Key influences on the adoption of improved land management practice in rural Australia: The role of attitudes, values and situation

Leviston, Zoe; Price, Jennifer; Bates, Lorraine

doi:10.5172/rsj.20.2.142

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“…In agriculture, trust has been shown to be a key determinant of effective extension practices (Carolan, 2006b, a), where trusting advocates of agricultural innovation has been critical to the adoption of such innovations (Leviston et al, 2014). However, levels of trust and willingness to be guided by the actions and attitudes of others differ among individuals (Leviston et al, 2011). Similarly, an internal locus of control was identified as being a significant influence on transformational capacity suggesting that farmers that are already innovative, entrepreneurial and more in control of their own destiny are more likely to transform, regardless of other factors such as enterprise size.…”

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“…The wording of many of the statements was based on previous studies (e.g. Kuehne et al, 2008;Marshall, 2010;Leviston et al, 2011;Leviston et al, 2014;Marshall et al, 2014c). Respondents were asked to rate how strongly they agreed with each statement using a ten-point rating scale.…”

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“…Those with an internal locus believe that outcomes are contingent on their own actions; those with an external locus believe that chance, fate or powerful others control outcomes. An internal locus of control has been found to predict environmentally responsible behaviour and environmental concern (Leviston et al, 2011). An internal locus is also associated with entrepreneurial innovation strategies, higher levels of farm planning and operation and farmers' managerial style and ability (Darner, 2009;Leviston et al, 2011;Price and Leviston, 2014).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…An internal locus of control has been found to predict environmentally responsible behaviour and environmental concern (Leviston et al, 2011). An internal locus is also associated with entrepreneurial innovation strategies, higher levels of farm planning and operation and farmers' managerial style and ability (Darner, 2009;Leviston et al, 2011;Price and Leviston, 2014). Locus of control has been identified as an important personality trait that may influence farmers' interpretation of events and, subsequently, levels of stress (Pannell et al, 2006).…”

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Some primary producers are more likely to transform their agricultural practices in response to climate change than others

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Curnock

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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Climate change is altering the productivity of natural resources with far-reaching implications for agriculture. In some instances, the scale and nature of the likely impacts means that transformations of function or structure of agriculture and/or agricultural enterprises will be required if communities dependent on agriculture are to be sustained. However, industry-wide transformations are unlikely to be supported unless individual primary producers have sufficient capacity to undergo transformational change. We look at: (i) the extent to which primary producers in Australia would be willing to transform, (ii) the extent that transformational capacity is likely to exist within producers, and (iii) the common attributes of producers with high levels of transformational capacity. We conducted a telephone survey of 195 primary producers (response rate 59%) across livestock, cropping and mixed enterprises across five national transects on the Australian continent with a high to low rainfall gradient. About half of the sample (55%) suggested that their land would be suitable for diversification and 45% would consider land-use

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Section: Research Approachmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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confidence: 99%

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“…Research on land management has demonstrated that a number of factors influence growers' attitudes and behaviours, but a clear link between these attitudes and behaviours as well as their effect on yield gaps has not directly been established. For example, a sense of being in control, often referred to as locus of control, has been shown to be a strong predictor of farmers adopting improved land management practices (Leviston et al 2011;Price and Leviston 2014). A positive self-concept of being an agricultural leader is another variable being explored in relation to farmers adopting sustainable land management practice (Price and Leviston 2014;Quinn and Burbach 2008).…”

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Socio-psychological and management drivers explain farm level wheat yield gaps in Australia

Zhang

Hochman

Horan

et al. 2019

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Achieving sustainable global food security for a rapidly growing world population is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Producing more food efficiently by closing the yield gaps is regarded as a promising solution to address this challenge without further expanding farming land. However, there is limited understanding of the causes contributing to yield gaps. The present study aimed to comprehensively examine three dimensions of the causes for the wheat yield gaps in Australia: farm management practices, farm characteristics and grower characteristics. Computer-assisted telephone interviews of 232 wheat producers from 14 contrasting local areas were conducted. The data collected on these three dimensions were used to develop a comprehensive framework to understand causes of yield gaps. Results reveal significant differences between farms with smaller yield gaps and those with greater yield gaps in relation to farming management as well as farm and grower characteristics. Findings further underline that farms with smaller yield gaps are likely to be smaller holdings growing less wheat on more favourable soil types, are more likely to apply more N fertiliser, to have a greater crop diversity, to soil-test a greater proportion of their fields, to have fewer resistant weeds, to adopt new technologies, and are less likely to grow wheat following either cereal crops or a pasture. They are more likely to use and trust a fee-for-service agronomist, and have a university education. The dynamic relationships between grower characteristics and farm management practices in causing yield gaps are further highlighted through a path analysis. This study is the first to demonstrate that yield gaps are the result of the intertwined dynamics between biophysical factors, grower socio-psychological characteristics and farm management practices. Socio-psychological factors not only directly contribute to yield gaps, but they also influence farm management practices that in turn contribute to yield gaps. Our findings suggest that, to close wheat yield gaps, it is important to develop integrated strategies that address both socio-psychological and farm management dimensions.

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Methods to Study Agricultural Systems

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

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Key influences on the adoption of improved land management practice in rural Australia: The role of attitudes, values and situation

Cited by 11 publications

References 48 publications

Some primary producers are more likely to transform their agricultural practices in response to climate change than others

Some primary producers are more likely to transform their agricultural practices in response to climate change than others

Socio-psychological and management drivers explain farm level wheat yield gaps in Australia

Methods to Study Agricultural Systems

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