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2. Across the divide (?): reconciling farm and town views of agriculture-community linkages
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Smithers, John (author), Joseph, Alun E. (author), and Armstrong, Matthew (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23163
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 21 : 281-295
3. Adoption and perception of farm management information systems by future Swiss farm managers – An online study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ammamm, Jeanine (author), Walter, Achim (author), and Benni, Nadja (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-10
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12567
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 70
- Notes:
- 8 pages, The use of digital technologies in agriculture offers various benefits, such as site-specific application, better monitoring, and physical relief. The handling of these technologies requires a specific skill set. Therefore, the question arises of when and how farm managers learn about digital technologies. Aiming to analyse the current situation, the present research investigated the role that digital technologies play in vocational training for future farm managers. Taking the example of farm management information systems (FMIS), the present study also analysed various predictors of adoption, including the effect of training. To investigate these research questions, an online survey among teachers and students of the farm management vocational programme across Switzerland was conducted in the spring of 2021. In total, 150 individuals participated, 41 of whom were teachers. Participants answered questions about the learning content in the farm management programme and their perception of digital technologies in general. Students further reported whether they already had a farm they would be managing in the future and how they perceived FMIS. The results indicate that both teachers and students are convinced that digital technologies play an important role in agriculture and will gain more importance in the future. A substantial part of 43% of the students who participated indicated that they had learned neither about digital technologies during their basic agricultural training nor the subsequent farm management programme. In terms of FMIS, 51% of the student sample indicated that they had never heard about FMIS during their agricultural training. While having learned about FMIS was not a significant predictor for adoption, gender, perceived ease of use, and intention to use more digital technologies in the future significantly predicted the adoption of FMIS. The paper concludes that, to support the adoption of digital technologies and FMIS specifically, training for future farm managers should focus on how to operate an FMIS to increase the perceived ease of use of this technology.
4. Determinants of perceived agricultural chemical risk in three watersheds in the Midwestern United States
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Napier, Ted L. (author) and Tucker, Mark (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2001
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21998
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(2) : 219-233
5. Envisioning agricultural sustainability from field to plate: Comparing producer and consumer attitudes and practices toward 'environmentally friendly' food and farming in Washington State, USA
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jussaume, Raymond A., Jr. (author), Winter, Michael (author), and Selfa, Theresa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-10-26
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27195
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.09.001
6. Farm exit intention and wellbeing: A study of Australian farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Peel, Dominic (author), Berry, Helen L. (author), Schirmer, Jacki (author), and University of Canberra, Australia
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10
- Published:
- Australia: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10964
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 47(2016) : 41-51
- Notes:
- 10 pages, via online journal, As the agricultural industries of developed countries undergo an extended period of change, increasing numbers of farmers are leaving farming. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between intention to exit farming and farmer wellbeing, drawing on and adapting the conservation of resources theory of stress. In a quantitative analysis of 674 Australian farmers, we show that the more likely a farmer is to leave farming, the poorer their wellbeing; but this is moderated by smaller farm size, greater profitability, earning a larger proportion of income off-farm and older age, all of which attenuate the relationship between exit intention and poorer wellbeing. We conclude that it is important for policy-makers to consider the wellbeing of farmers when designing strategies to assist exiting farmers, as poor wellbeing at exit may reduce capacity to adapt successfully to life after farming.
7. Landowners' perspectives on the rural future and the role of forests across Europe
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Elands, Birgit H.M. (author) and Praestholm, Soren (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27197
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 72-85
8. Perception of change: Narratives and strategies of farmers in Madagascar
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stoudmann, Natasha (author), Waeber, Patrick O. (author), Randriamalala, Ihoby H. (author), Garcia, Claude (author), and Forest Management and Development, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland Madagascar Wildlife Conservation, Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Forêts et Sociétés, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-11
- Published:
- Madagascar: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10938
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(2017) : 76-86
- Notes:
- 10 pages, via online journal
9. The role of self-control, hope and information in technology adoption by smallholder farmers – A moderation model
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bukchin, Shira (author), Kerret, Dorit (author), and Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-18
- Published:
- Israel: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11219
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 73(2020) : 1-9
- Notes:
- 9 pages, via online journal, The overall willingness of smallholder farmers to adopt new green technologies remains low, in spite of the great progress made in understanding the factors that affect their decision. The present study introduces an interdisciplinary approach combining positive psychology and sustainable development studies to show that two personal resources – self-control (a learned repertoire of goal-directed skills that enable people to act upon their aims) and cognitive goal-oriented hope (the ability to follow different routes to pursue one's goal), prompt the adoption of technologies by smallholder farmers. Both personal resources facilitate achieving future goals and changing existing circumstances. A theoretical moderation model on the adoption of agricultural technologies aimed to protect soil degradation in Nepal is proposed and empirically tested. Data were collected from 268 households in the Jhapa district by a face-to-face questionnaire. A multiple regression analysis tested and confirmed the hypothesized moderation model. Following the discovery of a significant interaction, the nature of the interaction was farther explored by calculating simple slopes. Analysis results show a significant positive connection between self-control (p-value = 0.002), hope (p-value = 0.005), information (p-value < 0.001), and technology adoption. Self-control was also found to have a significant moderating effect in enhancing a positive association between receiving information and technology adoption (p-value = 0.017). In addition to its theoretical innovation and empirical contribution, the importance of this study lies in its practical implications, given that policy, education, and communication may influence hope and self-control levels.
10. Using social-psychology models to understand farmers’ conservation behaviour
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beedell, Jason (author), Rehman, Tahir (author), and The University of Reading
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1999-12-21
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11283
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 16(1) : 117-127
- Notes:
- 10 pages., via online journal, Research into farmers’ attitudes and motivations in the past has tended to be subjective and theoretically rather imprecise. This paper presents findings from research based on the structured social-psychology model, the Theory of Planned Behaviour, into farmers’ conservation-related behaviour. Responses from a survey of 100 Bedfordshire farmers were analysed to identify the underlying determinants of behaviour and to comprehend farmers’ attitudes. Farmers with greater environmental awareness, members of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, are more influenced by conservation-related concerns and less by farm management concerns than other farmers. They appear also to be more influenced by farming and conservation referent groups, grants and conservation advice.