The mediating role of farmers' time perspective in water resources exploitation behaviour in the eastern area of Lake Urmia, Iran: An environmental psychological analysis

Sadeghi, Ali; Bijani, Masoud; Farhadian, Homayoun

doi:10.1111/wej.12510

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“…An answer to this question may shed light on the question of whether or not the lake can be sustainably restored. In the Urmia lake basin, numerous studies have been conducted on the behavior of humans regarding water consumption (Anbari et al, 2021;Mahdavi, 2021;Pouladi et al, 2019Pouladi et al, , 2021Sadeghi et al, 2020;Shojaei-Miandoragh et al, 2020). The purpose of these studies was to identify human factors contributing to Lake Urmia's dryness and to suggest solutions to resolve the problem.…”

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How do farmers' perceptions and attitudes toward agricultural water consumption behaviors can lead to unsustainability; evidence from Mahabad plain, Lake Urmia, Iran

Farahmand

Tajrishy

Isaai

et al. 2023

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There has been much attention paid to Lake Urmia's catastrophic desiccation by researchers and the government. An in-depth semi-structured interview and thematic analysis were used in this study to examine irrigation behavior and crop type selection decisions. 73% of farmers believe that there is no need to reduce their water consumption, 87% do not look for rain forecasts since they regard the government as responsible for water supply or have very few crop alternatives to choose from. In choosing the type of product, 77% only consider economics and do not consider environmental objectives, and 71% do not think drought conditions affect irrigation decisions. Educating farmers and increasing their collaboration role are therefore necessary. Therefore, these variables are the basis for extending psychological theories such as TPB to predict farmers' behavior to a much greater extent. While this study focused on one region, its findings are applicable to similar circumstances worldwide.

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How do farmers' perceptions and attitudes toward agricultural water consumption behaviors can lead to unsustainability; evidence from Mahabad plain, Lake Urmia, Iran

Farahmand

Tajrishy

Isaai

et al. 2023

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“…Sustainable agriculture relies on farmers' knowledge, attitude, skill, and management (Ahnstrom et al, 2009;Abu Samah et al, 2012;Sadeghi et al, 2020). Lambrechts et al (2013) argue that to apply sustainability principles and tackle sustainability challenges, one needs sustainability knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes.…”

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Transfer of sustainability training in land and conservation agriculture project: A behavioral study in Iran

Ataei

Sadighi²,

Abbasi³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionThe transfer of sustainability training means applying the skills, attitudes, and knowledge acquired from training to the workplace to help sustainability and environmental protection. This study aimed to conduct a behavioral analysis of sustainability training transfer among farmers that had attended extension-training courses on the Land and Conservation Agriculture Project (LCAP) in Iran.MethodsThis research is quantitative and applied research that was carried out via a standardized survey. The research population was composed of all farmers who attended LCAP extension training courses in the three provinces of Golestan, Fars, and Khouzestanin, Iran (N=1204). 291 farmers were selected through stratified random sampling. A panel of experts established the content and face validity of the questionnaire. A pilot study was conducted to check the reliability by calculating Cronbach's alpha.Results and discussionFindings indicated that most farmers had sustainability training transfer at a high level. The analysis with a structural equation model revealed that perceived content validity, transfer design, opportunity to use, supervisor support, trainer characteristics, peer support, motivation to transfer, transfer effort -performance expectations, performance coaching, and personal capacity for transfer influenced farmers' intention to transfer sustainability training significantly and positively. Furthermore, farmers' intentions had a significant effect on their transfer of sustainability training. It can be concluded that a sustainability training transfer system is applicable to a training context related to sustainable agriculture and can provide a useful instrument for agricultural education organizations when investing in farmers' training.

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“…Therefore, conducting social and behavioural inquiries to ensure environmental stability and improve human living environments is vital and very important (Fallah Haghighi et al, 2018; Sabzali Parikhani et al, 2018; Vlek & Steg, 2007). The social and psychological characteristics of farmers are key to agricultural change, and researches have shown that their attitudes towards the natural environment led to the formation of their environmental behaviours and the acceptance of environmental protection measures (Sadeghi et al, 2020; Shojaei‐Miandoragh et al, 2020).…”

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Towards agricultural groundwater sustainability behaviour: Effects of place attachment

Salehi

Bijani

2022

Water & Environment J

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The study aimed to analyse the causal effects of place attachment (PA) on farmers' groundwater (GW) sustainability behaviour using the developed model of cultural environmental bias (CEB). The analysis unit in this descriptive and causal study was the hydrological areas of GW resources studies and Agricultural GW Users (AGWU) of agricultural wells. Causal analysis showed that place identity structure (PI) is a strong determinant of GW sustainability behaviour and has the most direct and indirect causal effect on farmers' behaviour. The fitted model of the study is a combined model that explains 47% of the variance changes in GW sustainability behaviour. This study showed that in cultural and social contexts, beliefs and norms of farmers are vital in the decisions of the agriculture sector. Farmers' place attachment affects environmental cultural beliefs and activities and their public participation for the purpose of environmental‐groundwater sustainability.

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The mediating role of farmers' time perspective in water resources exploitation behaviour in the eastern area of Lake Urmia, Iran: An environmental psychological analysis

Cited by 30 publications

References 51 publications

How do farmers' perceptions and attitudes toward agricultural water consumption behaviors can lead to unsustainability; evidence from Mahabad plain, Lake Urmia, Iran

How do farmers' perceptions and attitudes toward agricultural water consumption behaviors can lead to unsustainability; evidence from Mahabad plain, Lake Urmia, Iran

Transfer of sustainability training in land and conservation agriculture project: A behavioral study in Iran

Towards agricultural groundwater sustainability behaviour: Effects of place attachment

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