services and actual payment behaviour. Urban Water Journal, 7 (5), pp. 287 -300. ABSTRACTImproving revenue collection rates and minimising the levels of 'bad debts' is currently a top priority for managers of water utilities in low-income countries. This study used empirical data from a cross-sectional survey of 505 utility customers in eight urban centres in Uganda toshow that customer attitude towards prompt payment, perceived ease or difficulty of paying on time (perceived control), as well as social pressure, strongly influence intentions to pay, which in turn directly affects actual prompt bill payment behaviour. The findings also show that gender, income, occupation of the household head and tenure status have statistically significant direct relationships with intentions, but their effects are much smaller compared to the joint influence of attitudes, perceived control and perceived social pressure. Moreover, the effects of gender and occupation are completely mediated by perceived control and social pressure respectively. These results have implications for improving revenue collection through customer-focused initiatives.

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“…Social psychologists have previously shown that attitudes influence people's intentions and their behaviour, including the behaviour by farmers in adopting innovative farm practices (Lynne et al, 1995). Therefore, an additional question on the farmers' attitudes toward the usefulness of SCFs was added to the survey to see whether attitudes influenced SCF use.…”

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Encouraging use of seasonal climate forecasts by farmers

McCrea

Dalgleish

Coventry

2005

Intl Journal of Climatology

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What encourages use of seasonal climate forecasts? Considerable effort is being applied in developing seasonal climate forecasts and demonstrating the potential benefits available to farmers from using seasonal climate forecasts. This study examines three factors underlying the use of seasonal climate forecasts by farmers: the level of forecast understanding by farmers, the format presentation of the forecasts, and the attitude of farmers towards the usefulness of forecasts as indicators of future rainfall. Using judgement analysis, the use of forecasts in cropping decisions was determined for 73 Australian farmers. Then a moderated regression analysis was used to predict forecast use from the three underlying factors. The study found that a good understanding of the forecast was more important than the forecast format in predicting its use. However, this main effect of good understanding on higher use was qualified by a three-way interaction, such that good understanding was only associated with higher use when farmers had a favourable attitude toward the usefulness of seasonal climate forecasts and the forecasts were presented in a frequency format. Thus, the study found all three factors were important in predicting the use of seasonal climate forecasts by farmers. However, relatively little is known about farmer attitudes toward the usefulness of seasonal climate forecasts and how these attitudes arise, and further research is recommended in these areas.

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Conservation technology adoption decisions and the theory of planned behavior

Cited by 246 publications

References 23 publications

Determinants of Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Water Saving Measures: Evidence from Italy

Determinants of Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Water Saving Measures: Evidence from Italy

Attitudinal and socio-demographic effects on willingness to pay for water services and actual payment behaviour

Encouraging use of seasonal climate forecasts by farmers

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