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Potter, C. "Countryside change in lowland England : A survey of farmer investment behaviour." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.370394.
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Britz, Jacobus Petrus. "Feed buying behaviour of small–scale broiler farmers / Britz J.P." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7328.
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The South African poultry industry is a large part of the agricultural industry and a very important
contributor to the Agriculture’s Gross Domestic Product. Furthermore, this industry is expanding
and very good growth is predicted for the next decade. This growth will take place in the formal
as well as the informal segments of the industry. The informal segment holds a lot of potential
for suppliers to supply in their growing needs. Due to the fact that broiler feed is seen as a large
contributor to the total cost of broiler production, it is considered very important factor. If feed
suppliers want to focus on the informal market, they need to understand the differences
between commercial farmers and small–scale farmers and specifically the different needs of
small–scale farmers. To develop a strategy to utilize the opportunities in the informal market, it is
necessary to understand all the factors that influence the purchase behaviour of these farmers.
A model of stimulus response is used to define the factors that may influence purchase
behaviour. The factors that seemed important from the literature study are market and other
stimuli. The market stimuli consist of product, price, promotion and place. The product aspect
could further be divided into quality aspects, brand equity, and additional services that
accompany the product. Other stimuli that could influence purchase behaviour are economic
conditions, special event, climatic condition and the influence of culture.
Data was collected by means of a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and factor analysis were
used on the data to determine which factors influence the small–scale farmers’ purchase
behaviour. While the Kaiser Meyer Olkin measure, Bartlett’s test of shericity and Cronbach
Apha were used to determine if the data is suitable to do a factor analysis on. Factor analysis
was done to determine which factors are the most important.
The seven significant factors that influence the purchase behaviour of small–scale farmers are:
* Value for money and opportunity.
* Perceived brand value.
* Customer support and service.
* Consensus on available quality.
* Brand loyalty.
* Feed price at the reseller.
* Bag size.
More research on this topic in a larger geographical area is required.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Heath, Rebecca Tammy. "Evaluating the effect of a pilot drought policy measure on farmer practices and behaviour." Thesis, Curtin University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54055.
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This thesis examined the influence of a pilot drought policy program on the capacity, behaviours and resilience of farm businesses. The program had mixed effects on capacity levels, but supported the development and implementation of holistic strategic plans. Continued use of the plans was uncertain. Consequently, the contribution of the program to farm business resilience was tenuous, with tension between the process used by the program to develop strategic plans and the overarching policy objectives.
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Du, Plessis Ockert Johannes. "The buying behaviour of farmers in the Eastern Free State when purchasing wire products / du Plessis O." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7372.
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The purpose of this study is to assist wire companies to identify buying behaviour
amongst consumers of their products. For the purpose of this study the product will be
wire products and the specific target market will be farmers in the Eastern Free State.
The primary objective of the study is to identify factors that play a role in the buying
behaviour of farmers in the Eastern Free State when purchasing wire products. By
knowing exactly the buying criteria of wire products amongst farmers and seasonable
cycles of purchasing will form the basis of strategic marketing planning.
This study was conducted in two phases. Phase one consisted of a literature review and
phase two of an empirical research. The empirical research consisted of a quantitative
research design; more specifically, descriptive research that employed cross–sectional
analysis of the quantitative data collected from a sample by means of a structured
questionnaire.
The results show that 76% of the respondents are older than 41 years of age. The
population for this study is, therefore, a more matured one. Regarding their buying
behaviour, the purchase frequency shows that the majority purchase wire products on a
monthly basis and 40% on an annual basis. Most of them (78%) purchase their wire
products from the co–operative. Wire products are an integral part of farming activities
and in general the respondents are very positive about the industry. Most important
considerations identified are that the wire industry should keep in touch with its market,
never be out of orders, keep up the fast service that is currently provided, and that
reputable products should be kept in stock.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Akatugba-Ogisi, Ovuevuraye Dicta. "Multiple objectives and small farmer production behaviour in Delta and Edo states of Nigeria : an application of goal programming." Thesis, University of Reading, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240320.
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Lehrman, Anna. "Oilseed rape transformed with a pea lectin gene : target and non-target insects, plant competition, and farmer attitudes /." Uppsala : Dept. of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200795.pdf.
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Ahnström, Johan. "Farmland biodiversity - in the hands and minds of farmers : effects of landscape structure, management and the farmer's interest in nature /." Uppsala : Dept. of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2009. http://epsilon.slu.se/200934.pdf.
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Morley, Erin. "Healthcare-seeking behaviors among Midwest farmers." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2019. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6812.
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The agriculture industry has high rates of injury and illness. Furthermore, the average age of US farmers is 58 years old. Chronic conditions are more common among older populations and often require management by a health professional. Farmers face barriers when seeking healthcare. These barriers include limited free time, shortage of providers in rural areas, limited funds, and poor health insurance. In addition, lack of quality health insurance and concerns about paying for healthcare are identified as barriers to healthcare-seeking behavior among farmers. More research is needed to examine the impact of type of health insurance on utilization of specific types of healthcare services among this high-risk population.
The goal of this study was to examine the association between a farmer’s type of health insurance and their healthcare-seeking behaviors. A brief, in-person, self-administered survey was used to identify the types of health insurance Midwest farmers were using and how this affected what type of healthcare services they utilized, specifically looking at preventive healthcare services. A second survey, administered online, was used to identify pre-existing conditions farmers had and the specific healthcare preventive healthcare services they utilized.
The online survey found that type of health insurance was significantly associated with usage of preventive services. Other associations were found in the in-person survey between type of health insurance and stress over health insurance as well as stress over injury on the farm. These results can be used to inform future health and safety programs about the impact of health insurance on farmer’s healthcare-seeking behavior. However, additional research should be done with a larger sample.
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Douarin, Elodie. "Decoupled Farm Payments and Changes in Farmers' Intended Behaviour." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485424.
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The objective of this thesis is to assess the impact of the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) refonn and the implementation of decoupled supports on the fanning sector in three EU- J5 countries, namely England, France and Sweden. The main assumption behind the research is that the shift from coupled to decoupled payments will change the remuneration of productive inputs and therefore have an impact on fanners' distribution of allocatable fixed resources between on- and off-fann activities. T~~ thesis focuses more specifically on two factors of agricultural production: labour and lanl The thesis presents a conceptual framework of decoupling and its impacts on land and labour decisions based on economic rationality. On this basis, it empirically explores the detenninants of the intentions to exit and alter the size ofthe fann (measured in land area) and of operators' time allocation between on- and off-fann activities, within a 5-year time horizon from 2006, under three policy scenarios, namely a counterfactual continuing Agenda 2000, the implementation of the Single Fann payment ,as decided in the countries studied and an hypothetical full decoupling scenario. The investigation of the detenninants of intentions in response to a policy change relies on economic and socio-psychological factors to allow interpreting intended behaviours deviating from the prediction of the conceptual model. The main findings of the rese~'rch indicate that fanners are planning some limited adjustments ,consistent with decoupling and that operators' attitudes and opinions do impact on their plans. The first chapter of the thesis introduces the bac;kground and the objectives of the study. Chapter 2 focuses on decoupling and its expected'impacts on fanners and the fanning sector, and the tools available to study those impacts. The motivations and drawbacks behind the choice of a survey of intentions are presented, as well as the interest of using sociopsychological variables in such a context. Chapter 3 is concerned with the questions of exit/growth and time allocation and the development of a conceptual framework within which these can be studied. Methodological approaches and hypotheses are derived. Chapter 4 presents the characteristics of the case-study countries. Chapter 5 is focusing on data requirement and collection. Finally, chapter 6 and 7 present the results and policy implications focusing on exit/growth and time allocation respectively, while chapter 8 concludes.
