The influence of perceptions of practice characteristics: An examination of agricultural best management practice adoption in two Indiana watersheds

Reimer, Adam; Weinkauf, Denise Klotthor; Prokopy, Linda Stalker

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.09.005

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“…Visiting other farmers to observe what practices they use on their farms has been found to be important in the adoption of a number of farm production practices (Rogers 1995;Coughenour and Chamala 2000;Coughenour 2003;Pannell et al 2006;Reimer et al 2012a) and can facilitate important social learning necessary for adopting conservation practices (Pannell et al 2006;Blesh and Wolf 2014). These findings suggest that building adaptive capacity among farmers will be effectively facilitated, in part, through building more networks among farmers so that they can observe particular practices of interest before experimenting or implementing on their own farms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Multiple theories help explain the role of intention and how this influences changes in behavior, including two prominent theories outlined in the TPB (Ajzen 1991) and the RAA (Fishbein and Ajzen 2010). Such models have been used to explain agricultural and conservation decision making (e.g., Reimer et al 2012a;Arbuckle and Roesch-McNally 2015). In Fig.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework For Agricultural Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies on environmental decision making have illustrated that perceived behavioral control (PBC), or the confidence that an individual has in their ability to perform certain activities or achieve certain outcomes (Ajzen 1991), has a positive influence on behavioral intentions (Schwartz and Howard 1981;Ajzen 1991). PBC has also been found to influence decision making specifically in regards to agricultural management practices (Reimer et al 2012a). A high level of perceived behavioral control has also been found to be negatively associated with farmers' concern about and support for adaptive actions in light of climate change (Arbuckle et al 2014).…”

Section: Conceptual Framework For Agricultural Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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What would farmers do? Adaptation intentions under a Corn Belt climate change scenario

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This paper examines farmer intentions to adapt to global climate change by analyzing responses to a climate change scenario presented in a survey given to largescale farmers (n = 4778) across the US Corn Belt in 2012. Adaptive strategies are evaluated in the context of decision making and farmers' intention to increase their use of three production practices promoted across the Corn Belt: no-till farming, cover crops, and tile drainage. This paper also provides a novel conceptual framework that bridges a typology of adaptation with concepts that help predict intentionality in behavior change models. This conceptual framework was developed to facilitate examination of adaptive decision making in the context of agriculture. This research effort examines key factors that influence farmers' intentions to increase their use of the practices evaluated given a climate change scenario. Twenty-two covariates are examined across three models developed for no-till farming, cover crops, and tile drainage. Findings highlight that farmers who believed they should adjust their practices to protect their farm from the negative impacts of increased weather variability were more likely to indicate that they would increase their use of each of the practices in response to climate change. Additionally, visiting with other farmers to observe their practices was positively associated with farmers' intentions to increase their use of the adaptive strategies examined. Farmers who were currently using no-till farming, cover crops, and tile drainage were also more likely to plan to increase their use of these practices in response to increased weather variability associated with climate change. However, farmers who reported high levels of confidence in their current practices were less likely to plan on changing their use of these practices in response to climatic changes.

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Section: Conceptual Framework For Agricultural Adaptationmentioning

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Section: Conceptual Framework For Agricultural Adaptationmentioning

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“…Observability signifies the extent to which both an innovation and its potential benefits are visible to others, e.g. in demonstration sites or other areas (Rogers, 2003;Reimer et al, 2012). Therefore, the seven mentioned factors influencing the acceptance of practices were used as indicators in this study.…”

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Environmentally-friendly agricultural practices and their acceptance by smallholder farmers in China—A case study in Xinxiang County, Henan Province

Luo

Qin

Wang

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Science of The Total Environment

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“…Discussions were often performed informally at the home or fields. This discussion process will influence farmers to collect adaptation intention in climate change strongly (Pannell et al, 2006;Reimer, Prokopy and Weinkauf, 2012).…”

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Farmer’s Intention on Climate Change Adaptation

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Anindita

2017

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Abstract:The purposes of this research is to describe local knowledge of farmer's perception toward climate change and to analyze farmer's intention toward climate change adaptation based on the theory of planned behavior. The sampling method used is simple random sampling with the population is the farmers in the research location. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics analysis and also structural equation modelingpartial least square (SEM-PLS) for generating information regarding farners behavior toward climate change. The results showed that 57.5 percent of respondents said that the intensity of rainy season and the temperature were changing significantly and 40 percent respodents also agree that the temperature was getting higher. There was 65% of respondents said that the climate change was driven by deforestration or logging. However, there was 17.5% of respondents said that factories have caused the climate change. Impact of climate change cause increasing pests and diseases attacking paddy crops and decreasing significantly of land productivity. For the structural equation modeling, subjective norm and perceived behavior control infuence positively the intention of farmers' adaptation toward climate change.

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The influence of perceptions of practice characteristics: An examination of agricultural best management practice adoption in two Indiana watersheds

Cited by 211 publications

References 23 publications

What would farmers do? Adaptation intentions under a Corn Belt climate change scenario

What would farmers do? Adaptation intentions under a Corn Belt climate change scenario

Environmentally-friendly agricultural practices and their acceptance by smallholder farmers in China—A case study in Xinxiang County, Henan Province

Farmer’s Intention on Climate Change Adaptation

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