Farmers’ environmental awareness: Construct development, measurement, and use

Despotović, Jelena; Rodić, Vesna; Caracciolo, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126378

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“…The findings have shown that there is a statistically significant relationship between attitudes toward environmental awareness (stewardship frame) and attitudes toward agri-environmental measures (H2). This is in line with the findings identifying that environmental knowledge is the most important factor in environmental awareness [59]. The ecologically based acceptance of nature conservation policies seems the most promising [57], as it is in line with the findings of [10] that the farmers felt that a measure is important if it can help to protect resources for future generations.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

The Role of Environmental Attitudes and Risk for Adoption with Respect to Farmers’ Participation in the Agri-Environmental Practices

Vapa Tankosić,

Ignjatijević,

Lekić

et al. 2023

Agriculture

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This research represents an attempt to systematically introduce the concepts of sustainable agriculture that shall address environmental attitudes and the risks for adoption related to agri-environmental practices. The substantial risks posed by climate change, loss of biodiversity, and other forms of pollution within the 21st century regarding global eco-systems, food production, and human health have emphasized the need to investigate this phenomenon. The agri-environmental practices are aimed at mitigating the environmental impacts of intensive agriculture; however, the adoption of these practices calls for a change in the farmers’ behaviors. As farmers are indispensable stakeholders in rural ecological systems, the factors that determine the adoption of agri-environmental practices have been taken into analysis. The research has been carried out on a sample of 246 farmers in the rural areas of the Republic of Serbia. The data has been elaborated on by the SPSS statistical package and PLS SMART software. The findings, in the framework of a farm as a business, point out that the farmers believe that environmental protection is an important segment of production and that good agriculture is a prerequisite for producers’ survival, maximum yields, and profits. The farmers, in the framework of stewardship, agree that good agriculture implies responsible management of the farms’ agricultural and natural areas, as part of the country’s heritage, for the benefit of future generations. The findings also show that the environmental attitudes of farmers in the stewardship frame and factors of risk adoption influence attitudes toward agri-environmental practices. The findings of this paper reveal up-to-date attitudes toward the adoption of further agri-environmental measures, directly contributing to raising awareness of the introduction of new AEM among practitioners in the agricultural sector, decision-makers, and policymakers. The proposed research is significant in the process of transposition of the CAP acquis communautaire in agriculture policy and the implementation of measures under IPARD III.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

The Role of Environmental Attitudes and Risk for Adoption with Respect to Farmers’ Participation in the Agri-Environmental Practices

Vapa Tankosić,

Ignjatijević,

Lekić

et al. 2023

Agriculture

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“…We also confirm the role of environmental attitudes found by e.g. Defrancesco et al (2018), and Despotović et al (2021). In this study, however, environmental attitudes only played a role in the acceptance of the more restrictive practices, not in the contract acceptance overall.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…For environmental attitudes, the set of questions is inspired by the idea that environmental action is affected by farmers' beliefs as to whether their own individual actions and production can have an impact on improving the environment, and whether environmental action is better done collectively (Cleveland et al, 2020;Despotović et al, 2021;Poteete & Ostrom, 2004). The attitudinal scale for transaction conditions measured the farmer's preferences for uncertainty and asymmetric information in sales transactions, focussing on price security and comparisons, transparent quality control, and plannability of sales activities (Cembalo et al, 2014;Pascucci et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Crop up! : adoption and value chain organisation in crop diversification transitions

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Dedicated to my family, the one I was born into and the one I gained along the way.You give me hope that we can do better.First of all, I would like to thank my daily supervisors, Stefano Pascucci and Valentina Cristiana Materia, for their endless advice, constructive criticism and contributions. You have been extraordinarily supportive, both scientifically and personally. I would also like to thank my promotor Jacques Trienekens for being the calm, steady hand guiding us through a tumultuous process. More of my gratitude goes to Peter Tamas for being my most (entertainingly) critical advisor. You made me a better scientist, while constantly making me laugh through our cynicism. Thanks also go to Ruth de Jong who not only contributed to the data collection but who was also a great sparring partner to me. Finally, I would also like to thank Ardinesh Kambanje, Alice Bischof, and all my other fellow BMO PhDs, with whom I have shared an office, a corridor and many inspiring conversations, and Mufty Hasanov for the inspiration for this book's title. However, while my work was supported by many in an academic sense, a PhD is not a purely academic endeavour. The support I have received in my personal life was at least equally important. I would not have made it through this process if it weren't for my family, both old and new. Firstly, I need to thank Percy Cicilia Jr. You were always there for me, through the hardest and the best of times. Your friendship of more than a decade made this possible. I also want to thank Maddy Young and Kiki Cappello for being my dearest friends these past years. The three of you, alongside many other friends and the Wageningen salsa community, kept me sane throughout this process. Finally, I thank my parents, Burkhard and Valérie, for endlessly supporting me and believing in me, and my sister Lea for keeping my feet firmly planted on the ground. Lastly, I would like to thank my lovely niece Ida for reminding me why this work matters and what we are fighting for. Policy and practice-oriented implications 2. Goal frames and sustainability transitions: How cognitive lock-ins can impede crop diversification 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Sustainability transitions and lock-ins 2.3 Conceptual framework 2.4 Data and methodology 2.5 Findings 2.6 Discussion 2.7 Conclusions Appendix 2.1: Farmer overview 3. Understanding the role of value chain formation in the scaling of crop diversification practices 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Conceptual framework 3.3 Materials and methods 3.4 Findings 3.5 Discussion 3.6 Conclusions Appendix 3.1: Case study descriptions 4. Can contract farming support sustainable intensification in agri-food value chains? 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The role of contract farming in the adoption of sustainable intensification practices 4.3 Study context and methods 4.4 Results 4.5 Discussion 4.6 Conclusion Appendix 4.1: Sampling Appendix 4.2: Attitudinal scales 5. Discussion and conclusion 5.1 Summary of results 5.2 Synthesis and conceptual reflections in the context of adoption and transition research ...

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“…The four dimensions are knowledge, value, attitudes, and behaviour. Of the 13 strategies identified during the SLR, this study could only link strategies related to behaviour, which according to the authors' model means any action, voluntary or not, that might influence the environment, and in this case society (Macovei, 2015in Despotović et al, 2021. Table 4 provides a list of the main keywords of the strategies together with philosophies and references.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The strategies in listed were linked to the behaviour dimension of awareness only, since these are undertaken to minimize mainly environmental and social impacts (Despotović et al, 2021). The study didn't identify strategies that measure knowledge levels of social issues; values, like degree of connectedness to nature; and attitudes, like psychological preferences (ibid).…”

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Interpretation of sustainability philosophies into product design for awareness, cohesion, and equity

Acevedo,

Pigosso,

McAloone

2024

Proc. Des. Soc.

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Throughout time, the definition of sustainability has been interpreted differently and different philosophies have consequently emerged, each with its own vision of a sustainable society. At the same time, manufacturing firms have focused on environmental improvements, but social aspects have often been neglected. This study identifies 11 philosophies and 51 product design strategies contributing to sustainability awareness, cohesion, and equity, set to ensure social sustainability integration at a manufacturing firm level.

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Farmers’ environmental awareness: Construct development, measurement, and use

Cited by 41 publications

References 55 publications

The Role of Environmental Attitudes and Risk for Adoption with Respect to Farmers’ Participation in the Agri-Environmental Practices

The Role of Environmental Attitudes and Risk for Adoption with Respect to Farmers’ Participation in the Agri-Environmental Practices

Crop up! : adoption and value chain organisation in crop diversification transitions

Interpretation of sustainability philosophies into product design for awareness, cohesion, and equity

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