The influence of on-farm advice on beliefs and motivations for Swiss lowland farmers to implement ecological compensation areas on their farms

Gabel, Vanessa M.; Home, Robert; Stolze, Matthias; Birrer, Simon; Steinemann, Béatrice; Köpke, Ulrich

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2018.1428205

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“…Beyond these, specific characteristics increasing farmers' openness and societalidentity (i.e. farmers perceiving their role in wider society as important) were found to correlate positively with participation (de Krom, 2017; Gabel et al, 2018). This link may also contribute to the tendency for farmers with strong social networks and vertical capital, social trust or neighbourly relations, to participate (Alló et al, 2015).…”

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Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy

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Section: Farmer Beliefs and Valuesmentioning

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Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy

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“…However, farmer education rarely provides farmers with the requisite skills and knowledge to achieve specific environmental outcomes by appropriate land management [17], so they typically consult with expert advisors. Gabel et al [18] concluded that advisory services are an effective means of conveying biodiversity information to farmers, which reflects the findings of Noe et al [19] who reported that dialogue with trained biologists was able to influence farmers' perceptions and awareness of wildlife. Similarly, Chevillat et al [20] found that proposed on-farm biodiversity advice at a whole farm level, when delivered by a trained and credible advisor, raised the willingness of farmers to implement biodiversity conservation measures.…”

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Evaluating On-Farm Biodiversity: A Comparison of Assessment Methods

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Strategies to stop the loss of biodiversity in agriculture areas will be more successful if farmers have the means to understand changes in biodiversity on their farms and to assess the effectiveness of biodiversity promoting measures. There are several methods to assess on-farm biodiversity but it may be difficult to select the most appropriate method for a farmer’s individual circumstances. This study aims to evaluate the usability and usefulness of four biodiversity assessment methods that are available to farmers in Switzerland. All four methods were applied to five case study farms, which were ranked according to the results. None of the methods were able to provide an exact statement on the current biodiversity status of the farms, but each method could provide an indication, or approximation, of one or more aspects of biodiversity. However, the results also showed that it is possible to generate different statements on the state of biodiversity on the same farms by using different biodiversity assessment methods. All methods showed strengths and weaknesses so, when choosing a method, the purpose of the biodiversity assessment should be kept in the foreground and the limitations of the chosen methods should be considered when interpreting the outcomes.

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“…Thus, Hypothesis 1 holds, but Hypothesis 2 has not been quantified. Besides, the understanding degree of ecological compensation policy significantly positively affects the adoption degree of farmers’ environment-friendly technology [ 22 , 72 ]. It indicates that an acceptable ecological compensation policy can enhance farmers’ willingness to adopt environment-friendly technology and help to improve the degree of farmers’ adoption of environment-friendly technology.…”

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How Capital Endowment and Ecological Cognition Affect Environment-Friendly Technology Adoption: A Case of Apple Farmers of Shandong Province, China

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Ever-increasing global environmental issues, land degradation, and groundwater contamination may significantly impact the agricultural sector of any country. The situation worsens while the global agricultural sectors are going through the unsustainable intensification of agricultural production powered by chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This trend leads the sector to exercise environmentally friendly technology (EFT). Capital endowment and ecological cognition may significantly impact fostering farmers’ adoption of environmentally friendly technology. The government also tends to change the existing policies to cope with ever-increasing challenges like pollution control, maintaining ecological balance, and supporting agricultural sectors substantially by employing ecological compensation policy. The study’s main objective is to explore the impacts of farmer’s ecological compensation, capital endowment, and ecological cognition for the adoption of EFT. The empirical setup of the study quantifies with survey data of 471 apple farmers from nine counties of Shandong province. The study used Heckman’s two-stage model to craft the findings. The results showed that 52.02% of fruit farmers adopted two environmentally friendly technologies, and 23.99% of fruit farmers adopted three forms of environmentally friendly technologies. At the same time, we have traced that the capital endowment, planting scale, family income, and technical specialization of fruit farmers significantly impact adopting EFT. The study also revealed that understanding ecological compensation policy has a significant positive effect on adopting environmentally friendly technology. Seemingly, ecological compensation policy has a specific regulatory effect on fruit farmers’ capital endowment and ecological cognition. Therefore, it is necessary to extend the demonstration facilities, training, and frequently arrange awareness-building campaigns regarding rural non-point source pollution hazards and improve the cognition level of farmers. The agriculture extension department should strengthen the agricultural value chain facilities to make farmers fully realize the importance of EFT. Government should promote and extend the supports for availing new and innovative EFT at a reasonable price. Moreover, cooperative, financial, and credit organizations need to lead for the smooth transition of EFT. The agricultural cooperatives and formal risk-taking networks should act responsibly for shaping the behavioral factors of farmers.

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The influence of on-farm advice on beliefs and motivations for Swiss lowland farmers to implement ecological compensation areas on their farms

Cited by 20 publications

References 33 publications

Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy

Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy

Evaluating On-Farm Biodiversity: A Comparison of Assessment Methods

How Capital Endowment and Ecological Cognition Affect Environment-Friendly Technology Adoption: A Case of Apple Farmers of Shandong Province, China

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