Declarative or procedural knowledge? Knowledge for enhancing farmers’ mitigation and adaptation behaviour to climate change

Nguyen, Thi Phuoc Lai; Seddaiu, Giovanna; Roggero, Pier Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.02.005

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“…Additionally, rice blast fungi generally attack in harvesting season that may be a major risk of production loss. The lack of government supported programs such as input subsidies and output market stabilization, quality seed in hand and in time, crop insurance and credit facilities are other major sources of risk for rice growers [12].…”

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Factors Influencing Rice Farmers’ Risk Attitudes and Perceptions in Bangladesh amid Environmental and Climatic Issues

Islam¹,

Rahman²,

Sarker³

et al. 2020

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Rice farmers in Bangladesh face various environmental, climatic and market price-related risks. Choices of various operational tactics used for farm management are mostly influenced by farmers' risk perception and attitude. This study intends to discover the influencing factors of a farmer on the risk associated with environmental and climatic issues. This study quantifies the risk perceptions of rice farmers, their perceived behavior, and various associated underlying factors using a crosssectional dataset on 600 rice farmers from three major rice-growing districts in Bangladesh. Equally, Likely Certainty Equivalent approach has been used to rank the farmers' perceptions of three major risk dimensions such as the risk of market price fluctuation, the risk from various natural hazards, and risk of pest and disease. Probit regression is also used to discern the underlying factors affecting risk attitudes and perceptions. The results show that farmers' age, total family income, distance from the farm gate to the main market, savings, agricultural credit, off-farm income, access to information, and frequent contact with extension officers are significant determinants that affect farmers' risk attitudes and perceptions. This study provides in-depth insights for farmers, extension service providers, and agricultural planners on the real situation of farmers in developing countries, particularly those where crop insurance is still uncommon.

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confidence: 99%

Factors Influencing Rice Farmers’ Risk Attitudes and Perceptions in Bangladesh amid Environmental and Climatic Issues

Islam¹,

Rahman²,

Sarker³

et al. 2020

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…In addition, research on environmental behaviors shows that while subjective knowledge has been found to be more closely related to behavior, significant associations between objective knowledge and behavior have also been confirmed (Vicente-Molina et al 2013 ; Díaz-Siefer et al 2015 ; but see Ünal et al 2017 ). Nevertheless, declarative objective knowledge have often been found to be indirectly related to behavior via other types of knowledge (e.g., procedural and effectiveness knowledge), attitudes, or intentions (Frick et al 2004 ; Roczen et al 2014 ; Kaiser and Fuhrer 2003 ; Nguyen et al 2019 ).…”

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The Knowledge and Value Basis of Private Forest Management in Sweden: Actual Knowledge, Confidence, and Value Priorities

Eriksson

Fries

2020

Environmental Management

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With growing demands on forests, there is a need to understand the drivers of managing the forest for diverse objectives, such as production, recreation, and climate adaptation. The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and value basis of forest management behaviors, including different management strategies and management inactivity, among private forest owners in Sweden. Different dimensions of knowledge (declarative and procedural knowledge, assessed in terms of objective and subjective knowledge measures) and value priorities (basic values and forest values), as well as the role of forest owner identity, were examined. The study was conducted by means of a postal questionnaire to a random sample of private forest owners in Sweden (n = 3000, response rate 43%). The distinctions between actual knowledge (objective knowledge), confidence (subjective knowledge), and value priorities, in addition to the hierarchical structure of how these factors are linked to management behaviors, proved to be valuable. Results revealed that different knowledge dimensions and value priorities were jointly important for forest management behaviors. In addition, the role of forest owner identity for management behaviors was confirmed. Insights from the study may be used to develop policy and outreach to private forest owners and thereby facilitate different forest functions in private forestry.

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“…Therefore, work should be carried out focusing on these non-economic factors to improve the KPA of residents. Through improving these non-economic factors, it would improve the residents' WTU/WTB [82]. Environmental education is an important way to enhance the non-economic factors [83,84].…”

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Residents’ Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

Wang

Dogot

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Nowadays, in the North China Plain (NCP), most counties and suburban rural regions are promoting the "coal to gas" program under the situation of strong government support of large and medium-sized centralized biogas production (CBP) projects. This paper is aimed at the CBP projects, focuses on rural residents’ “willingness to use (WTU)”, “willingness to buy (WTB)” and the influencing factors for WTU/WTB. Through the analysis of rural residents from Hebei and Shandong provinces that belong to NCP in this survey, we find that 85% of respondents support the CBP program and the WTB is 63.15 CNY/year per capita, which is much lower than the cost of rural CBP in existing survey regions. The participation of rural residents is not only a manifestation of personal and family characteristics; understanding of environmental knowledge, attitudes, and household energy practices are more important. These non-economic factors seriously affect WTU/WTB. Hence, it is necessary to appropriately increase the government revenue to such projects, strengthen government guidance and publicity, improve the environmental knowledge and attitude of rural residents and guide residents’ practice. Based on a fully understanding of residents’ consumption decision mechanism, we establish a financial support mechanism due to the demand response, adopt a correct calculation for financial support, such as a reasonable subsidy rate, and seek the greatest commonality of cost, financial support, and demand.

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Declarative or procedural knowledge? Knowledge for enhancing farmers’ mitigation and adaptation behaviour to climate change

Cited by 61 publications

References 44 publications

Factors Influencing Rice Farmers’ Risk Attitudes and Perceptions in Bangladesh amid Environmental and Climatic Issues

Factors Influencing Rice Farmers’ Risk Attitudes and Perceptions in Bangladesh amid Environmental and Climatic Issues

The Knowledge and Value Basis of Private Forest Management in Sweden: Actual Knowledge, Confidence, and Value Priorities

Residents’ Willingness for Centralized Biogas Production in Hebei and Shandong Provinces

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