What motivates farmers to participate in sustainable agriculture? Evidence and policy implications

Ma, Yan; Chen, Liding; Zhao, Xi; Zheng, Haifeng; Lü, Yihe

doi:10.1080/13504500903319047

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“…regulatory standards, economic incentives, and suasive mechanisms) on these impediments and determinants of adoption of desired management practices (Horan and Ribaudo 1999;Sterner 2003;Prokopy et al 2008). However, often, little is known about these determinants (Ma et al 2009) or the effectiveness of policy instruments in addressing them (Connor et al 2008b). There is a need to understand key determinants of adoption of water quality management and the careful selection and scheduling of policy instruments (or policy design) for addressing them for the effective mitigation of agricultural non-point source pollution.…”

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Designing a Policy Mix and Sequence for Mitigating Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in a Water Supply Catchment

Bryan

Kandulu

2010

Water Resour Manage

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Agricultural non-point source pollution, common in water supply catchments worldwide, can have significant environmental and human health impacts, and its mitigation poses a challenge for policymakers. We used deliberative multi-criteria evaluation (DMCE) to identify a mix and sequence of policy instruments (or policy design) to address agricultural non-point source pollution using a case study of Cryptosporidium contamination in the Myponga River water supply catchment, South Australia. The major impediments to adoption of on-farm water quality management and benefits for ecosystem services were identified using a landholder survey for use as decision criteria in DMCE. The DMCE approach involved stakeholders in policy design during two community fora held in the catchment. We developed six policy scenarios and quantified their impact on decision criteria. The relative importance of decision criteria was quantified using swing weights and consensus was reached on the preferred policy scenario. The mix, sequence, and targeting of instruments in the preferred policy scenario were refined based on information obtained through the deliberative process. Impediments to adoption included a lack of both information/knowledge and financial resources. The recommended policy scenario involved targeted information, followed by an incentive program, and finally the regulation of a mandatory code of practice for water quality management. Detailed, catchmentspecific context obtained through DMCE was critical for refining an effective mix and sequence of policy instruments. The techniques may be readily used to select and schedule policy instruments for effective mitigation of agricultural non-point source pollution in other drinking water supply catchments elsewhere.

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Designing a Policy Mix and Sequence for Mitigating Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in a Water Supply Catchment

Bryan

Kandulu

2010

Water Resour Manage

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“…In China, Ma et al [16] stress the recycling behavioral importance of labor quality and agricultural training. Peng [17] examines Chinese agricultural waste use from the perspective of regulatory policy, technological and service systems, and waste utilization efficiency.…”

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Recycling on Semi-subsistence Farms: Household vs. Farm Factors

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Chen²

2016

J Pollut Eff Cont

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As with food production, waste management on semi-subsistent farms is a joint outcome of household-specific and farm-specific resources. It is useful therefore to analyze waste-disposal decisions with this jointness in mind. We do so here with a sample of Chinese farms. Attention is given to five distinct types of waste: packaging materials, manure, wastewater, plastic mulch, and straw.We find farm recycling to intensify as household cash income, farm manager's age and education, and farm workforce size expand. Recycling declines however as the number of dependents and farm cultivable area enlarge. Put differently, waste management improves as the family's labor and capital resources grow, but deteriorate if landholdings expand while capital and labor resources do not. The small family farm's recycling behavior, in short, appears to be entirely rational.Specifically household and specifically farm factors are each important to the capital and labor mix that promotes recycling. In the aggregate, a one-percent variation in the principal household factors induces an average 0.35 percent change in recycling activity, while a one-percent variation in the principal farm factors induces an average 0.18 percent change. Assuming continued economic development, we find reason to be moderately optimistic about the future of small-farm waste disposal.

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“…Since most smallholders are traditional families that have lived on the land for quite some time, they can utilize their 'mental maps' to manage their land (Cook et al 2003). However, it is important to provide farmers with environmental and agricultural education by using a methodology that will allow them to make appropriate decisions (Ma et al 2009). …”

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Participative site-specific agriculture analysis for smallholders

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Site-specific agriculture has been adopted in a high-tech context using, for instance, in situ sensors, satellite images for remote sensing analysis, and some other technological devices. However, farmers and smallholders without the economic resources and required knowledge to use and to access the latest technology seem to find an impediment to precision agricultural practices. This article discusses the possibility of adopting precision agriculture (PA) principles for site-specific management but in a low technology context for such farmers. The proposed methodology to support PA combines low technology dependency and a participatory approach by involving smallholders, farmers and experts. The case studies demonstrate how the interplay of low technology and a participative approach may be suitable for smallholders for site-specific agriculture analysis.

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What motivates farmers to participate in sustainable agriculture? Evidence and policy implications

Cited by 26 publications

References 33 publications

Designing a Policy Mix and Sequence for Mitigating Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in a Water Supply Catchment

Designing a Policy Mix and Sequence for Mitigating Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution in a Water Supply Catchment

Recycling on Semi-subsistence Farms: Household vs. Farm Factors

Participative site-specific agriculture analysis for smallholders

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