When climate change is not psychologically distant – Factors influencing the acceptance of sustainable farming practices in the Mekong river Delta of Vietnam

Connor, Melanie; Guia, Annalyn H. de; Quilloy, Reianne; Hùng, Nguyễn Văn; Gummert, Martin; Sander, Bjoern Ole

doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100204

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“…This result is concurrent with results from other studies, where farmers also perceived the ease of use to be an important factor in the adoption of environmentally friendly rice cultivation practices in Vietnam (Tu et al, 2018) and also in the South Chinese province Guangdong, for the reduction of fertilizer use in rice farming (Wehmeyer et al, 2020). Benefit perceptions seem to play a significant role to follow 1M5R which is in line with results from a study investigating the acceptance of new rice straw management practices in the Mekong River Delta (Connor et al, 2020). Furthermore, farmers indicated that these practices fit their current cropping pattern, are suitable for their field conditions, and labor costs are reduced.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…The study finds that socioeconomic characteristics and personal needs, as well as environmental factors such as soil properties, irrigation water, access to agricultural inputs, market demands, weather conditions, and extension activities all influenced the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (Bopp et al, 2019). Recently, factors such as farmers’ perception of how easy the practice is to apply (Wehmeyer et al, 2020), benefit perceptions (Connor et al, 2020; Ekane et al, 2016), and perceptions of farmer satisfaction and expectations from the introduction process (Wehmeyer et al, 2020) have also been shown to affect the level of adoption of new agricultural technologies and practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sustainable rice production in the Mekong River Delta: Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of the integrated technology package “One Must Do, Five Reductions” (1M5R)

Connor

Tuấn²,

DeGuia

et al. 2020

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Over the last few decades Vietnam has benefited from a rapid intensification of rice production ensuing high yields and economic gains. However, this has led to environmental degradation and adverse health effects. As a result, complex sustainable rice farming packages have been introduced but adoption still appears to be low. The present study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the adoption of sustainable rice farming practices combined in the national program “One Must Do, Five Reductions” (1M5R). Furthermore, a special focus was placed on identifying adoption constraints. Adoption was investigated by means of a survey questionnaire with 465 farmers in An Giang and Can Tho Province. Overall, results show that almost all farmers followed the requirements of pesticide reduction, post-harvest loss reduction, and the use of certified seeds. However, farmers had problems reducing their fertilizer use, water use, and seed rate. Results show that farmers perceive these practices to be difficult to implement, they do not fit farmers’ cropping pattern and the weather conditions hindered the implementation. The study further shows that ease of implementation, education, satisfaction and non-rice income are the main drivers for adopting the whole package. Adoption of the individual requirements is mainly driven by the ease of implementation and non-rice income for practices with lower adoption rates. This shows that farmers face physical adoption barriers, and that farmer satisfaction with the whole program is essential for a successful implementation. Results highlight the need for adoption monitoring and the continuation of extension services for the specific requirements specified under 1M5R.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable rice production in the Mekong River Delta: Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of the integrated technology package “One Must Do, Five Reductions” (1M5R)

Connor

Tuấn²,

DeGuia

et al. 2020

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“…This is pertinent in West Africa and the Mekong Delta respectively, where different practices at varying scales underpin vital food security and national economies, yet where the risk of malnourishment also persists [6]. Climate change and population increase pose additional future challenges on the agricultural sector to meet increasing demands [5], but potential benefits can be made under these scenarios if appropriate and well informed land management decisions are made [8]. However, these must be relevant at the field-scale level, which has not been possible thus far due to the ongoing under-representation of knowledge at this scale across regional domains [16].…”

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Fusion Approach for Remotely-Sensed Mapping of Agriculture (FARMA): A Scalable Open Source Method for Land Cover Monitoring Using Data Fusion