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Dang, Lili. "Consumers' Accessibility, Opinions, and Behaviors Toward Farmers' Market in Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties, Maine." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2004. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/DangL2004.pdf.
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Joenpolvi, Emma. "License to cheat: Does farmers' markets patronage influence non-prosocial behaviour?" Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130745/1/Emma_Joenpolvi_Thesis.pdf.
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Farmers' markets are a growing industry with increased economic importance in the Western world. Consumers shop at farmers' markets for prosocial reasons such as supporting the local community and economy. This research investigates whether licensing influences deviant consequences of prosocial behaviour due to an elevated positive self-image within a farmers' markets context, while also considering consumers' individual differences in promotion focus. Results indicate that licensing takes place within farmers' markets, but only for consumers low-medium in promotion focus. With gaining more insight into consumer behaviour in this context, this research supports creation of new farmers' market places and local economies.
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Vaillancourt, Joseph Robert. "University students' attitudes and behavior regarding farmers' markets: an Ohio study." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339602411.
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King, Elisabeth M. "Lameness in English lowland sheep flocks : farmers' perspectives and behaviour." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2013. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58279/.
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Lameness in sheep is an important welfare concern causing financial loss through lost performance. This thesis increases epidemiological understanding of sheep lameness from the farmers’ perspective, using interdisciplinary approaches. Previous work indicated that routine foot trimming (RFT), used by >75% of farmers to control lameness, correlated with higher lameness prevalences. A within farm, clinical trial using stratified random sampling examined the effect of RFT versus no RFT on 173 ewes. RFT was not beneficial and over-trimming was detrimental. Thirty-five farms were visited to assess accuracy of farmers’ estimated lameness prevalence in their sheep flocks compared with a researcher’s observations. Farmers’ estimates were consistently, closely and significantly correlated with the researcher’s estimates. Successful knowledge transfer and research impact requires understanding lameness management from farmers’ perspectives. Qualitative interviews with 17 farmers examining attitudes towards lameness management were used to inform design of a questionnaire, sent to 1000 randomly selected farmers, to quantify farmers’ attitudes towards lameness. Farmers considered interdigital-dermatitis and footrot distinct. Barriers to prompt treatment (e.g. lack of time/labour) accounted for most observed variance, with non-financial motivators rated higher than financial motivators. Ineffective flock record keeping, environmental subsidies and market price fluctuation may reduce financial motivation. Consistent with the RFT trial, there was no difference (p>0.5) in lameness prevalence by RFT frequency/absence. Despite RFT trial evidence given, farmers were reluctant to stop RFT; with reluctance less from those with higher lameness prevalences, large, commercial flocks, infrequently using parenteral antibacterial treatments or not treating mildly lame sheep. This thesis provides evidence that farmers’ lameness estimates are sufficiently accurate and can be used in research. Routine foot trimming appears to be of no benefit to reduce lameness but farmers require further evidence to be convinced of this. Further farmer focused research into RFT, barrier cause and effect, and whole flock managements is required.
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Weltin, Meike [Verfasser]. "Sustainable intensification: Farmers’ adoption behaviour and environmental outcomes / Meike Weltin." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1235525902/34.
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Greaves, Kate. "Manipulating aggression among juvenile Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) in culture conditions." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366193.
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Charlesworth, Simon Jack. "Factors affecting farmers' uptake of benefits following arterial drainage improvement schemes." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292210.
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Burger, Paul Andries. "Die aankoopgedrag van voedselprodusente met die aankoop van trekkers / Burger Paul Andries." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7316.
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Buying behaviour is a complex, wide– ranging field, intricately associated with human mental
processes, responding to environmental stimuli. Understanding the customer and being able
to predict their behaviour, is of prime importance to all marketers and marketing strategists
for two reasons: Firstly because, the overall strategy of the company has to be clearly
reflected in the marketing strategy for any meaningful progress. Secondly, to be able to
adjust or adapt the marketing effort to changing marketing conditions.
The focus of this study is to research the buying behaviour of farmers through the
marketing mix paradigm. Although slightly contentious in terms of recent theories and field
of application, the dichotomous nature of farmers buying behaviour and the characteristics
of the purchase makes this theory a good fit for the circumstances. The marketing mix
theory focuses on the controllable external stimuli which reinforces the practical application
of this study.
The buying behaviour of farmers was researched by asking farmers to evaluate the
importance of a statement related to an element of the marketing mix theory by telephonic
interview. The answers of the farmers were analysed using various statistical methods and
the following salient results were obtained: All the elements of the marketing mix theory are
important to farmers when deciding on buying a new tractor. The less experienced farmers
rated all the elements of the marketing mix as more important than more experienced
farmers. There was a definitive subset of farmers for whom the more changeable part of the
marketing mix, price and promotion, had a definite impact on their decision. Price and
promotion did not correlate with farmers who viewed the product of high importance. Other
results indicated that the farmers in the test sample bought a new tractor every 2.3 years
with 54% of farmers buying a new tractor in the past year.
The frequency with which farmers buy new tractors shows the importance of the market.
The finding that the elements of the marketing mix theory are important to farmers was
expected and could serve as an incentive for future research. The marketing mix theory is
viewed as highly applicable in this case, due to its relative simplicity and the focus on the
more controllable stimuli on the farmer.
It was also found that for a significant subset of farmers the more modifiable elements had a
definitive impact on their decision when buying a tractor. This offers an opportunity to
marketers willing to respond to changing uncontrollable conditions to influence buying
decisions in the short term.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Kings, Frank David. "Environmental belief systems and behaviour of farmers in the organic heartland of England." Thesis, Coventry University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419748.
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Rigos, George. "The kinetic behaviour of oxytetracycline and oxolinic acid euryhaline farmed fish species ('Spaaidale')." Thesis, Kingston University, 2003. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/20364/.
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This Phd thesis presents an extensive investigation of the kinetic behaviour of oxolinic acid (OA) and oxytetracycline (OTC) in Gilthead Sea Bream (GSB) ("Sparus aurata" L.) and Sharpsnout Sea Bream (SSB) ("Diplodus puntazzo" Cetti, 1777) at 19-20[sup]oC. The distribution half-life (t[sub]1/2[alpha]) and the elimination half-life (t[sub]/2[beta]) of OA from GSB plasma were found to be short (0.5 and 12h respectively) while longer values were estimated for OTC (2 and 53h respectively). Similarly, in SSB, calculated t[sub]1/2[alpha] and t[sub]1/2[beta] revealed values of 0.4 and 10h, respectively. The corresponding values for OTC were 1.4 and 34h. The apparent volume of distribution at steady-state (V[sub]d(ss)) of OA was identical in the two species (2Ikg[sup]-1). Higher V[sub]d(ss) values of OTC were found in both sparids (2.9 and 4lkg[sup]-1 for GSB and SSB, respectively). The bioavailabilities (F%) of OA and OTC following oral administration were found to be low in GSB (14 and 9% respectively). In SSB, the F of OA was calculated to be 15% while absorption of OTC was totally inhibited. The apparent digestibility of OTC was determined to be 27% in GSB and 40% SSB. However, the apparent digestibility of OA in both fish was considerably higher (92%; GSB, 88%; SSB). The tissue distribution and residue depletion of OA in both sparids revealed that OA is eliminated from edible tissues rapidly, allowing short withdrawal times. Short and long withdrawal times for OA and OTC respectively, are shown in this work to be necessary for safe human consumption of treated fish. All experiments in this work indicated reduced absorption of both drugs, which would result in significant release of the drugs in the vicinity of aquatic farms using sparids. This poses an environmental concern because of the potentially rapid development of a resistant aquatic bacterial population and possible adverse effects for other organisms in the habitat. Also there are potential financial losses associated with drug losses to the environment. Therefore, low drug absorption is clearly undesirable and studies to improve their absorption in sparids for future therapies is of vital importance.
