Exploring participation in a sustainable farming initiative with self-determination theory

Triste, Laure; Vandenabeele, Joke; Winsen, Frankwin van; Debruyne, Lies; Lauwers, Ludwig; Marchand, Fleur

doi:10.1080/14735903.2018.1424305

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“…Yet the empirical literature on the adopters themselves is scant [34,35], and much remains unknown about technological adoption by farmers. Some studies even suggest that the existent research on agriculture technology adoption is ineffective, given its lack of innovative research methodologies and a holistic, robust, interdisciplinary perspective [36,37].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, positive emotions "open people up", making them more resilient, creative, and open to changes and new experiences [42]. Such openness is critical since adopting innovative agricultural technologies requires motivation and a decision to undertake this change [15,35,46]. Second, as per Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory, positive emotions may affect the building of an individual's intellectual and social resources [42].…”

Section: Positive Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Food for Hope: The Role of Personal Resources in Farmers’ Adoption of Green Technology

Bukchin

Kerret

2018

Sustainability

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Innovative technologies are expected to play a significant role in climate change mitigation and adaptation within the agriculture sector and in global food security. Clearly, however, the value of technological innovations in the agriculture sector is premised on their adoption. Therefore, understanding why farmers differ in their adoption of innovative green technologies is important. In the following paper, we review current literature and set the theoretical framework for suggesting that three important personal resources correlate with agricultural technology adoption: positive emotions, character strengths (including specific ones), and cognitive goal-oriented hope. This study constitutes an important theoretical basis for future practical recommendations for environmental policy, positive psychology, and innovation adoption that may help narrow some of the gaps in technology adoption rates. In addition to its theoretical innovation, the importance of this study lies in its practical value: we focus on variables that are influenced through policy, education, and communication. The theoretical connections between positive psychology and environmental studies emerging from this study should be developed and explored. We hope that this new perspective will motivate future research on these factors within diverse farming communities across different nations.

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Section: Positive Emotionsmentioning

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Food for Hope: The Role of Personal Resources in Farmers’ Adoption of Green Technology

Bukchin

Kerret

2018

Sustainability

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“…No theory was reported for adoption of mixed cropping for sustainable agricultural land use (Lemken et al , 2017), reduction of nitrogen inputs (Levain et al , 2015), willingness to change from conventional tillage to cover crops (Marques et al , 2015) or the adoption of sustainable farming practices (McCarthy and Schurmann, 2015). For the studies using behavioural-psychographic theories, Pandey et al (2018) used the theory of reasoned action to identify which factors might protect water resources and Triste et al (2018) applied self-determination theory to explore influences of adoption for sustainable farming initiatives and for adoption of sustainable land management practices. Zeweld et al (2017) applied the theory of planned behaviour to investigate farmers’ intentions to adopt sustainable agricultural practices.…”

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Moving theory focus beyond individuals targeted for change: observing project stakeholder interactions

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Rundle‐Thiele

David

2021

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Purpose Social marketing theories have habituated to a theoretical and methodological focus that is criticised for being myopic and stigmatising. Following recommendations to redirect focus theoretically, the purpose of this paper is to apply an observational methodology to understanding how project stakeholders interact to examine whether consideration of stakeholders can identify factors facilitating or impeding farming practice change. Design/methodology/approach More than 48 events involving as many as 150 people including project stakeholder meetings, one-on-one consultations and annual events were observed over more than 100 h by between one and five researchers. Field notes were gathered, and thematic coding focussed on understanding how stakeholders facilitated or impeded practice change. Findings Observations identified limited provision of information about the project by on ground project stakeholders to targeted individuals (farmers). On the rare occasions where information sharing was observed, communication was delayed making it difficult for individuals to connect actions with outcomes observed. Participating stakeholders did not freely support delivery of activities needed for individual practice change. Practical implications This study indicates the value of wider process and outcome assessment encompassing stakeholders to identify factors impeding and facilitating farming practice change. Social implications Approaches that centre attention on individuals fail to acknowledge the inputs, activities and outputs delivered by project stakeholders within a system of change. By redirecting evaluation focus, shared responsibility is gained and stigmatisation of one stakeholder group can be avoided. Originality/value This study demonstrates how observations can be used to redirect focus to consider actions and interactions occurring between on ground project stakeholders. A stakeholder evaluation approach extends monitoring and evaluation focus beyond individuals targeted for behaviour change. Implications, limitations and future research directions are outlined.

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“…Similarly, participation in farmer field schools was both motivated by, and helped to fulfill, farmers' relatedness BPN, especially for those whose needs were not supported prior to participation (Charatsari et al, 2017a). Triste et al (2018) provided a compelling argument for sustainable farming initiatives (SFIs) to be underpinned by SDT. Specifically, they have supportive data for the need to both market SFIs in order to appeal to BPNs, and to design SFIs in such a way as to support farmers' autonomous motivational process, via the BPNs.…”

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Harnessing Implementation Science and Self-Determination Theory in Participatory Research to Advance Global Legume Productivity

Payne

Nicholas‐Davies

Home

2019

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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There are many challenges associated with increasing global legume production, and to overcome them will require stakeholders to modify certain perceptions and behaviors. Unfortunately, stakeholder motivation has been under-appreciated in global legumes research, despite its central role as a predictor of research uptake. Observational studies exist but often, motivation theory is wielded with a lack of conviction, and intervention studies have not yet emerged. Thus, participatory intervention research that embeds insight from contemporary understandings of motivated behavior, is a fruitful line of investigation. Participatory/transdisciplinary, reflective learning methodologies have demonstrated an ability to create new, and maximize existing, pathways to impact in legume productivity. Conversely, successes from the burgeoning field of implementation science have yet to be translated to agriculture research; frameworks exist that simplify the researcher's task of planning, applying, reporting, and replicating their transdisciplinary research. This review describes a novel methodological approach which promotes cross-fertilization of ideas between scientific, extension, farmer, and industry co-actors, engendering a dynamic learning culture; partners co-plan, co-execute, and co-disseminate their work together, in an equitable arrangement. This ensures that outputs are targeted to the needs of end-users and that both scientific and practical (local) knowledge is taken into account. Despite a recent proliferation of useful articles on knowledge co-creation in sustainable agriculture, this review is the first to rationalize to researchers the need to design participatory research which is informed by social psychology (Self-Determination Theory) and adheres to procedures championed in implementation science (e.g., feasibility and fidelity studies, systematic reporting). Theoretical rigor is added to the participatory research agenda, but this review also offers some practical suggestions for application in legumes research. While the focus is on legumes, this guidance is equally applicable to other crops and agricultural systems.

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Exploring participation in a sustainable farming initiative with self-determination theory

Cited by 35 publications

References 63 publications

Food for Hope: The Role of Personal Resources in Farmers’ Adoption of Green Technology

Food for Hope: The Role of Personal Resources in Farmers’ Adoption of Green Technology

Moving theory focus beyond individuals targeted for change: observing project stakeholder interactions

Harnessing Implementation Science and Self-Determination Theory in Participatory Research to Advance Global Legume Productivity

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