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2. Engaging farmers in environmental management through a better understanding of behaviour
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mills, Jane (author), Gaskell, Peter (author), Ingram, Julie (author), Dwyer, Janet (author), Reed, Matt (author), Short, Christopher (author), and University of Gloucestershire
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-06-15
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11282
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 34(2017) : 283-299
- Notes:
- 16 pages., via online journal, The United Kingdom’s approach to encouraging environmentally positive behaviour has been three-pronged, through voluntarism, incentives and regulation, and the balance between the approaches has fluctuated over time. Whilst financial incentives and regulatory approaches have been effective in achieving some environmental management behavioural change amongst farmers, ultimately these can be viewed as transient drivers without long-term sustainability. Increasingly, there is interest in ‘nudging’ managers towards voluntary environmentally friendly actions. This approach requires a good understanding of farmers’ willingness and ability to take up environmental activities and the influences on farmer behavioural change. The paper aims to provide insights from 60 qualitative farmer interviews undertaken for a research project into farmers’ willingness and ability to undertake environmental management, particularly focusing on social psychological insights. Furthermore, it explores farmers’ level of engagement with advice and support networks that foster a genuine interest, responsibility and a sense of personal and social norm to sustain high quality environmental outcomes. Two conceptual frameworks are presented for usefully exploring the complex set of inter-relationships that can influence farmers’ willingness to undertake environmental management practices. The research findings show how an in-depth understanding of farmer’s willingness and ability to adopt environmental management practices and their existing level of engagement with advice and support are necessary to develop appropriate engagement approaches to achieve sustained and durable environmental management.
3. Imperfect forecasts and decision making in agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kusunose, Yoko (author) and Mahmood, Rezaul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-07
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07815
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 146: 103-110
4. Pesticide use and cooperative management of natural enemy habitat in a framed field experiment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bell, Andrew (author), Zhang, Wei (author), and Nou, Keosothea (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-03
- Published:
- International: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07812
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 143: 1-13
5. Reach Versus Impact: Comparing Webinars and Online Short Courses for Educational Outcomes
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, Kathleen P. (author), Pulec, Kate E. (author), Skelly, Christine D. (author), Wright, Ashley D. (author), Greene, Elizabeth A. (author), and University of Nebraska Michigan State University University of Arizona
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11361
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 58(1)
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal, Our multistate group of state horse specialists produced and evaluated impacts from six webinars and online short courses (webinar plus additional content) addressing current industry issues: pasture-associated laminitis, equine herpesvirus-1, disaster preparedness, sales fraud, rescues/rehoming, and manure management. We identified no differences in perceived knowledge gained from webinars or short courses; however, results suggest that participation in short courses versus live webinars may be more useful for making positive management decisions. Short course participants also reported greater potential for cost savings as a result of completing the education. On the basis of the study, we offer recommendations for developing effective online Extension education programs.
6. Smallholders farmers' attitudes and determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shikuku, Kelvin M. (author), Winowiecki, Leigh (author), Twyman, Jennifer (author), Eitzinger, Anton (author), Perez, Juan G. (author), Mwongera, Caroline (author), and Läderach, Peter (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-03-08
- Published:
- Africa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08757
- Journal Title:
- Climate Risk Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 16 : 234-245