Adoption of non-inversion tillage across Europe: Use of a behavioural approach in understanding decision making of farmers

Bijttebier, Jo; Ruysschaert, Greet; Hijbeek, Renske; Werner, Magdalena; Pronk, A.A.; Zavattaro, Laura; Bechini, Luca; Grignani, Carlo; Berge, Hein ten; Marchand, Fleur; Wauters, Erwin

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.05.044

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“…There is a vast literature on the adoption of different practices by small-scale farmers in the global South. Recently, researchers have focused on the adoption of soil and water conservation technologies (Amsalu and de Graaff, 2007;de Graaff et al, 2008;Nkegbe et al, 2012;Tenge et al, 2004;Theriault et al, 2017;Zeweld et al, 2019), conservation agriculture (Baudron et al, 2009;Bijttebier et al, 2018;Garbach et al, 2012;Shetto and Owenya, 2007;Wauters et al, 2010), climate-smart agriculture (Kpadonou et al, 2017), and, more generally, sustainable intensification or sustainable agricultural practices (Kassie et al, 2015;Ndiritu et al, 2014;Nkomoki et al, 2018).…”

Section: Adoption Of Agricultural Technologies and Silvopastoral Practices: A Literature Reviewmentioning

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Understanding the adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices in Northern Argentina: What is the role of land tenure?

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The Argentinian Dry Chaco has suffered from very high deforestation rates in the last decades, and forest degradation remains an important issue. This study examines the adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices by smallholder households in the Chaco. Data for the study were collected from 393 families in two municipalities of the Province of Salta. We used multivariate probit (MVP) models to assess land users' decision to adopt three management practices. We show that socio-economic factors (household assets, number of animals), human and social capital (literacy, affiliation with a producer organization), as well as access to financial resources (credit) determine adoption. Secured land tenure also increases the likelihood of adoption, but not as much as we initially hypothesized. We discuss how certain specificities of the area, including difficulties accessing land titles and pressure from the agro-industry, as well as the characteristics of the resource itself -forest grazing areas, some shared by multiple families -might explain this unexpectedly low influence of land tenure on the adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices.

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Understanding the adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices in Northern Argentina: What is the role of land tenure?

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“…Despite the availability of herbicides with new active ingredients, weed problems remain and still represent one of the main challenges to the adoption of no-till systems for farmers [18,19]. The adoption of CA has an effect on both agronomic and ecological standpoints.…”

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Weed Management in the Transition to Conservation Agriculture: Farmers’ Response

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Recently adopted in France, conservation agriculture still faces some challenges to its adoption, particularly weed management. To highlight the weed management practices used by farmers in conservation agriculture and the changes induced by its adoption, a large sample of 425 French farmers were invited to complete an online survey. Weed management practices used by farmers were requested for three periods: before adoption, during the first years of conservation agriculture (one to two years after adoption), and when the agricultural system is considered “mastered” by the farmer. The use of each farming practice was firstly studied independently for each period. Then, a multiple correspondence analysis followed by a hierarchical ascendant classification resulted in groups of farmers with different combinations of practices for each period. Finally, the groups of farmers were followed through the periods. Results showed that changes in weed management done according to farmers when adopting and mastering conservation agriculture are multiple and vary according to farmers and their previous weed management. Although some similar choices were identified, some farmers’ trajectories, especially those with a prior combination driven by either a soil disturbance strategy or a crop competitiveness strategy, are difficult to identify when adopting conservation agriculture. Upon mastering the agricultural system, farmers’ choices become more apparent.

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“…Additionally, part of understanding farmer adoption of soil GHG mitigation practices is the need to quantify where all arable farmers in the Netherlands fit along the AD Adoption Curve, from Step A to Step D. Monitoring and measuring progress toward meeting the green-blue objectives, as outlined in the Netherland's National Strategic Plan for the revised EU CAP (Baayen and van Doorn, 2020), would increase the capacity for setting indicator-based policies and the ability to track progress toward targets. Due to the variety of soil biophysical characteristics and crops cultivated, there are differences in the barriers and opportunities of adoption between European countries (Bijttebier et al, 2018;Hijbeek et al, 2019), however, shared lessons remain relevant. Dutch agriculture, seen as an example of successful production due to its high yields and use of technology, could positively influence global adoption of soil GHG mitigation practices.…”

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Time to Transition: Barriers and Opportunities to Farmer Adoption of Soil GHG Mitigation Practices in Dutch Agriculture

Gomes

Reidsma

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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As the second largest exporter of agricultural products worldwide, the Netherlands is a production hub, a leading example of high yields per hectare. However, this productivity includes intensive farming practices, placing a risk on the climate through the emission of greenhouse gases N2O and CO2 from soil. To meet global efforts, the Netherlands must reduce its climatic impact, including soil emissions, but the transition to alternative farming practices can be challenging. This research identifies the barriers and opportunities for arable farmers to adopt practices which mitigate emissions from agricultural soils, and consists of a literature review, informant interviews, and semi-structured interviews with farmers, policy-makers, and boundary organizations. Main findings are (1) a lack of awareness by farmers of their soil greenhouse gas production, and (2) six barriers and five opportunities for farmer adoption with placement of these findings into different steps of adoption. Critical barriers include economic challenges, personal mindset, on-farm complications, and the need to reconcile different stakeholders' rates of adoption. Opportunities lie with farmers becoming interested and able to quantify soil health, positive framing in the media, and policies or economic mechanisms to assist farmers. If the Netherlands can transition its farming system, the opportunities for the global food system could be significant.

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Adoption of non-inversion tillage across Europe: Use of a behavioural approach in understanding decision making of farmers

Cited by 53 publications

References 29 publications

Understanding the adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices in Northern Argentina: What is the role of land tenure?

Understanding the adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices in Northern Argentina: What is the role of land tenure?

Weed Management in the Transition to Conservation Agriculture: Farmers’ Response

Time to Transition: Barriers and Opportunities to Farmer Adoption of Soil GHG Mitigation Practices in Dutch Agriculture

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