Farmers’ intrinsic motivations, barriers to the adoption of conservation practices and effectiveness of policy instruments: Empirical evidence from northern Australia

Greiner, Romy; Gregg, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.06.006

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“…Of the many existing studies many have been based on understanding the adoption or rejection of a single technology such as rBST (Barham et al 2004;Barham 1996), nitrogen tests and application controls (Barnes et al 2009;Contant and Korsching 1997) and drip irrigation (Garb and Friedlander 2014). Others have looked broadly at conservation practices in agriculture (Reimer et al 2013;Greiner and Gregg 2011;Delgado and Bausch 2005;Fuglie and Kascak 2001). The diffusion of innovation theory (Rogers 2003) suggests that an innovation diffuses over time based on characteristics of the innovation itself, the social context, and the communication channels in which the innovation are spread.…”

Section: Theoretical Grounding 21 Diffusion and Adoption Of Agricultmentioning

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Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies

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A growing body of work aims to understand the impacts of climate change on agriculture as well as farmer's perceptions of climate change and their likeliness to adopt adapting and mitigating behaviors. Despite this, little work has considered how intention to adopt differs from actual adoption of climate change practices in agriculture. Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior we aim to assess whether different factors affect intended versus actual adoption of climate behaviors among farmers in New Zealand. Data were collected through mixed methods (37 interviews and a telephone survey of 490 farmers) in two regions of New Zealand 2010-2012. Through multiple regression models we test hypotheses related to the Theory of Planned Behavior around the role of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived capacity in affecting intended and actual adoption. Results suggest that there are different drivers of intended and actual adoption of climate change practices. Climate change attitudes and belief is only associated with intended not actual adoption. We find no evidence that subjective norms (climate change policy support) significantly influence either intention or actual adoption. Only perceived capacity and self-efficacy were important predictors of both Lincoln Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Lincoln, New Zealand intended and actual adoption. These results suggest a disconnect between intended and actual behavior change and that using data about intention as a guiding factor for program and policy design may not be prudent. Furthermore, fostering perceived capacity and self-efficacy for individuals may be crucial for encouraging both intended and actual adoption of climate adapting and mitigating behaviors.

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“…Analysis of the decision making of different agents or actors in land use change also uses multiple methods and approaches. One conventional method is the use of ex-post statistical regression models to analyze the different factors affecting farmers' decisions to adopt or change farming practices, inferring motivation and preferences from correlates of alternative choices (Evans et al 2006;Greiner and Gregg 2011).…”

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Gender influences decisions to change land use practices in the tropical forest margins of Jambi, Indonesia

Villamor

Amaruzaman

Noordwijk

2013

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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This study explores the role of gender as a factor in decision making about alternative land use options and in responses to new investment opportunities, which has received little attention to date. An observational study to determine the different factors affecting male and female decisions to change land use at the individual level in a forest margin landscape in Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia) was combined with a set of role playing games (RPGs) designed to assess participant responses in a simulated social setting of women-only and men-only groups. The RPG included simulated agents offering new opportunities to convert or conserve agroforest. In the study area, rubber (Hevea braziliensis) agroforests that support high biodiversity and carbon storage are giving way to monoculture rubber and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations. When women from both the upland and lowland villages played the RPGs, external investors proposing logging or oil palm conversion were approached very positively and the resulting land use change was more dynamic and extensive than in the equivalent men-only groups. Consequently, women outperformed men in achieving income targets. In lowland areas gender is strongly associated with land use change, while in the uplands the level of conservation awareness plays a more crucial role in the maintenance of rubber agroforests. Based on the data, and contrary to expectations and gender stereotypes, it is expected that the greater involvement of women in landscape level decision making will increase emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the area, posing further challenges to efforts to reduce such emissions.

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“…Conserving biodiversity on private lands depends not only on protection but also long-term management (Naidoo et al 2006). As such PLC programs must not only consider initial landholder uptake but also how the program fosters and sustains landholder stewardship through time (Greiner and Gregg 2011). Land stewardship, which has been documented among rural landholders for decades (Leopold 1949), is the set of ideas and practices that landholders use to manage their properties for long-term public and private benefits (Worrell and Appleby 2000), capturing the desire to conserve biodiversity as well as to act as custodian of production landscapes (Gill et al 2010).…”

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Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation

Selinske¹,

Cooke²,

Torabi³

et al. 2017

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ABSTRACT. A variety of policy instruments are used to promote the conservation of biodiversity on private land. These instruments are often employed in unison to encourage land stewardship beneficial for biodiversity across a broad range of program types, but questions remain about which instruments are the appropriate tools when seeking long-term change to land-management practice. Drawing on three case studies, two in Australia and one in South Africa, spanning various program types-a biodiverse carbon planting scheme, a covenanting program, and a voluntary stewardship program-we investigate the importance of financial incentives and other mechanisms from the landholder's perspective. From participant interviews we find that landholders have preconceived notions of stewardship ethics. Motivations to enroll into a private land conservation program are not necessarily what drives ongoing participation, and continued delivery of multiple mechanisms will likely ensure long-term landholder engagement. Financial incentives are beneficial in lowering uptake costs to landholders but building landholder capacity, management assistance, linking participants to a network of conservation landholders, and recognition of conservation efforts may be more successful in fostering long-term biodiversity stewardship. Furthermore, we argue that diverse, multiple instrument approaches are needed to provide the flexibility required for dynamic, adaptive policy responses. We raise a number of key considerations for conservation organizations regarding the appropriate mix of financial and nonfinancial components of their programs to address long-term conservation objectives.

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Farmers’ intrinsic motivations, barriers to the adoption of conservation practices and effectiveness of policy instruments: Empirical evidence from northern Australia

Cited by 309 publications

References 24 publications

Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies

Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies

Gender influences decisions to change land use practices in the tropical forest margins of Jambi, Indonesia

Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation

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