Spatial Dependence and Determinants of Dairy Farmers’ Adoption of Best Management Practices for Water Protection in New Zealand

Yang, Wei; Sharp, Basil

doi:10.1007/s00267-017-0823-6

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“…'Distance to focus farm' indicates the existence of spatial effects, with a negative and significant associated coefficient. This indicates farmers close to focus farms are more likely to participate in the PEP (Asfawa et al, 2016;Ogutu et al, 2018;Yang & Sharp, 2017).…”

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“…In the literature on practice adoption, the importance of spatial dependence effects is well understoodspatial dependence influences the decisions of spatial units (e.g. farmers) regarding technology adoption and uptake and calibration of best practices (Läpple et al, 2017;Yang & Sharp, 2017). This fact follows Tobler's First Law of Geography: close observations are more likely to be connected than distant observations (Tobler, 1970).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Spatial evaluation of the impact of a climate change participatory extension programme on the uptake of soil management practices*

Yang¹,

Knook²

2021

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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Participatory extension programmes (PEPs) are a popular policy tool to stimulate the uptake of climate change mitigation practices on a farm level. Given the public investment in PEPs, reliable evaluation is important. However, few studies evaluate climate change PEPs. Moreover, the evaluations conducted so far do not correctly account for potential spatial effects, such as the influence of neighbouring farms on PEP participation. Therefore, this paper estimates the impact of PEP participation on the uptake of a climate change mitigation practice and soil management, and identifies the importance of spatial effects on PEP participation. A spatial propensity score matching method is applied to a dataset from Scotland, consisting of 134 PEP and 184 control farmers. The results show that PEP participation facilitates the uptake of soil management practices and that spatial dependence exists in farmers' decision-making, indicating the need for the inclusion of spatial factors. This study contributes to the current literature by combining spatial econometric analysis and propensity score matching to conduct a quantitative evaluation of a climate change PEP. The evaluation methodology provides decision-makers with reliable insights into the potential contribution of PEPs towards climate change mitigation targets.

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Spatial evaluation of the impact of a climate change participatory extension programme on the uptake of soil management practices*

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Knook²

2021

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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“…Personal motivations are often linked to material factors, which directly influence the productive capacity and economic viability of the farm (Burton et al 2007;Macgregor and Warren 2006;Oreszczyn et al 2010;Popp et al 2007). For example a lack of financial capital is seen as a significant barrier to adoption (Yang and Sharp 2017). Another barrier is seen in labour availability, i.e.…”

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Policy and Practice Certainty for Effective Uptake of Diffuse Pollution Practices in A Light-Touch Regulated Country

Knook

Dynes

Pinxterhuis

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Environmental Management

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Although the link between agriculture and diffuse water pollution has been understood for decades, there is still a need to implement effective measures to address this issue. In countries with light-touch regulation, such as New Zealand and Australia, most efforts to promote environmental management practices have relied on voluntary initiatives such as participatory research and extension programmes; the success of which is largely dependent on farmers' willingness and ability to adopt these practices. Increased understanding of the factors influencing farmer decision-making in this area would aid the promotion of effective advisory services. This study provides insights from 52 qualitative interviews with farmers and from observations of nine farmer meetings and field days. We qualitatively identify factors that influence farmer decision-making regarding the voluntary uptake of water quality practices and develop a typology for categorising farmers according to the factors that influence their decision-making. We find that in light-touch regulated countries certainty around policy and also around the effectiveness of practices is essential, particularly for farmers who delay action until compelled to act due to succession or regulation. The contribution of this paper is threefold: (i) it identifies factors influencing decisionmaking around the uptake of water quality practices in a light-touch regulated country; (ii) it develops a typology of different farmer types; and (iii) it provides recommendations on policy approaches for countries with light-touch regulation, which has potential relevance for any countries facing changes regarding their agricultural policy, such as post-Brexit policy in the UK.

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“…The existence of spillover effects could lead to indirect impacts that need to be addressed in the economic evaluation of ex-ante analyses of agricultural research. One key source of the effects is the spatial or network spillovers from geographically close farmers or socially close farmers (Akerlof 1997;Yang and Sharp 2017). There is another spillover effect that has rarely been considered coming from the market, and this about the estimation of improved quality attributes was one of the unsolved issues in the Australia-NZ CBA workshop (Brennan and Davis 1996).…”

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Ex-ante economic evaluation of agricultural research in New Zealand – a conceptual framework

Yang

Zydenbos

2021

SSRN Journal

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Ex-ante economic evaluation of agricultural research in New Zealand-a conceptual frameworkReturns to agricultural research are of significant interest to funding bodies and research administrators. Ex-ante economic analyses have increasingly formed part of decision-making process of allocating funds to agricultural research proposals. ex-ante analyses are required to present economic rankings to governments and funding agencies for comparing the impact of agricultural research proposals. Although important, there is no consistent guidelines for scientists and practitioners to follow in New Zealand. The study aims to develop a conceptual framework for agricultural research projects in understanding, assessing, planning and managing relevant issues in ex-ante evaluation of impacts.

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Spatial Dependence and Determinants of Dairy Farmers’ Adoption of Best Management Practices for Water Protection in New Zealand

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Spatial evaluation of the impact of a climate change participatory extension programme on the uptake of soil management practices*

Spatial evaluation of the impact of a climate change participatory extension programme on the uptake of soil management practices*

Policy and Practice Certainty for Effective Uptake of Diffuse Pollution Practices in A Light-Touch Regulated Country

Ex-ante economic evaluation of agricultural research in New Zealand – a conceptual framework

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