Behavioural factors for farmers' adoption of agroforestry practices in Sweden

被引:7
作者
Leduc, Gaelle [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Hansson, Helena [1 ]
机构
[1] Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Econ, POB 7013, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
[2] Bordeaux Sch Econ, 16 Ave Leon Duguit, F-33600 Pessac, France
[3] Univ Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sch Econ, 16 Ave Leon Duguit Bat H2,33608 Pessac, F-50057 Pessac, France
关键词
Agroforestry; Ecosystem services; Farmers' decision -making; Farmer identity; Factor analysis; ENTREPRENEURIAL IDENTITY; MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES; FARMING PRACTICES; ATTITUDES; DECISION; OPPORTUNITIES; INTENTIONS; OBJECTIVES; ECONOMICS; BENEFITS;
D O I
10.1016/j.spc.2024.03.023
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Agroforestry has recently been recognized as a sustainable land-use system that can both address farmers' productive needs and provide ecosystem services to society such as biodiversity and carbon sequestration. Further investigation into the role played by social and psychological factors for adoption of agroforestry within a European context, is needed. This paper provides an analysis of farmers' behavioural drivers with respect to their adoption of agroforestry practices, using a survey of 387 farmers from Sweden. We extended the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model to incorporate the following behavioural factors: businessperson identity, network memberships, conservation objectives, as well as perceived economic benefits and labour constraints on actual adoption. Latent constructs in the model were first extracted with factor analysis before estimating their impact on adoption using logit models. The results indicate that network memberships improve the explanation of adoption and positively impact farmers' adoption of agroforestry, while the remaining behavioural variables were found to be statistically insignificant. We therefore recommend to encourage farmers' connection to formal networks in order to disseminate ideas, technical experience and guidance on agroforestry, thereby facilitating adoption. The lack of a significant influence of the TPB-factors in our study suggests that we are not able to confirm that TPB variables have an effect on actual adoption and may support the common criticism given to the model in relation to the well-known intention-behaviour "gap".
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页码:178 / 189
页数:12
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