Farmer goals and management styles: Implications for advancing biologically based agriculture

Brodt, Sonja; Klonsky, Karen; Tourte, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2005.08.005

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“…This group tend to be more arable based and as such may not have to deal with livestock based compliance measures. This group seems to generally overlap with findings from Davies and Hodge (2008) and Brodt et al (2006) who found an environmentalist cohort of farmers who prioritise environmental responsibility and were willing to entertain the stick as well as the carrot as a necessary policy tool.…”

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“…Originally associated with the fields of psychology and health studies the technique has been more recently applied to a range of agricultural and land use issues many revolving around land stewardship (Wilson 1998;Brodt et al, 2006;Davies and Hodge, 2007;Visser et al, 2007;Fairweather & Klonsky, 2009), adoption of genetically modified crops (Hall, 2008), organic farming (Zagata 2010), forestry management (Steelman and Maguire, 1999;Swedeen, 2006;Urquhart, 2008) and prevention of animal disease (Kristensen and Jakobsen, 2011).…”

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Implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in the Republic of Ireland — A view from the farm

Buckley

2012

Ecological Economics

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Implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in the Republic of Ireland — A view from the farm

Buckley

2012

Ecological Economics

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“…However, while it cannot be used to determine exactly what proportion of the population hold a particular view, Q-methodology provides an accurate reflection of the different perspectives that exist within the population and the differences that exist between stakeholder groups (Urquhart et al, 2012). The initial uses of Q-methodology were predominantly in social sciences, however its use in the assessment of opinions on environmental management and policy has become more frequent (Addams and Proops, 2000;Brodt et al, 2006;Frantzi et al, 2009;Guimaraes, 2009;Urquhart et al, 2012;Visser et al, 2007). Five distinct stages are recognised (Fig.…”

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Stakeholder perceptions of recreational and management impacts on protected coastal dune systems: A comparison of three European countries

Kindermann

Gormally

2013

Land Use Policy

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“…Van der Ploeg (1993) defined the farming style as '…a way in which one has to organise and manage a farm that is generally accepted by a more or less connected group of farmers…'. The concept of farming style therefore integrates human attitudes, farming objectives and economic success and has proven very useful in understanding the heterogeneity in farming management, including the understanding of attitudinal differences regarding landscape strategies (Van der Ploeg, 1993, 1994Brodt et al, 2006).…”

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Livestock systems and farming styles in Eastern Italian Alps: an on-farm survey

Sturaro

Cocca

Gallo

et al. 2009

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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this research aimed to study the relationships between livestock systems, landscape maintenance and farming styles in the belluno Province, a mountainous area of the Eastern Italian Alps. A total of 65 farms were sampled on the basis of livestock category farmed and herd size. Farms were visited to collect information on technical and productive aspects, on landscape features of land managed, which was identified by aerial photographs and digitised in a GIS environment, and on the farmers' background, attitudes and approach to farming. Six different livestock systems were identified: intensive beef cattle (2 farms); extensive beef cattle (12 farms); large sheep/goat farms (9 farms); small sheep/goat farms (6 farms); intensive dairy cattle (14 farms) and extensive dairy cattle (22 farms). The intensive systems had larger herds, modern structures and equipment, and were strongly production oriented, whereas the extensive systems had smaller herds and productivity, with often traditional or obsolete structures and equipment, but showed a tendency to diversify production by means of on-farm cheese making and/or mixed farming of different livestock categories. the ability to maintain meadows and pastures was greater for the extensive systems, especially in steep areas, while the annual nitrogen output, estimated as kg N/ha, was lower. Data on the farmers' background and attitudes were analysed with a non-hierarchical cluster procedure that clustered the farmers into 4 farming styles widely different in motivations to farming, innovative capability, and ability to diversify income sources and ensure farm economic viability. the farming styles were distributed across all livestock systems, indicating the lack of a linkage between the assignment of a farm to a livestock system and the way the farm is managed. this study demonstrates that in mountain areas variability of livestock systems may be high, and that they differ not only in production practices but also in the ability to maintain landscape, which is generally higher in the extensive or even marginal systems. Within a given livestock system, farms may be managed with different styles, which implies that informative knowledge to address policy decisions needs to integrate the definition of livestock systems with the assessment of farming styles.

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Farmer goals and management styles: Implications for advancing biologically based agriculture

Cited by 150 publications

References 7 publications

Implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in the Republic of Ireland — A view from the farm

Implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in the Republic of Ireland — A view from the farm

Stakeholder perceptions of recreational and management impacts on protected coastal dune systems: A comparison of three European countries

Livestock systems and farming styles in Eastern Italian Alps: an on-farm survey

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