Factors Affecting the Adoption of the Organic Dried Fig Agriculture 
 System in Turkey

Işin, Ferruh; Çukur, Tayfun; Armağan, Göksel

doi:10.3923/jas.2007.748.754

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“…Results of this research show that respondents' education level has a significant relationship with the perception of farmers toward organic farming. This result is in line with the finding of Nandwani et al 1 On contrary the results of Isin et al 2 show a non-significant relationship between education with the adoption of organic agriculture. In Nepal like developing countries, where there, we can see the majority of farmers are less educated, this kind of result should be considered as an encouraging result for the adoption of organic farming, as it can depict that organic agriculture cannot keep back from uneducated and less educated farmers.…”

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confidence: 91%

A perceptive study of organic agriculture in Baglung municipality: farmers’ barriers to and factors influencing adoption

Acharya¹,

Rayamajhi²

2022

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The process of modern organic agriculture is still nascent stage in Nepal. Though certain policies have been implemented to promote organic agriculture, the progress towards adoption is below average. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to evaluate farmers’ perceptions of organic agriculture and its associated factors. The survey was conducted in Baglung Municipality, Nepal. The municipality consists of 14 wards; the purposive sampling technique was used to select 100 registered farmers. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were used to present the findings of the study. The study revealed that willingness to adopt or interest in organic agriculture was found to be 2.58 times lower in illiterate farmers in comparison to literate farmers, interest in organic agriculture was found to be 1.48 times lower in females in comparison to male respondents, respondents doing commercial farming are (57.4%) more likely willingness to adopt the organic agriculture, educated respondents are (85%) more likely to adopt the organic agriculture in commercial basis, the respondent male is (65.9%) more likely willingness to adopt the organic agriculture in commercial basis. The factors were surveyed using five points Likert-scale questionnaire. The uninterested ones (37%) stated the following barriers which are ranked in ascending order of means as poor research and extension (1.20), lack of certified inputs (1.22), accredited laboratory (1.28), and technology (1.54), complicated certification (1.63), soil management problems (1.79), low production and market prices (1.97), lack of human resources (2.02). The interested ones (63%) stated the following factors which are arranged as exporting opportunity (1.45), demand (1.53), geographical advantages (1.55), employment opportunity (1.56), good exposure (1.58), development (1.66). Concerned authorities can use this survey to make major changes to establish organic farming.

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A perceptive study of organic agriculture in Baglung municipality: farmers’ barriers to and factors influencing adoption

Acharya¹,

Rayamajhi²

2022

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“…Lastly, the model also controls for socio-economic factors similar to other Mediterranean countries studies such as age (Genius et al, 2006;Isin et al, 2007), education (see for instance Genius et al, 2006;Isin et al, 2007;Cukur, 2015), household size (see for instance Läpple and Van Rensburg, 2011), and land ownership availability (see for instance Alexopoulos et al, 2010;Genius et al, 2006;Liu et al, 2019).…”

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Understanding Farmers’ Intentions to Adopt Organic Farming in Albania

Edvin¹,

Shahu²,

Xhoxhi³

et al. 2021

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Organic agriculture in Europe is expanding, yet is still in the early stages in less developed areas of Europe. Understanding the factors of converting to organic agriculture is a key component for both policy design and attaining effective support for the organic sector from the government, donors, or the private sector. Therefore, the study attempts to explore the determinant factors of farmers’ intentions to engage in organic farming based on primary data collected through a farm survey in Albania. Results show that subjective norms, perceived behavior control, favorable attitudes toward organic farming conversion, as well as awareness of risk from conventional farming accompanied with information awareness are positively associated with the probability of converting to organic farming. Farmers’ perceptions of EU policy opportunities and attitudes towards environment protection are negatively associated with farmers’ tendency to convert. The study findings call for the use of financial and non-financial policy instruments for supporting conversion to organic farming and increased information on opportunities and costs expected from the integration into the EU single market.

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“…Despite the rapid increase in actual organic farming, as well as those areas of farmland under conversion, the main factors that have had an impact on Turkish farmers' decisions and preferences have remained unclear so far. There are only a few studies on Turkey that explain the factors influencing the choice of agricultural practices that are important in adoption of these practices [41][42][43][44]. Moreover, the current work does not address organic farmers' perceptions in the adoption decision.…”

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The Impact of Behavioral Drivers on Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Case of Organic Farming in Turkey

Akyüz

Theuvsen

2020

Sustainability

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Adoption decisions represent a crucial topic in sustainable agriculture research, particularly in the organic agriculture sector; to understand farmers’ decision-making, research has to delve more deeply into the influences of farmers’ behavior. The aim of this study, therefore, is to determine the behavioral intentions of Turkish sultana raisin producers toward organic farming practices. The proposed model integrates basic elements of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the technology acceptance model, which is then tested with survey data gathered from conventional and organic farmers by applying structural equation modeling, a powerful multivariate statistical technique. The results reveal that organic agriculture is perceived as a useful low-cost innovation by conventional farmers. Relating the results to group comparisons indicates that members of the conventional group are significantly more likely to have a positive intention towards adopting organic farming practices. Our results suggest possible interventions that policymakers should implement not only to stimulate adoption intentions of conventional farmers, but also to sustain continuance of organic practices by current operators.

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Factors Affecting the Adoption of the Organic Dried Fig Agriculture System in Turkey

Cited by 24 publications

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A perceptive study of organic agriculture in Baglung municipality: farmers’ barriers to and factors influencing adoption

A perceptive study of organic agriculture in Baglung municipality: farmers’ barriers to and factors influencing adoption

Understanding Farmers’ Intentions to Adopt Organic Farming in Albania

The Impact of Behavioral Drivers on Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Case of Organic Farming in Turkey

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