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Hancock, Adam David. "Effects of credit and credit access on smallholder maize farmer storage behavior in northern Ghana." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20552.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Vincent Amanor-Boadu
Food insecurity affects 16 percent of the population in northern Ghana, making food security a major focus for many of the development programs in the country. A major initiative to overcome food insecurity may involve the development of effective storage systems to help farmers control the flow of their production to markets and, thus, have higher control over the price they receive. While the poor storage infrastructure in the region is known, there is lack of knowledge about the factors motivating farmers to utilize storage in spite of these conditions. The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding about storage behavior of smallholder maize farmers in northern Ghana. A review of the literature indicates credit plays a large role in storage behavior. The purpose of this thesis is to bridge the gap between literature on storage as a bank, and on storage as a way to ensure food security. Specific objectives include: i) estimating formal and informal credit’s effects on storage behavior of smallholder maize growers, and ii) examining the effect of credit at various levels of storage. This analysis is based on data collected on 527 farmers in Ghana’s four northernmost regions obtained from an agricultural production survey conducted in 2013 and 2014 by USAID-METSS – a project funded by the Economic Growth Office of the USAID mission in Ghana. Ordinary Least Squares modeling was employed to determine the marginal effects of formal and informal credit on storage. Additionally, quantile regression modeling estimated the marginal effects at different levels of storage, including the median. The results indicate that formal credit and on-farm storage had statistically significant negative effects on maize storage at both the mean and median, but only farm output proved to be statistically significant at different levels across the storage distribution. On-farm storage had a statistically significant negative effect on storage when compared to storing off-farm at facilities like local store rooms. Carryover storage from the previous year tested to have statistically significant negative effects on storage. Under the conceptual framework utilized for this study, the results suggest that using formal credit increases a household’s food security.
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Awumey, Richard Cephas Yao. "Human responses in development : an exploratory study of frustration as a factor in farmers' post-adoption behaviour." Thesis, University of Reading, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235861.
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Chitsa, Gilbert. "Analysis of entrepreneurial behaviour of smallholder irrigation farmers: empirical evidence from Qamata Irrigation scheme." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1019769.
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Albeit much effort having been put to review the performance trend of smallholder irrigation farmers in South Africa. However, there seems to be a paucity of information regarding the level of entrepreneurship on these farmers. Most research works on smallholder irrigation farmers have mainly focused on livelihoods trajectory providing a review on how the welfare of the rural poor has been transformed after the introduction of irrigation schemes. With most research evidence indicating a high degree of underperformance on most smallholder irrigation schemes, this research attempted to investigate the level of entrepreneurship among the small holder irrigation farmers. In order to achieve the main research objective, a sample of 110 farmers drawn from Qamata irrigation scheme was interviewed and each farmer’s performance on the nine components of entrepreneurship was assessed. The aspects assessed to determine the farmer’s entrepreneurial behaviour were: planning ability, risk taking, achievement motivation, leadership ability, Cosmo politeness, decision making, and innovativeness and farming knowledge. Basing on previous studies which indicated entrepreneurial behaviour to be influenced by several factors the study also analysed the determinants of entrepreneurship among the irrigation farmers and a binary logistic regression model was used to establish the connection between various independent variables and the farmers’ entrepreneurial performance given as a total score of the nine components. Though the findings of the study revealed a prevalently low level of entrepreneurship among the smallholder irrigation farmers on Qamata irrigation scheme, a high proportion of the respondent farmers (65.5% and 60.5%) showed to have a high degree of achievement motivation and decision making ability, respectively. The observed trend thus reflected that smallholder farmers have a potential to become entrepreneurs and are willing to succeed. The binary model results revealed that the prevailing land tenure system will be a strong determinant of the farmer’s level of entrepreneurship. Equally, levels of training in farming, motive for farming and information seeking tendency also proved to have a significant influence on the degree of farmer entrepreneurship. Based on the results of this study recommendations have thus been drawn on the need for policies and practices aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and not dependency among farmers. Key focus areas identified include: the need to revise the current land ii tenure system on irrigation schemes, intensify on entrepreneurship training for both farmers and extension officers and regular on-farm training on new technologies.
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Jack, Corin Malcolm. "An evaluation of UK sheep farmers' attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable roundworm control." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29611.
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One of the major constraints limiting the efficiency of sheep production is the control of gastrointestinal nematode parasites. Parasite control by strategic use of anthelmintics is threatened by the emergence of nematode populations that are resistant to the drugs available. It is therefore increasingly apparent that steps toward maintaining sustainable productivity in the growing face of anthelmintic resistance (AR) is required by farmers. To facilitate the uptake of sustainable approaches to parasite management, a comprehensive understanding of the various factors that may influence farmers’ decision-making processes is required. In order to establish which factors are influential, and determine their impact on farmers’ roundworm control behaviours, both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used including focus groups as well as attitudinal and behavioural questionnaires. A retrospective analysis was initially conducted of historical surveys designed to identify farm specific characteristics and parasite management practices including anthelmintic usage. The objectives of the analysis were to identify factors associated with uptake of best practice advice including farm characteristics and information sourcing. In addition, the implementation of sustainable roundworm control practices was investigated using two surveys conducted in 2000 and 2010. Logistic regression models were applied for univariable and multivariable analysis of dependent and independent variables. The next step was to conduct a series of focus groups in different geographic regions of Scotland. The main purposes were to explore sheep farmers’ attitudes towards different aspects of roundworm management, as well as to identify potential motivators and barriers to uptake of sustainable parasite control practices. The findings aided in the development of an attitudinal questionnaire used to canvass opinions representative on a national level. The concluding study involved a telephone survey of 400 Scottish sheep farmers, designed to elicit attitudes regarding roundworm control, AR and sustainable roundworm control practices. A quantitative statistical analysis technique (Structural Equation Modelling) was then used to test the relationships between socio-psychological factors and the uptake of sustainable roundworm control practices. The analysis of historical questionnaire data demonstrated evidence of a shift towards the use of practices to reduce the rate of AR development, most notably a decline in the practice of ‘dose and move’ as well as an overall reduction in treatment frequency. Statistical analysis identified significant associations between farm characteristics and specific treatment strategies. For example, larger farms were more likely to adopt a set treatment regimen (P=0.036), compared with smaller farms, which were more likely to treat based on clinical signs of infection (P=0.021). Sourcing of roundworm control information primarily from veterinarians was most associated with treatment timings with no parallels between time points. From the qualitative focus group studies conducted we identified four overarching themes impacting on sheep producers’ attitudes to roundworm control and best practice advice. These themes comprised: a lack of perceived need to change, the complexity of advice, the ease of implementation of recommended practices and the effectiveness of extension approaches. Additionally, the most important and implementable guidelines identified by sheep farmers were: ‘working out a roundworm control strategy with an advisor’ and ‘administering anthelmintics effectively’ with regard to correct drenching practice i.e. appropriate dosing, administration and drug storage procedures. These findings exhibited similarities with veterinarians’ rankings with also, ‘testing for AR’, ‘preserving susceptible parasites’ and ‘reducing dependence on anthelmintics’ receiving the lowest rankings for importance and implementability. The quantitative analysis from the attitudinal/behavioural questionnaire identified eleven factors with significant influences on the adoption of sustainable roundworm control practices. The key influences on overall adoption were farmers’ baseline understanding about roundworm control and self-reported confirmation of anthelmintic resistance in their flock. Additional positive influences included, positive attitudes to veterinary services, enterprise type and perceived risk of AR. Factors that were shown to have the greatest relative effects on individual parasite control practices included; the perceived resource requirements for implementing a quarantine strategy, farmers’ AR suspicions for instigating AR testing and the confirmation of AR for adopting faecal egg count monitoring. The findings have highlighted several factors which can influence sheep farmers’ decisions to reject or adopt recommended roundworm control practices. It is evident that the perceived complexity, lack of need and practicality of the current recommendations necessitates changes to how extension is designed and disseminated to farmers. The findings also suggest that improving farmers’ acceptance and uptake of diagnostic testing and improving underlying knowledge and awareness about nematode control is a significant target to influencing adoption of best practice behaviours. The importance of veterinarians as highly-trusted information resources validates the need for further engagement with veterinarians concerning sustainable parasite control approaches, to facilitate collaboration with farmers. The need for interaction between farmers and their advisors is key to resolving the issues raised to enable the necessary explanation, justification and execution of recommended practices to suit farmers’ needs and farming conditions.
