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2. Farmers' intention and decision to adapt to climate change: a case study in the Yom and Nan basins, Phichit province of Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Arunrat, Noppol (author), Wang, Can (author), Pumijumnong, Nathsuda (author), Sereenonchai, Sukanya (author), Cai, Wenjia (author), and State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Institute of Communication Studies (ICS), Communication University of China, Dingfuzhuang East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02-01
- Published:
- Thailand: Elsevier Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08153
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Journal Title Details:
- 143: 672-685
3. The determinants of cucumber farmers' pesticide use behavior in central Iran: implications for the pesticide use management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Abadi, Bijan (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12-01
- Published:
- Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10389
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Journal Title Details:
- 205: 1069-1081
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Via online journal., The investigation of the rising use of pesticides in the Yazd City is a remarkable issue, the respective witnesses on the factors affecting the issue are lacking. For this reason, this contribution was intended to investigate the determinants of the pesticide use behavior (PUB) using the design of sequential-exploratory mixed method in central Iran. In the qualitative phase, verbal data (i.e., pesticide narratives) were collected. The heuristic units of the case study were thematically analyzed using the Atlas.ti software. The obtained results served as the data that were applied to develop the conceptual framework, including grounded concepts. By surveying 306 cucumber farmers, the proposed model was tested using the path analysis in the interface of SPSS and AMOS, indicating the model fits with the data well. The study finds that attitude towards the indigenous knowledge of the pest and disease management forecasts the PUB indirectly by the mediation of attitude, behavioral intention, and PBC. Moreover, large-scale farmers have a better understanding of the usefulness of the IPM. Furthermore, the scientific pesticide knowledge and imitation influence the PUB. Habitual behavior and avarice also have a negative impact on the PUB. In addition, trust has an indirect impact on the PUB via behavioral intention. It is necessary to take policy initiatives to enhance the efficient PUB by (1) establishing a network of indigenous knowledge relevant to the pest and disease management together with the scientific pesticide knowledge, (2) disseminating the innovations that mitigate the impact of pesticides (e.g., Biochar), (3) giving information to farmers so that they are persuaded to make money as much as they fulfill their fundamental needs, change their detrimental habits of pesticide use, and (4) raising the trust in cucumber farmers by establishing a close communication between agricultural experts and cucumber farmers and updating the technical knowledge of agricultural experts in the ground of pest and vector management as well as the use of pesticides.
4. Understanding the relationship between green approach and marketing innovations tools in the wine sector
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fiore, Mariantonietta (author), Silvestri, Raffaele (author), Contò, Francesco (author), Pellegrini, Giustina (author), and Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Largo Papa Giovanni Paolo II, 1, Foggia, Italy Department of Economic Science, University of Bari, Largo Abbazia Santa Scolastica 53, Bari, Italy
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-20
- Published:
- Italy: Elsevier Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08100
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Journal Title Details:
- 142 (part 4): 4085-4091