Comparing different types of rural landowners: Implications for conservation practice adoption

Perry-Hill, Rebecca; Prokopy, Linda Stalker

doi:10.2489/jswc.69.3.266

Cited by 37 publications

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“…Prokopy et al [98] surveyed farmers in the Little Calumet-Galien watershed in Indiana, USA, and discovered smaller farms are less likely to adopt BMPs because operators were less aware of pollutants and BMPs and had less access to information to improve water quality and the environment. However, other researchers have shown that small scale growers are more positive towards improving the environment and are more motivated by non-economic incentives [116,117]. Some research suggested that there is no clear relationship between farm size and conservation [33].…”

Section: Characteristics Of Farmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Best Management Practices: A Review and Synthesis

2018

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Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of waters because farmers often do not adopt BMPs. To improve water quality, it is necessary to understand the factors that influence BMP adoption by farmers. We review the findings of BMP adoption studies from both developed and developing countries, published after (or otherwise not included in) two major literature reviews from 2007 and 2008. We summarize the study locations, scales, and BMPs studied; the analytical methods used; the factors evaluated; and the directionality of each factor's influence on BMP adoption. We then present a conceptual framework for BMP adoption decisions that emphasizes the importance of scale, the tailoring or targeting of information and incentives, and the importance of expected farm profits. We suggest that future research directions should focus on study scale, on measuring and modeling of adoption as a continuous process, and on incorporation of social norms and uncertainty into decision-making. More research is needed on uses of social media and market recognition approaches (such as certificate schemes and consumer labeling) to influence BMP adoption.

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Section: Characteristics Of Farmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Best Management Practices: A Review and Synthesis

2018

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“…For example, University Extension, especially among farmers and the agricultural sector, has been shown to be a trusted (Rosenberg and Margerum, ) and important source of information for adopting water conservation practices (Kromm and White, ) among Midwestern and High Plains farmers. However, smaller scale nontraditional farmers have been found to be less familiar with Extension (Perry‐Hill and Prokopy, ). There is a small literature in the agricultural sciences that looks at what sources of information are predominantly used by farmers and what types of groups influence farmers' decision making, without explicitly addressing trust (see e.g., Schnitkey et al ., ; Arbuckle et al ., ; Prokopy et al ., ; Stuart et al ., ).…”

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Trust in Sources of Soil and Water Quality Information: Implications for Environmental Outreach and Education

Mase

Babin

Prokopy

et al. 2015

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Public trust in organizations focused on improving environmental quality is important for increasing awareness and changing behaviors that have water quality implications. Few studies have addressed trust in soil and water quality information sources, particularly for both agricultural and nonagricultural respondents of the same watersheds. Surveys in 19 watersheds across five states in the Midwest assessed trust in, and familiarity with, soil and water quality information sources. Overall, respondents most trusted University Extension, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service, while lawn care companies, environmental groups, and land trusts were less trusted. Significant differences in trusted sources were found between watersheds, and between agricultural and nonagricultural respondents across and within watersheds. Among agricultural respondents, a clear relationship exists between familiarity and trust; as familiarity with an organization increases, so too does level of trust. This relationship is less clear‐cut for nonagricultural respondents in this region. We highlight implications of these findings for soil and water quality outreach efforts.

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“…Blanco et al, 2015). Further, the majority of landowner typologies have been based on objectives for ownership (Kelly, Gold, & Di Tommaso, 2017;Khanal et al, 2017;Nielsen-Pincus et al, 2015) or more nuanced criteria such as attitudes towards climate change (Khanal et al, 2016), approaches to fire management (Charnley, Kelly, & Wendel, 2017), and thoughts on pollution (Perry-Hill & Prokopy, 2014). These are all proxies for behavior rather than explicitly functional behaviors.…”

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confidence: 99%

Landowner Functional Types to Characterize Response to Forest Insects

Holt

et al. 2019

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Forest insects and pathogens (FIPs) play an important role in the complex interactions between woodland owners and the ecosystems they manage. Understanding the specifics of woodland owner decision-making with regard to trees impacted by FIPs can facilitate projections of future forest conditions and insect spread. Our first objective is to: (i) characterize agent functional types (AFTs) of New England family forest owners (FFOs) using a set of contingent behavior questions contained in a mail survey of FFOs concerning response to FIPs. We establish AFTs as a form of dimension reduction, effectively assigning individual FFOs to particular decision-making classes, each with distinct probabilities of behavior with respect to the harvest of impacted trees. Our second objective is to: (ii) model AFT membership to predict the distribution of AFTs across the landscape. Predictors are chosen from a set of survey, geographic, and demographic features. Accomplishing (i) establishes three functional classes of landowners: ‘cutters’ (46% of respondents; highly likely to cut timber impacted by FIPs), ‘responsive’ cutters (42% of respondents; sensitive to pest severity), and ‘non-cutters’ (12% of respondents; highly unlikely to cut). Fulfilling (ii) provides a high-resolution probability surface of AFTs across the landscape, delivering key input for simulation models of forest and land cover change in New England. Predictors in our best model of AFT membership include parcel size (hectares of forest), region, and town-level forested fraction.

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Comparing different types of rural landowners: Implications for conservation practice adoption

Cited by 37 publications

References 39 publications

Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Best Management Practices: A Review and Synthesis

Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Best Management Practices: A Review and Synthesis

Trust in Sources of Soil and Water Quality Information: Implications for Environmental Outreach and Education

Landowner Functional Types to Characterize Response to Forest Insects

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