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Perkins, Sarah G. "FARMERS’ MARKET SHOPPING BEHAVIORS AND THE ASSOCIATION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/foodsci_etds/17.
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Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake continues to decline among sub-population in the United States. Current policies and interventions have aimed to improve intake by improving access to fruits and vegetables. One Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested strategy is to improve access to farmers’ markets in rural areas. The aims of this study were to determine if the frequency of shopping at Farmers’ Markets is associated with fruit and vegetable intake, adjusted for age, income and education and to compare rural and non-rural areas frequency of Farmers’ Market attendance based on Kentucky farmers’ market interview participants (n = 102). The results of the descriptive, cross-sectional study determined that the Kentucky farmers’ market customers Fruit and Vegetable Score was positively associated with frequency of purchase of locally grown fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets. However, the frequency of farmers’ market attendance was most commonly limited to ‘once a week’ (as a result of participants attending ‘Only attends market when need something’). It was concluded that alleviating the barriers customers face to use farmers’ markets is the best way to increase the attendance of farmers’ markets and as a result increase the purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Andriyas, Sanyogita. "Analysis of Irrigation Decision Behavior and Forecasting Future Irrigation Decisions." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1359.
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Farmers play a pivotal role in food production. To be economically successful, farmers must make many decisions during the course of a growing season about the allocation of inputs to production. For farmers in arid regions, one of these decisions is whether to irrigate. This research is the first of its kind to investigate the reasons that drive a farmer to make irrigation decisions and use those reasons/factors to forecast future irrigation decisions. This study can help water managers and canal operators to estimate short-term irrigation demands, thereby gaining information that might be useful in management of irrigation supply systems. This work presents three approaches to study farmer irrigation behavior: Bayesian belief networks (BBNs), decision trees, and hidden Markov models (HMMs). All three models are in the class of evolutionary algorithms, which are often used to analyze problems in dynamic and uncertain environments. These algorithms learn the connections between observed input and output data and can make predictions about future events. The models were used to study behavior of farmers in the Canal B command area, located in the Lower Sevier River Basin, Delta, Utah. Alfalfa, barley, and corn are the major crops in this area. Biophysical variables that are measured during the growing reasons were used as inputs to build the models. Information about crop phenology, soil moisture, and weather variables were compiled. Information about timing of irrigation events was available from soil moisture probes installed on some agricultural fields at the site. The models were capable of identifying the variables that are important in forecasting an irrigation decision, classes of farmers, and decisions with single and multi-factor effect regarding farmer behavior. The models did this across years and crops. The advantage of using these models to study a complex problem like behavior is that they do not require exact information, which can never be completely obtained, given the complexity of the problem. This study uses biophysical inputs to forecast decisions about water use. Such forecasts cannot be done satisfactorily using survey methodologies. The study reveals irrigation behavior characteristics. These conform to previous beliefs that a farmer might look at crop conditions, consult a neighbor, or irrigate on a weekend if he has a job during the week. When presented with new data, these models gave good estimates for probable days of irrigation, given the past behavior. All three models can be adequately used to explore farmers' irrigation behavior for a given site. They are capable of answering questions related to the driving forces of irrigation decisions and the classes of subjects involved in a complex process.
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Peltonen, Leena. "The interfacial behaviour of sorbitan surfactant monolayers and the bulk properties of these surfactants as a function of temperature." Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2001. http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/mat/farma/vk/peltonen/.
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Hawley, John L. "The Role of Utah Farmers in Farm to School Programming." DigitalCommons@USU, 2017. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6087.
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Many studies have observed the involvement of stakeholders in farm to school (FTS) programming to further understand their role, yet no study had previously assessed the role of Utah farmers in FTS programming. As a result, the purpose of this research was to describe Utah farmers' role in FTS programming and their interest in institutional marketing of local foods. The researcher sent an online descriptive survey to 5,470 farmers belonging to the Utah Farm Bureau. The survey used Dillman's Tailored Design Method. Of the 184 survey responses received, 143 surveys were usable.
The theory of planned behavior was the theoretical framework for the study. Respondents reported a positive attitude toward FTS programming, although a majority (83.6%) had not participated. They indicated that building relationships with community members and increasing awareness of local food were top benefits associated with FTS programming. Top barriers to participating in FTS programming included a lack of information about schools seeking to purchase local products and restriction of growing seasons. Respondents indicated that they intended to host farm tours for students and food service personnel. Their training and resource needs related to FTS programming included small business assistance. Demographics characteristics revealed a majority of respondents were male and had more than 22 years of farming experience. The subjective norm and perceived behavioral control components of the theory of planned behavior statistically predicted the intention of respondents to participate in farm to school programming. Theory components, including attitude, accounted for 67.2% of the variance in intention to participate in FTS programming. These findings suggest other influences contributed to the intention of respondents to participate in FTS programming.
One future research recommendation for FTS programming includes conducting similar studies with different groups of farmers. The researcher recommends continued use of the theory of planned behavior as a theoretical framework for studies assessing involvement in FTS programming. Variables not included in this study may discover further influences on farmers' intention to participate in FTS programming. One recommendation is to increase outreach and marketing to farmers who may be interested in FTS programming.
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Foti, Lianne K. "High and Low Involvement: An Exploration of Ethical Product Decisions." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17405.
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Purpose
Ethical elaboration is an aspect of product involvement and this research
examines the relationship between involvement and ethical consumption
providing a more holistic understanding of ethical decision-making. This paper
identifies antecedents of both low and high involvement ethical product
decision-making at farmers’ markets, and with sustainable and energy efficient
features in the housing market, respectively.
Design/methodology/approach
These aims are achieved through semi-structured and in-depth interviews with
consumers and sellers of ethical products across low and high involvement
domains.
Findings
The empirical investigation reveals new insights into the constructs considered
when purchasing high involvement ethical products. Barriers are discussed
and findings examine the relationships between trust, information, ethical
motivation and signalling.
Research implications
A research process framework for the study of ethical decision-making is
presented, demonstrating that constructs are approached differently between
involvement levels. A conceptual model providing steps for transferring
knowledge gained from the research to practice is also developed.
Practical implications
This research aids in the dispersion of information among stakeholders so that
sustainability and energy efficiency can be part of the standard real estate
conversation.
Social implications
Sustainability and energy efficiency (SEE) housing is seen as a niche market
and this research will help alter the behaviour of the stakeholders in order to
incentivise consumers to change their purchase patterns to include SEE
features.
