Predicting pro-environmental agricultural practices: The social, psychological and contextual influences on land management

Price, Jennifer; Leviston, Zoe

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.10.001

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“…Interviews with Hanoi farmers suggest that concern about compost's quality is the main reason for farmers' propensity to hesitate to adopt compost. This result is in line with the previous literature, which indicates that farmers typically tend to avoid taking risks and are reluctant to adopt innovations that have not been time-tested [87,88]. Therefore, on-farm trials would be a helpful policy to demonstrate the advantages of compost, as well as reassure farmers of the safety and quality of compost.…”

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Understanding the Stakeholders’ Involvement in Utilizing Municipal Solid Waste in Agriculture through Composting: A Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyễn

Zhu

2018

Sustainability

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Although the involvement of stakeholders is believed to be the key to the success of sustainable municipal waste management, the specific features of stakeholders, as well as their interdependence, have been under-researched. This study employed a multilevel governance approach to understand the manner in which different types of stakeholder networks interact with one another and how their roles should be reinforced. A combination of stakeholder analysis (SA) and social network analysis (SNA) was employed to investigate the perspective of stakeholders in utilizing municipal solid waste (MSW) in agriculture in Hanoi, Vietnam. SA indicated that the local authorities take the main responsibility for the management of MSW in Hanoi. Although other stakeholders express a significant interest in recycling MSW through composting, many of them do not have sufficient power to make any changes to the current system. SNA revealed the fragmentation of the network, as the coordination among the stakeholders is dominated by hierarchical governance, while there is a lack of horizontal cooperation among the sectors. The fragmentation could be attributed to weak legislative framework, lack of trust, financial constraints, and the limited participation of private enterprises. The governance of MSW use in agriculture should be executed through interdependency rather than hierarchy and through a network comprising both state and non-state actors.

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confidence: 88%

Understanding the Stakeholders’ Involvement in Utilizing Municipal Solid Waste in Agriculture through Composting: A Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyễn

Zhu

2018

Sustainability

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“…Agro‐environmental schemes seek to mitigate the effects of intensive farming known to be detrimental to biodiversity and the environment (Price and Leviston ; Uyttenbroeck et al . ).…”

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“…Agro-environmental schemes seek to mitigate the effects of intensive farming known to be detrimental to biodiversity and the environment (Price and Leviston 2014;Uyttenbroeck et al 2016). Despite being integral to the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and with considerable European money available to support participation, AES uptake has been poor, particularly in areas where land is farmed most intensively (Kleijn and Sutherland 2003) -a farming approach which may also be detrimental to farmers' health (Bryant and Garnham 2014;Bell et al 2004;Schirmer et al 2013).…”

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‘Farming on the Edge’: Wellbeing and Participation in Agri‐Environmental Schemes

2017

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This article investigates aspects of farmers' wellbeing in the context of their participation in an agro-environmental scheme (AES), the North Yorkshire Cornfield Flowers Project (CFP) in the North East of England. Recent developments in wellbeing studies have informed data collection and analysis. Ethnographic data was gathered via observation, field notes and semi-structured interviews with farmers and non-farmer volunteers. The article discusses how farmers' social activity, identity, status and place belonging are enhanced through participation in CFP, and how this might promote their continued AES work. Recognising the potential for AES participation to enhance farmer's wellbeing may demonstrate added value of AES and strengthen the argument for AES funding once the UK leaves the European Union. There is currently little existing evidence in the literature to support this since with only a few exceptions, wellbeing has been characteristically neglected in rural studies research.

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“…Moreover, several studies have underlined the governing role of practical knowledge, skills, abilities, personal experience, prior opinions, and environmental constraints and biospheric values (e.g. Vogel 1996;Andrews et al 2013;Price & Leviston 2014), thereby highlighting context and the role of practical learning and knowledge (formal and by doing). This is also evident from our own research in Norway (Orderud & Vogt 2013;Barton et al 2015).…”

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Explaining and understanding environmental actions in Chinese agriculture: the case of Yuqiao watershed of Tianjin municipality

Orderud¹,

Vogt

Andersen

et al. 2015

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Most of China's surface waters are undergoing anthropogenic eutrophication, mainly due to leaching of phosphorus (P) from both sewage and agriculture. This is causing quality deterioration in their scarce water resources. The problem has been acknowledged by Chinese authorities and actions sought implemented, though expected ameliorations are on hold.This interdisciplinary study focuses on actions taken by farmers adjacent to Yuqiao reservoir; the raw water source for five million people in Tianjin City. As is often the case, these farmers apply excessive amounts of fertilisers. The leaching of P is aggravated by poor P sorption capacity of the soils and a practically impermeable clay layer below a shallow ploughing layer. During heavy rainfalls the soils become saturated, causing P to be flushed out through shallow-water flow paths. A low content of organic matter in the soils makes things worse.This study documents how farmers are taking action to improve crop yield, the environment, and health issues. Farmers taking more action than others consider themselves as having good farming competence, they are usually local members of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), and have a relatively low family income. The study concludes with suggested policy measures. The main recommendation is to collect household sewage and most of their manure and use it as feedstock for large-scale biogas reactors, combined with returning the residual organic matter to the soil. Cooperating with well-respected farmers and drawing on local CPC members' willingness to take action may facilitate a successful implementation of the above measures.

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Predicting pro-environmental agricultural practices: The social, psychological and contextual influences on land management

Cited by 154 publications

References 77 publications

Understanding the Stakeholders’ Involvement in Utilizing Municipal Solid Waste in Agriculture through Composting: A Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam

Understanding the Stakeholders’ Involvement in Utilizing Municipal Solid Waste in Agriculture through Composting: A Case Study of Hanoi, Vietnam

‘Farming on the Edge’: Wellbeing and Participation in Agri‐Environmental Schemes

Explaining and understanding environmental actions in Chinese agriculture: the case of Yuqiao watershed of Tianjin municipality

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