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The increasing availability of very-high resolution (VHR; <2 m) imagery has the potential to enable agricultural monitoring at increased resolution and cadence, particularly when used in combination with widely available moderate-resolution imagery. However, scaling limitations exist at the regional level due to big data volumes and processing constraints. Here, we demonstrate the Fusion Approach for Remotely-Sensed Mapping of Agriculture (FARMA), using a suite of open source software capable of efficiently characterizing time-series field-scale statistics across large geographical areas at VHR resolution. We provide distinct implementation examples in Vietnam and Senegal to demonstrate the approach using WorldView VHR optical, Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar, and Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 optical imagery. This distributed software is open source and entirely scalable, enabling large area mapping even with modest computing power. FARMA provides the ability to extract and monitor sub-hectare fields with multisensor raster signals, which previously could only be achieved at scale with large computational resources. Implementing FARMA could enhance predictive yield models by delineating boundaries and tracking productivity of smallholder fields, enabling more precise food security observations in low and lower-middle income countries.

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“…Based on the logit regression model, which is used to understand why the Indian farmers choose each crop residue practice, social influence was found as a significant determinant of residue burning [18]. Additionally, weather (humidity and rain), disproportionate incentives, inefficient straw collection technology, inefficient management from agricultural agencies, lack of logistic facilities (baler machines, storage and transportation), lack of capital to manage straw, and a low level of skills and knowledge were found for Malaysian farmers, where farmers also realized the benefits of rice straw burning due to it having no serious impacts, and being the easier and cheaper option [10]. Although the farmers perceived high risks, few benefits, low acceptance for rice straw burning [10], and an awareness of its adverse environmental effects [18], they retained their burning practice [10,18].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the significant perception variables for Vietnamese farmers to incorporate were the negative impacts of open-field burning, awareness of environmental regulations, and attitude towards incentives. They adopted and incorporated these perception variables for themselves rather than for the environment or society [10].…”

Section: Factors Influencing Non-burning Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Farmers’ Perceptions, Insight Behavior and Communication Strategies for Rice Straw and Stubble Management in Thailand

Sereenonchai

Arunrat

2022

Agronomy

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The adoption of rice straw and stubble management approaches can be affected by various factors. To understand the psychological factors influencing Thai farmers’ adoption of rice straw and stubble management approaches, three integrated behavioral theories were employed: the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) and the Health Belief Model (HBM). Then, a practical communication framework was synthesized and proposed to promote rice straw utilization for social-ecological benefits to achieve more sustainable agricultural production. Through a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with 240 local farmers, a statistical analysis was performed employing cross-tab, stepwise multiple linear regression, one-way ANOVA and descriptive content analysis using QDA lite miner software. The key results clearly showed that perceived pro-environmental personal norms, perceived cues to rice straw utilization, perceived behavioral control, perceived severity of rice straw burning, perceived ascription of responsibility, and the perceived benefits of rice straw utilization were significantly negatively influenced by burning, and that there was a significantly negative difference to non-burning approaches. Meanwhile, cost savings as perceived benefits of the current option of burning showed a significantly positive difference when compared with incorporation and free-duck grazing options. In communication strategies to promote rice straw utilization for achieving sustainable agriculture, key messages should highlight the clear steps of rice straw utilization, as well as the costs and benefits of each option in terms of economic, health, environmental and social perspectives. Moreover, messages designed to promote action knowledge and self-efficacy at the group level, to promote perceived responsibility via self-awareness and self-commitment, and convenient channels of communication to the farmers can help to achieve more effective non-burning rice straw and stubble management.

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When climate change is not psychologically distant – Factors influencing the acceptance of sustainable farming practices in the Mekong river Delta of Vietnam

Cited by 16 publications

References 48 publications

Sustainable rice production in the Mekong River Delta: Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of the integrated technology package “One Must Do, Five Reductions” (1M5R)

Sustainable rice production in the Mekong River Delta: Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of the integrated technology package “One Must Do, Five Reductions” (1M5R)

Fusion Approach for Remotely-Sensed Mapping of Agriculture (FARMA): A Scalable Open Source Method for Land Cover Monitoring Using Data Fusion

Farmers’ Perceptions, Insight Behavior and Communication Strategies for Rice Straw and Stubble Management in Thailand

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