Originality/value
Most of the work on ethical consumption deals with low-involvement products.
This study addresses high-involvement ethical consumption within the housing
market through a qualitative approach.
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Knowles, D. J. "The common agricultural policy and Lancashire dairy farmers : Some structural and behavioural considerations." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235181.
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Omar, Quistina Binti. "Factors Influencing Behavioural Intention to Adopt e-AgriFinance among the Farmers in Sarawak." Thesis, Curtin University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83025.
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Digital finance offers transformational solutions to the chronic challenges in the agriculture value chain. While agriculture apps have been well developed and widely used in some developed and developing countries, there exist no mobile apps that incorporate digital finance and agriculture in the local context, especially in Sarawak. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the behavioural intention of farmers in Sarawak to adopt digital finance in the agriculture sector or e-AgriFinance.
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Beedell, Jason D. C. "Understanding the link between farmers' attitudes and behaviours related to conservation practices in Bedfordshire, England." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318143.
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Nguyen, Thi Phuong Mai Kitti Shiyalap. "Preventive behavior on pesticide usage among the rice farmers in Muang district, Suphanburi province, Thailand /." Abstract, 2004. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2547/cd363/4637959.pdf.
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Puddu, Marco <1983>. "Effects of 2013 Cap reform on land market: regionalized farm payments and changes in farmers’ intended behaviour." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6649/.
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The CAP reform process has been a central issue for agricultural economics research in recent years, and is gaining further attention in view of the post-2013 perspectives (Viaggi et al., 2010; Bartolini et al., 2011). Today the CAP is in the middle of a new reform process. Through the debate generated by the official proposals, published in October 2011 (COM(2011)625/3), the European Union (EU) engaged in a revision of the CAP ended on 26 June 2013 when a political agreement has been reached (IP/13/613, MEMO-13-621 and IP/13/864). In particular, in Italy the switch of the payment regime from historical to regional bases will take place. The underlying assumption is that the shift to regionalized payments changes the remuneration of inputs and has an impact on farmers’ allocation of fixed resources. In this context, farmers are expected to adjust their plans to the new policy environment as the regionalization of support is meant to create a change in incentives faced by farmers. The objective of this thesis is to provide an ex-ante analysis of the potential impact of the introduction of regionalized payments, within the post-2013 CAP reform, on the land market. Regionalized payments seem to produce differentiated effects and contribute to a general (slight) increase of land exchanges. The individual reaction to the new payments introduction would be different depending on location and specialization. These effects seem to be also strongly influenced by the difference in historical payments endowment and value, i.e. by the previous historical system of distribution of payments.
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Shaik, Zakir Hussain. "Dynamics of peri-urban agricultural development and farmers' adaptive behaviour in the emerging megacity of Hyderabad, India." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17126.
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Mit einer Bevölkerung von 6,8 Millionen Menschen gehört der Großraum Hyderabad zu den am schnellsten wachsenden städtischen Agglomerationen Südindiens. Das zentrale Thema dieser Dissertation ist die Erforschung der Zusammenhänge zwischen der fortschreitenden Urbanisierung und dem strukturellen Wandel in der peri-urbanen Landwirtschaft im Großraum dieser Megacity Darüber hinaus ist die Erforschung der Sichtweisen und Einstellung der Landwirte zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit für die Arbeit von herausragendem Interesse: z.B., welche Bedeutung hat die Auswahl des Anbausystems auf die Wahl der Anpassungsstrategien? In einer umfassenden Literaturübersicht zum Thema Urbanisierung und peri-urbane Landwirtschaft werden verschiedene Theorien dahingehend analysiert, welche Aussagen sich zu den Auswirkungen der Urbanisierung auf die peri-urbane Landwirtschaft treffen lassen. Wichtige Einflussfaktoren des sich vollziehenden strukturellen Wandels werden herausgearbeitet und die gängigsten Anpassungsmaßnahmen der peri-urbanen Farmer (z.B. zusätzlicher Einsatz von Familienarbeitskräften oder Wechsel in die Nebenerwerbslandwirtschaft), sowie der damit verbundenen Umweltauswirkungen vorgestellt und erklärt. Zudem wird Fragen nachgegangen, wie sich mehr oder weniger nachhaltige Entscheidungen erklären lassen, welche Rolle bei der Umstellung auf nachhaltige Praktiken der Landwirtschaft die Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke wie Familie und Nachbarschaft oder die Mitgliedschaft in bäuerlichen Organisationen spielen. Die Arbeit kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass infolge der ökologischen Umstellung sich intensivere Kooperationen (collective action) ergaben, die wiederum in Konsequenz sowohl ökologische als auch soziale Nachhaltigkeit förderten. Dies bestätigt die theoretische Annahme, dass wirksame gesellschaftliche Beteiligungen Schlüsselfunktionen für soziale Innovationen darstellen, die zukünftige Politikgestaltung in den Randgebieten von Hyderabad beeinflussen könnten.This thesis explores the ramifications of rapid urbanization on food production in the urban periphery of Greater Hyderabad Area, Southern city of India. In addition this dissertations unpack the wider questions related understanding of sustainability and sustainable farming by the agricultural actors in the urban periphery. The literature review draws attention to the various theories, concepts and pathways of change across the globe. The results particularly focusing on the Indian context indicate that in peri-urban farming along with the increasing cost of production there is associated environmental impacts.To lower these costs, farmers also expanded family labour and resorted to part time farming. In general current developments in the land use of agriculturists indicate an unsustainable use of natural resources where small farms are disappearing and medium size farms are increasing. Also, there is much emphasis on understanding the farmers’ prioritization about the three dimensions of sustainability. Findings reveal that majority of them prioritized the economic criteria rather than environmental and social, where the social sustainability perhaps faded out in the urban peripheries. These results explains the completely different understanding (connotation as well as association) of the term sustainability in this dynamic setting. In the end this dissertation has found that ecological challenge procured community (collective action) and thus prompted environmental sustainability as well as social sustainability confirming the theoretical claim that collective action and effective community participation are core elements of social innovation which might help to shape future politics in Hyderabad’s urban fringes.
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Hassan, Tariq. "Understanding farmers' attitudes and behaviours towards the use of pesticides on cotton crop in Pakistan's Punjab." Thesis, University of Reading, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250704.
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Christiansen, Leena I. "Preparation, analysis and cholesterol lowering effect of a novel microcrystalline b[beta]-sitosterol suspension in oil and phase behaviour of b[beta]-sitosterol with cholesterol." Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2002. http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/mat/farma/vk/christiansen/.
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Hatwell, Diane. "The relationship between attitudes and behaviours towards environmental conservation amongst farmers and urban dwellers in Western Australia." Thesis, Hatwell, Diane (2000) The relationship between attitudes and behaviours towards environmental conservation amongst farmers and urban dwellers in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50385/.
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The original work of Thurstone ( 1928) on the measurement of attitude has been continued by many researchers. Although Thurstone immediately cautioned against the prediction of behaviour from attitude, and argued that the measurement of attitude in its own right was important, many researchers have studied the relationship between attitude and behaviour. Their general conclusion is that, except in specific situations where the behaviour and attitude are linked in particular ways, attitude and behaviour are not strongly correlated, and therefore, have suggested that they are different din1ensions. Duncan (1985) presents the hypothesis that attitude and behaviour, rather than representing two different dimensions of some construct, can be conceptualised as manifestations of the same underlying disposition but at different levels of intensity. Duncan further suggests that attitude is "easier" than behaviour.
