Bauder, James W. (author), Patakovich, Sandy (author), Saltiel, John (author), and Department of Sociology, Montana State University; Department of Plant and Soil Science, Montana State University; Department of Sociology, Montana State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08414
searched through journal, This paper employs diffusion and farm-structure variables to explain variations in Montana farmers' adoption of two kinds of sustainable agricultural practices: those involving intensive management and those which require fewer purchased inputs. While perceived profitability was found to be the most important factor affecting adoption of both, the independent variables had different effects on beliefs about net economic returns as well as on adoption of the two practices. Type of farm enterprise played a larger role in adoption of the low-input practices than the management intensive ones; access to information was more important for the latter. Implications for the policy are discussed.
Beus, Curtis E. (author), Dunlap, R.E. (author), and Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA; Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08618
Cordray, Sheila M. (author), Gale, Richard (author), and Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; Department of Sociology, Oregon State University, Corvallis. OR
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08415
searched through journal, The concept of sustainability is central to many current natural resource debates. While the concept has substantial appeal, consensus on its meaning is lacking, especially concerning what combinations of resources or practices should be sustained. The many meanings of sustainability are addressed by first presenting four defining questions: what is sustained, why sustain it, how is sustainability measured, and what are the politics? These questions are used to identify what we see as nine distinct types of sustinability, each reflecting a different vision of which resources should be sustained. Illustrations are drawn from three major renewable natural resource areas -agriculture, forestry, and marine fisheries. (original)
