Does multifunctionality matter to US farmers? Farmer motivations and conceptions of multifunctionality in dairy systems

Brummel, Rachel F.; Nelson, Kristen C.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.034

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“…Table 13 lists benefits child-categories coded in four or more studies. The most prevalent benefit theme was erosion reduction, discussed as motivating adoption for a variety of conservation practices (n ¼ 19) such as cover crops, filter strips, grassed waterways, hedgerows, rotational grazing, and no-till (Brodt et al 2009;Brummel and Nelson 2014;Reimer, Thompson, and Prokopy 2012;Reimer, Weinkauf, and Prokopy 2012;Roesch-McNally et al 2017;Xie 2014). Most studies described farmers' and ranchers' soil erosion concerns in terms of reducing soil loss: "Farmers also linked the RG [rotational grazing] practice with improvements in soil conservation on their property, noting in particular that their permanent pastures lead to improved soil retention and reduced erosion: ' … on a rainy day.…”

Section: Benefits Of Conservation Practices As a Motivationmentioning

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“…Both erosion reduction and on-farm benefits are related to farm characteristics (Table 7). The soil health theme was discussed in relation to practices like perennials, organic practice in general, cover crops, no-till, and rotational grazing (Adebiyi, Schmitt, and Snapp 2016;Bossange et al 2016;Brummel and Nelson 2014;Ulrich-Schad, Brock, and Prokopy 2017). The third most frequently coded benefit theme was off-farm benefits (n ¼ 11).…”

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Synthesizing Conservation Motivations and Barriers: What Have We Learned from Qualitative Studies of Farmers’ Behaviors in the United States?

Ranjan

Church

Floress

et al. 2019

Society & Natural Resources

159

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Since 2011, qualitative studies examining adoption of conservation practices and programs (CPPs) have burgeoned. This article presents a systematic review of all U.S.-based qualitative investigations into CPP adoption since 1996. We found three themes are discussed primarily as motivating adoption: farmer characteristics, environmental awareness, and trust in information sources. Four themes are discussed primarily as barriers to adoption: farm management, negative perceptions of a conservation practice, perceptions that adoption is a risk, and land tenure. Four themes were discussed as both motivations and barriers: economic factors, social norms, perceptions of government programs, and farm characteristics. Overall, we found farmers' economic and management needs and their perceived and actual limitations to conservation behavior influenced adoption. Implications of our findings for policymakers and practitioners include promoting systems-based conservation strategies and stressing the benefits of conservation practices.

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Section: Benefits Of Conservation Practices As a Motivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synthesizing Conservation Motivations and Barriers: What Have We Learned from Qualitative Studies of Farmers’ Behaviors in the United States?

Ranjan

Church

Floress

et al. 2019

Society & Natural Resources

159

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“…Farmers can have other objectives than maximizing their income (Brossier et al 2003). Yet most classical agronomic decision-making frameworks and tools were designed to support farmers to generate profit while increasing yields or reducing costs (Benoit et al 1988;Brossier et al 2003;Brummel and Nelson 2014). In this regard, such frameworks are in line with the dominant agricultural model of the twentieth century, focused primarily on increasing production efficiency regardless of social and environmental consequences (Howard 1940;Hernandez 1977;Altieri 1989, Hervieu andPurseigle 2013).…”

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A conceptual framework for alternative farmers’ strategic choices: the case of French organic market gardening microfarms

Morel¹,

Léger

2016

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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Alternative farming systems are challenging classical agronomic frameworks because their aim is to promote human and ecosystems welfare rather than profit maximization. The objective of our work was to understand how alternative farmers build their strategic choices. Through a multiple-case qualitative study of 14 organic market gardening microfarms in the northern half of France, we developed a systemic conceptual framework in which strategic decision making is integrated with a wide range of social and environmental aspirations. As these various aspirations can be in tension, it is relevant to consider trade-offs between them to study the viability of alternative farms.

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“…At the same time, the economy and the role of this industry in society has noticeably changed in recent years due to the improvement of the livestock management and nutrition technologies, their improved protection against diseases, new approaches to milk production as such. The issues of transition to organic milk production (Odhong et al, 2014;Van der Werf et al, 2009), development of the dairy industrial systems in the context of multifunctionality (Brummel & Nelson, 2014), the manufacture of dairy products with the observance of ethical norms (Anthony et al, 2015) and environmental protection (Hocquette & Chatellier, 2011;Arsic et al, 2018), the contribution of the industry to sustainable rural development and increasing the level of employment (Ben Salem & Bouraoui, 2009). Quality management is the key factor of development of these markets.…”

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Evaluation of the Perspective of the Dairy Business Development Based on Quality Management

Bannikova¹,

KOSTYUCHENKO²,

Telnova³

et al. 2019

IJQR

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The article deals with the analysis of the status and trends of the development of the dairy business in Russia, particularly through the example of the Stavropol Territory. The analysis is indicative of the relocation of milk production in the sector of small and medium agribusiness due to the cow population decline: on the one hand, in the sector of large agricultural enterprises, and on the other handin the sector of household plots. A dependence of economic efficiency of the dairy business on the increase in the size of cow population has been found, but the scale effect is underused because of inadequate investment attractiveness of this type of business. Quality management should be used for increasing it. The article presents the evaluation of possible changes of status of dairy breeding based on the forecast of the key performance indicators of the industry broken down by categories of households in the region through analytical graduation and trend extrapolation. The scenario forecasting of the development of the industry in the agricultural enterprises of the Stavropol Territory served as a basis for the identification of the focus areas of the state support of the of the dairy business development on the basis of quality management. Recommendations for increasing the efficiency of dairy business (with the help of increasing the productiveness of milk cows by means of increasing the breed structure of cattle, improvement of farms, implementation of the innovational technologies of cattle-breeding management, and improvement of feeding) and for increasing the quality and milk and milk products through refusal from using mixtures and through production of "eco-milk", its branding and certification are offered. Guaranteeing high quality of "eco-milk" (high nutrition, high fat level, and rich vitamin structure) will allow reducing elasticity of demand for it and will stimulate successful development of entrepreneurship.

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Does multifunctionality matter to US farmers? Farmer motivations and conceptions of multifunctionality in dairy systems

Cited by 26 publications

References 41 publications

Synthesizing Conservation Motivations and Barriers: What Have We Learned from Qualitative Studies of Farmers’ Behaviors in the United States?

Synthesizing Conservation Motivations and Barriers: What Have We Learned from Qualitative Studies of Farmers’ Behaviors in the United States?

A conceptual framework for alternative farmers’ strategic choices: the case of French organic market gardening microfarms

Evaluation of the Perspective of the Dairy Business Development Based on Quality Management

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