This study was designed to focus on the relationship between attitude and behaviour towards land degradation of farmers in the Central Wheatbelt of the State of Western Australia, and between attitude and behaviour towards urban pollution in Perth, the capital of this state. Land degradation and urban pollution are significant problems for the Central Wheatbelt and the metropolitan area of Western Australia, respectively. Farmers and urban dwellers were invited to complete written surveys on these issues. The key responses were agreement or disagreement to statements reflecting attitudes and reported behaviour. Demographic information and information regarding the level of commitment of the respondents to the attitude was also gathered.
In the study of attitudes through responses to statements, there are two main response mechanisms. In one, there is an ideal direction and it is expected that the more positive the attitude, the more likely a particular responses. For example, the responses may be Disagree (D) or Agree (A) which are scored O and 1 respectively. Then, the greater the probability of the Agree response (scored 1), and the higher the score across more than one statement, the more positive the inferred attitude. The models that are used for analysing such responses have a monotonic form and are termed cumulative. In the second, there is an ideal point, and the closer a statement is to the person's ideal point, the more likely it is that the person will choose the Agree response, and the further away the statement is from the ideal point in either direction (more positive or more negative), the more likely a Disagree response. In this case, the total score across statements cannot be used directly to infer attitude. The models that are used for analysing such responses are single-peaked and are termed unfolding. In both kinds of analyses, persons and statements are located on an attitude continuum. Duncan's hypothesis, that attitude and behaviour may be located on the same continuum. suggests that in some studies, at least, the fact that they are found not to be related may be a methodological artefact.
In the present study, the statements in the scale reporting behaviour with respect to environmental issues were written explicitly according to the cumulative response mechanism, and the statements in the scale reflecting attitude were written according to the unfolding response. However, in part to explore the matter of methodological artefacts, both scales were analysed according to both the cumulative and unfolding models, after the data were configured to suit each analysis.
The study found that, as Duncan bad suggested, attitude and behaviour could be placed on the same continuum, as different manifestations of the same construct. However, the further contention that attitude is "easier" than behaviour appeared too simple according to these data. The data appear to support the contention that attitude alone is not sufficient to explain behaviour, and that attitude and level of involvement may be more effective. The demographic information collected explained some but not all assumptions about the relationship between attitude and behaviour. One particularly noteworthy result was that the correlation between attitude and behaviour was very low (order of 0.1) in the urban sample while moderate (order of 0.5) in the rural sample. It is suggested that part of this difference between rural and urban relationships between attitude and behaviour is explained by the differing situations of the two groups - farmers' attitudes and behaviour to land degradation relate directly to their livelihood. This has implications, not only for the seriousness with which the environmental degradation is viewed, but also for their responses which are an integral part of their working conditions. In contrast, for urban dwellers most behaviours relating to dealing with urban pollution are not directly related to their livelihood and must be carried out in their leisure time. To the degree that this observation explains the difference in the relationship between attitude and behaviour between the two groups, to that degree it shows that the relationship between attitude and behaviour is moderated by other related factors. Studies that test this relationship between attitude and behaviour towards the environment are issues for further research.
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Sambodo, Leonardo Adypurnama Alias Teguh. "The Decision making processes of semi-commercial farmers: a case study of technology adoption in Indonesia." Phd thesis, Lincoln University. Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, 2007. http://theses.lincoln.ac.nz/public/adt-NZLIU20080107.151045/.
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An exploration of the creation and use of farmers' commonly used "rules of thumb" is required to conceptualize farmers' decision making processes. While farmers face complex situations, particularly when subsistence is an issue, they do appear to use simple rules in their decision making. To date inadequate attention has been given to understanding their reasoning processes in creating the rules, so this study traces the origins of farmers' beliefs, and extracts the decisive and dynamic elements in their decision making systems to provide this understanding.
The analysis was structured by using a model based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Modifications included recognizing a bargaining process (BP) and other decision stimuli to represent socio-cultural influences and sources of perception, respectively. Two analyses based on the Personal Construct Theory (PCT) and the Ethnographic Decision Tree Modelling (EDTM) were also applied to help elaborate the farmers' cognitive process and actual decision criteria. The method involved interviews in two villages in Lamongan Regency in East Java Province of Indonesia, where the farmers adopted an improved paddy-prawn system ("pandu").
The results highlighted that farmers use rational strategies, and that socio-cultural factors influence decision making. This was represented by interactions between the farmers' perceptions, their bargaining effort, and various background factors. The TPB model revealed that the farmers' perceptions about the potential of "pandu", and the interaction with their "significant others", influenced their intention to adopt "pandu". The farmers appeared to prefer a steady income and familiar practices at the same time as obtaining new information, mainly from their peers. When "pandu" failed to show sufficiently profitable results, most farmers decided to ignore or discontinue "pandu". This became the biggest disincentive to a wide and sustainable adoption. However, the PCT analysis showed that part of this problem also stemmed from the farmers' lack of resources and knowledge.
The farmers' restrictive conditions also led them to seek socio-cultural and practical support for their actions. This was highlighted by a bargaining process (BP) that integrated what the farmers had learned, and believed, into their adoption behaviour. The BP also captured the farmers' communication strategies when dealing with "pandu" as its adoption affected resource allocation within the family and required cooperation with neighbours. The PCT and EDTM analyses also confirmed how the BP accommodated different sets of decision criteria to form different adoption behaviours. Such a process indicated the importance of considering the adoption decision and the relevant changes resulting from the farmers' cognition. This provided a more dynamic and realistic description of the farmers' decision-making process than has previously been attempted.
Overall, the results suggested that semi-commercial farmers need to know, and confirm, that a new technology is significantly superior to the existing system, and can provide a secure income. The introduction of a new technology should use a participatory approach allowing negotiation, conflict mitigation and the creation of consensus among the relevant parties. This can be supported through better access to knowledge, information and financing. A specific and well-targeted policy intervention may also be needed to accommodate the diversity in the farmers' ways of learning and making decisions. Ways to improve the current analytical approaches are also suggested.
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Legesse, Belaineh. "Risk management strategies of smallholder farmers in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia /." Uppsala : Dept. of Rural Development Studies, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2003. http://epsilon.slu.se/a404.pdf.
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Hall, Kelsey Lynn. "Ohio Non-Organic Grain Farmers' Perceptions of Organic Farming: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406807326.
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Middleton, Crystal. "Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Seniors' Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing Intentions at Farmers' Markets." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1885751681&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Blockytė, Lina. "Paramos įtaka jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120613_141212-23914.
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Tyrimo objektas – paramos įtaka jaunųjų ūkininkų elgsenai.
Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti paramos įtaką jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai.
Uždaviniai:
atskleisti ūkininkų elgsenos teorinius ypatumus;
parengti paramos įtakos jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai identifikavimo metodiką;
atlikti anketinę apklausą ir atvejų analizę;
nustatyti paramos ir kitų veiksnių įtaką jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai.
Tyrimo metodai – naudojami mokslinės literatūros sisteminė ir lyginamoji analizė, statistinių duomenų analizė, teiginių grupavimo apibendrinimo ir grafinio vaizdavimo metodai.
