Understanding farmers’ intention to adopt improved natural grassland using the theory of planned behavior

Exploring Farmers’ Pro-Ecological Intentions after Ecological Rehabilitation in a Fragile Environment Area: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

“…P and A is the most influential factor in farmers intentions to apply pro-ecological behavior (path coefficient = 0.62). This confirms our earlier findings in Northern Shaanxi Province of China [21] and is consistent with other research [40,43] which showed that farmers' perceived behavioral control and attitudes have a powerful impact on their intentions to apply ecological conservation behavior after the PES program. In addition, previous studies also proved that farmers' individual characteristics have an effect on their intention to apply pro-ecological behavior after the PES program [11,12], which was confirmed in the present research.…”

“…In the present research, the variables and paths way were carefully chosen and determined (as described in Section 2.2) based on literature research, pre-interviews, and the pilot survey. Although this method was widely used in previous studies [20,40], it may not have addressed the influencing factors completely …”

Smallholder farmers' motivations for using Conservation Agriculture and the roles of yield, labour and soil fertility in decision making

“…The TPB and TRA frameworks have been used in several studies to assess farmers' decision making for a range of agricultural technologies (Beedell and Rehman, 2000;Martínez-García et al, 2013;Borges et al, 2014). This has included more specifically studies which have assessed conservation related technologies such as water conservation (Yazdanpanah et al, 2014) including organic agriculture (Läpple and Kelley, 2013), soil conservation practices (Wauters et al, 2010) and more recently payment for ecosystem services related initiatives (Greiner, 2015).…”

“…Finally, control beliefs, (c) are multiplied by the perceived power of the control belief ( ) that either inhibit or help to facilitate the behaviour. These are also aggregated to create a weight for perceived behavioural control (Wauters et al, 2010;Borges et al, 2014). The relationship between the cognitive foundations (beliefs) and their respective constructs is shown in the following equations:…”

Adoption of Organic Farming as an Opportunity for Syrian Farmers of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Structural Equation Modelling

“…The TPB has been used to understand farmers' adoption of soil conservation practices (e.g., [69]), the reduction of pesticide use and farmer safety behaviour (e.g., [70]), land management and pro-environmental agricultural practices (e.g., [71]), the adoption of agricultural best management practices (e.g., [72]), the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations (e.g., [73]), the uptake of environmental conservation behaviour on the farm (e.g., [74]), climate change and water conservation strategies (e.g., [75]), as well as the adoption of an improved natural grassland management system [76]. To model the conversion to organic farming, some studies also applied the TPB model as the principal theoretical framework (Tutkun et al in Switzerland [77]; Hattam in Mexico [78]; Kaufmann et al in Estonia and Latvia [79]; Läpple in Ireland [80]; Sutherland in England [81]; and Asadollahpour et al in Iran [82]).…”