Search

    Start Over Format Journal article Subject Term organic farming Journal Title Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

    1. The role of US organic certifiers in organic hotspot formation

    <span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.bibleaves.discover_item">Discover Item</span>
    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Marasteanu, I. Julia (author), Jaenicke, Edward C. (author), and Food and Drug Administration (formerly the Pennsylvania State University), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway # 1B056, College Park, MD 20740, USA
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016-06
    Published:
    USA: CAB International, Wallingford Oxon OX10 8DE United Kingdom
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08213
    Journal Title:
    Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
    Journal Title Details:
    31 (3): 230-245

    2. ‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming

    <span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.bibleaves.discover_item">Discover Item</span>
    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Vu Hong, Van (author), Yoon, Heo (author), and Nguyen, Khanh Doanh (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2023-02-17
    Published:
    England: Cambridge University Press
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12836
    Journal Title:
    Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Notes:
    13pgs, This study aims to analyze the influence of neighborhood effects (NE) on tea farmers' intention to convert from traditional to organic farming in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam. It differs from previous studies in two aspects. First, we combine the theory of planned behavior and the theory of herd behavior to explain farmers' intention to convert from traditional to organic farming, focusing on the impact of the NE. Secondly, to measure NE, we use a combination of questionnaires and methods of measuring herd behavior by McCartney and Shah. Using the generalized structural equation modeling and data collected from 263 tea farmers in Thai Nguyen, we found that NE has a positive and direct significant effect on farmers' intention to convert to organic tea production in the case where neighbors both live nearby and have a close relationship with the subject. In addition, it indirectly impacts farmers' conversion intention through attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavior control. To encourage tea farmers to convert to organic farming, policymakers and extension workers should take advantage of the NE to increase farmers' confidence about the benefits and the possibility of successful organic farming.