Tyrimo rezultatai:
pirmojoje darbo dalyje išnagrinėta mokslinės literatūros apžvalga apie ūkininkų elgseną, paramos įtaka jų ekonominei elgsenai, sudarytas paramos įtakos jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai teorinis modelis. Nustatyta, kad ūkininkų ekonominė elgsena gali būti orientuota pagal tris sritis: gamybinę, investicinę, aplinkos apsaugos. Sudarius teorinį modelį nustatyta, kad didžiausią įtaką jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai daro ES investicinė parama ir bendradarbiavimas su patyrusiais ūkininkais.
antrojoje darbo dalyje išnagrinėti jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominę elgseną atskleidžiantys metodai, nustatytas dažniausiai taikomas metodas – anketinė apklausa. Pateikta atsakymų aprašomoji statistika, siekiant statistiškai reikšmingų rezultatų – atsakymų variantai pergrupuoti.
trečiojoje darbo dalyje atliktas paramos įtakos jaunųjų ūkininkų ekonominei elgsenai tyrimas. Anketinės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Research object – influence of support on young farmers‘ behavior. Research aim – to indentify the impact of support on young farmers‘ economic behavior. Objectives: to reveal the theoretical peculiarities of farmers‘ behavior; to develop metodology for identification of the support influence on economic behavior of young farmers; to conduct a questionnaire survey and case studies; to determine the influence of support and other factors on economic behavior of young farmers. Research methods: systematic and comparative analysis of scientific literature, statistical data analysis, grouping, aggregation, visualization. Research results: The first part examines scientific literature on the farmers behavior, influence of support on their economic behavior, creates theoretical model of influence of support on young farmers' economic behavior. Economic behavior of farmers can be oriented to three areas: production, investment, environmental protection. Theoretical model determines that economic behavior of young farmers is the most impacted by the EU's investment support and cooperation with parents. The second part examines the methods that reveal economic behavior of young farmers, the most common method - a questionnaire survey. Descriptive statistics of the answers is presented. The third part analizes the influence of support on economic behavior of young farmers. Questionnaire surveys and case studies have determined the economic behavior of young farmers is... [to full text]
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Lima, Eirivelthon Santos. "Essays on Labor Allocation by Small Scale Farmers in the Brazilian Amazon." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104966.
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Human health is frequently omitted from household-level studies on agricultural productivity, land-use choices, and forest degradation and deforestation. Intuition, however, suggests that it could be an extremely important factor. This dissertation is built on three essays that use household survey data from the Brazilian Amazon to examine the conditions under which human health and other critical market conditions are important factors in determining household agriculture production choices and efficiency.
Essay I (Chapter 2) examines how health affects the labor allocation and production choices of migrant smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon. We show that the impacts of illness on household decisions depend critically on labor market function in the rural areas of the tropics. Furthermore, results from a formal statistical test of the labor markets shows that they do not work well, in other words are incomplete or thin, in the study area. These results are important both in specification of future smallholder household economic models and in targeting policies to better alleviate poverty and encourage more sustainable use of forest and land resources in similar tropical regions.
Essay II (Chapter 3) investigates the role of health as a productive input and non-input factor of production. By using a non-neutral stochastic production approach, the impact of health is decomposed into direct effect on the production function and indirect effects on technical efficiency. The finding of the essay suggests that poor health has significant negative impacts on rural household production. The most important policy implication is that careful designing of agriculture development and rural settlements programs is important, and the provision of health care should be tied to these development projects.
Essay III (Chapter 4) examines the demand for labor applied to land clearing, staple food production, livestock, working off-farm, and time taking care of sick people in the household. Specifically the empirical application examines the impact of disease on labor allocation, accounting for time lost by households taking care of sick members as a non-productive activity. Disease plays an important role in household decisions because farm activities are performed inefficiently by sick households and changes in household labor efficiency brings about a change in the relative price of competing uses for a household's time.
Chapter 5 provides a summary and general conclusion of the work, and then provides comments on policy design and recommendations for further studies. In summary, the combined results of these studies show that both health condition and the quality of labor markets have significant interacting impacts on the labor allocation decisions by smallholders with accompanying welfare and deforestation implications.Doctor of Philosophy
Most of the rural population of the Brazilian Amazon is made up of small-scale farmers – the so-called 'smallholders' – who are characterized by a lack of access to formal credit, a disconnection from social services, poor access to markets, and a dependency on their own labor as the main input in agricultural production, and thus survival. Since labor is the main input used in smallholder activities, albeit to different extents, anything that changes total household labor or labor efficiency adjusts the relative returns of competing uses, and thus labor allocation decisions. This PhD dissertation is an effort to understand whether markets, family health, and seasonality affect labor allocation decisions, and furthermore, whether those allocation decisions vary depending on productive activity. Based on cross-sectional farm data from the Brazilian Amazon, I find that the impacts of illness on household decisions depend critically on how well labor market function in rural areas. The results from a statistical test of the labor markets shows that they do not work well in the study area. These results are important both in specification of future smallholder household economic models and in targeting policies to better alleviate poverty and encourage more sustainable use of forests and land resources in similar settings. Also, I find that poor health has a significant negative impact on technical efficiency of rural household farm production. The most important policy implication is that careful designing of agriculture development and rural settlements programs is important, and the provision of health care care should be tied to these development projects. Finally, in the context of the region of study, where labor markets are thin, disease plays an important role on in household decisions because farm activities are performed inefficiently by sick households and change in labor efficiency brings about a change in relative prices of competing uses of household's time. My empirical work supports the hypothesis that health influence labor allocation decisions. In conclusion, the combined results of these studies show that both health conditions and the quality of labor markets have significant interacting impacts on the labor allocation decisions by smallholders with accompanying welfare and deforestation implications.
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Atoloye, Abiodun Tolulope. "Accessing Healthy Food: Behavioral and Environmental Determinants Among Low-Income Populations." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7599.
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On average, low-income individuals have poorer diet quality compared to their high-income counterparts. However, improved food access may offer opportunities to improve diet among this population. This study examines how the low-income population navigates between barriers, resources, and opportunities to acquire healthy foods in different settings.
Chapter 3 examined how the use of a farmers’ market incentive program among the low-income population impacts F&V consumption. We observed no effect on F&V consumption due to program participation but users of the program have a significantly higher F&V consumption than non-users. Chapter 4 identified transportation difficulties as a barrier to the uptake of farmer’s market incentive program and that larger families may be less likely to take advantage of opportunities provided by farmer’s market incentive programs. Chapter 5 examined the association between factors that influence food choices (taste, price, convenience, concern for nutrition, and concern for weight) and food access and availability in the home. We found that certain behaviors (concern for nutrition) exhibited within the food purchase environment may impact food access and availability in the home.
We conclude that more efforts and interventions that target improving consumer’s perceived importance for nutrition and transportation access to food resources are needed; especially among low-income population with low F&V consumption. In addition, information and financial access to food resource opportunities should be expanded, specifically among those with low F&V consumption and expanding the food incentives for larger families should be considered.
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Cole, J. M. G. "Behavioural determinants of the adoption of Financial Price Risk Management Tools by wheat farmers in England." Thesis, University of Reading, 2014. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/66398/.
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Wheat farmers in England have little experience of Financial Price Risk Management (FPRM) strategies to stabilize income. On-farm advice and research is limited and adoption rates remain slow. Selling crops at prevailing market prices exposes farmers to volatile price movements that have increased in recent years. This research examines the behavioural intentions towards adoption of FPRM using a mixed method approach combining interviews, focus groups and a survey of 2273 farmers in England. Interviews and focus groups informed the national questionnaire which was based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Of the 802 responses there were 673 usable, giving a response rate of 29.6%. Constructs in the TPB model of attitude, social norm and perceived behavioural control were decomposed into sub-constructs and farmer specific data was collected. The results showed that whilst farmers were aware and concerned about volatility few had used FPRM tools. All three major constructs of TPB were significant as were the decomposed sub-constructs except risk and academic advice. Some Internal Farm Factors were also significant predictors of intention to adopt; age, education, size of arable area and whether the respondent had children. To provide further inference factor and cluster analyses were conducted and provided four categories of farmers (Strategic strategists, Passive strategists, Weakly insular, Strongly insular) each with distinctive characteristics and behavioural intent. This study has contributed to the literature by confirming the significance of the three major constructs of TPB as well as the sub-constructs. Post-hoc analysis contributes as it shows how such data can be further used in explaining behaviour. The study has contributed to agriculture in general by confirming farmers’ perceptions of volatility and negative attitudes towards the grain trade, in particular merchants. It also provides evidence to effectively target resources to increase adoption rates.
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Sorensen, Julie. "Social marketing for injury prevention : changing risk perceptions and safety-related behaviors among New York farmers." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Univ, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-18261.
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Sedivy, Christopher M. "FACTORS INFLUENCING FARMERS’ ADOPTION AND INTENTIONS TO ADOPT POLLINATOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES IN ILLINOIS, U.S.A." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2572.
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Due to the growing recognition of the social and ecological consequences of the global decline in pollinator species, the need for more effective policies for the conservation of pollinator habitat is now more than ever. These trends call for research that provides a deeper understanding of farmers' decision-making processes. In this regard, this study tested a modified version of the Theory of Planned Behavior as a conceptual model for explaining farmers' perceptions and behavior regarding the adoption of pollinator conservation programs and practices. Specifically, the study tested how farmers' perceived behavioral control, attitudes, subjective norms, concern about herbicide resistance issues, and sociodemographic variables influence their intentions and actual adoption of pollinator conservation programs and practices. Quantitative survey data were gathered from 41 principal farm operators in the state of Illinois through the administration of a web-based survey. The resulting data were first explored using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, following which multiple regression analysis was used to test four hypotheses on the predictors of farmers' intentions to adopt, as well as their adoption of pollinator conservation practices and programs. The results from the regression analysis showed that farmers' attitudes and their subjective norms had statistically significant positive effects on their adoption of pollinator conservation practices on their farms, as well as their intentions to adopt those practices in the near future. Perceived behavioral control also had a statistically significant positive effect on farmers' adoption of federal pollinator conservation programs, as well as their intentions to enroll in these programs in the future. Overall, these findings call for comprehensive pollinator conservation policies that facilitate the provision of information and incentives for farmers to voluntarily adopt pollinator conservation practices on their farms, as well as the provision of appropriate resources and opportunities for farmers to enroll in pollinator conservation programs over which they have minimal control.
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Lange, Gun. "Pesticide use in rice cultivation in Tarapoto, Peru : pesticide residues in blood of farmers, usage behaviour, and health care practices /." Uppsala : Institutionen för miljöanalys, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, 2006. http://epsilon.slu.se/10191555.pdf.
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May, Daniel E. "Economic and strategic behaviour in dynamic business environments : the case of the ex-sugar beet farmers of the West Midlands." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550981.
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Cropping allocations have normally been studied using frameworks that assume the existence of a representative farmer who cares about maximising gross margin. Evidence has shown that results obtained from these studies to predict cropping allocations in response to policy reforms are not satisfactory. On the other hand, an alternative research using multivariate models (i.e. models that consider economic and social-psychological variables to explain farmers’ behaviour) has been developed with the purpose of identifying farmers’ motivations to adopt specific environmental policies. However, this research has not been extended to study strategic cropping decisions. This is surprising given the fact that policy reforms strongly affect the allocation of crops when they are accompanied with the elimination of domestic distorting policies. The objective of this thesis is to fill this gap by proposing a novel holistic multivariate model designed exclusively to study farmers’ strategic cropping decisions. The proposed model integrates a number of alternative and complementary approaches that can explain farmers’ strategic behaviour. The model was applied to a sample of ex-sugar beet farmers in the West Midlands region of the UK to investigate the way in which these individuals adjusted to the Sugar Regime reform introduced on 20th February 2006. As a consequence of this reform, the sugar beet factory located in Allscott in Shropshire was closed and the sugar beet growers in this area adjusted by replacing sugar beet with alternative crops. Evidence has revealed that these farmers replaced sugar beet with crops with low gross margin such as oilseed. This choice is puzzling because other crops with high levels of gross margin such as carrots and parsnips were also available when the reform was implemented. The proposed multivariate model not only was useful to explain this choice, but also identified heterogeneous behavioural responses that no related research has identified so far.
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Olsson, Linnea. "Human-elephant conflicts : A qualitative case study of farmers’ attitudes toward elephants in Babati, Tanzania." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24091.
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It is widely recognized that human-wildlife conflicts can reduce farmers’ support for long-term species conservation. The subject of human-elephant conflicts is highly relevant in villages around Babati District in North Central Tanzania because of the closeness to Tarangire National Park. The purpose of this study is therefore to examine local farmers’ attitudes toward elephants and the attitudes’ effects on conservation efforts. Primary data was collected through a qualitative approach of semi-structured interviews with twelve farmers in four villages around Babati, with Wildlife Officer Nashon Macokesha at Babati District Council and with Allan Carlson, Nature Conservation Expert at WWF. A thematic analysis was done to make comparisons between the answers from farmers, Macokesha and Carlson. The Theory of Planned Behavior and the Value-Belief-Norm theory were also used to analyze the underlying factors of the farmers’ attitudes. The results of this study show that around half of the farmers have positive attitudes toward elephants, while the other half think negatively of them. Elephants were identified as the most problematic species and crop-raiding as the most problematic type of human-elephant conflict. The problems that farmers experience do to crop-raiding and other types of human-elephant conflicts include the direct effects of lost livelihood and income and indirect effects like health impacts and security issues. The result also indicates that factors affecting farmers’ attitudes toward elephants include: 1) the proportion of available land affected by elephants, 2) the closeness of farmers’ fields to Tarangire National Park, 3) the lack of compensation, 4) the ability to affect the decision-making concerning the human-elephant conflicts and 5) the information about and knowledge of elephants and their importance. The underlying cause of the human-elephant conflicts is identified to be the spatial overlap of the two species. To prevent human-elephant encounters in the first place, thereby reducing the risk of human-elephants conflicts, better land use planning can be used to avoid settlement and cultivation close to protected areas. Buffer zones can be established around national parks and reserves to reduce the overlap between humans and wildlife. Mitigation through preventive and deterrent methods like lighting fires, making noises, using chili-dung or chili-grease to scare elephants off farmers’ fields can also be used. Another alternative is to switch from growing high-risk crops that elephants prefer to crops like chili or sesame which rarely gets eaten by elephants.Att konflikter mellan människor och djurliv kan minska bönders stöd för artbevarande åtgärder är välkänt bland forskare. Konflikter mellan människor och elefanter är vitt förekommande i byar i Babati-distriktet i norra Tanzania på grund av närheten till nationalparken Tarangire. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka bönders attityder till elefanter och attitydernas effekter för bevarandeåtgärder. Primärdata samlades in genom ett kvalitativt upplägg med semistrukturerade intervjuer med tolv bönder i fyra byar i Babati, med Wildlife Officer Nashon Macokesha på Babati District Council samt med Allan Carlson, naturvårdsexpert på WWF. En tematisk analys utfördes för att jämföra svaren mellan bönderna, Macokesha och Carlson och the Theory of Planned Behavior samt the Value-Belief-Norm theory användes för att analysera de underliggande orsakerna bakom böndernas attityder. Resultatet från denna studie visar att ungefär hälften av bönderna har positiva attityder till elefanter, medan den andra hälften har negativa åsikter om dem. Elefanter identifierades som den mest problematiska arten för bönderna och förstörandet av grödor som den mest problematiska typen av konflikt mellan människor och elefanter. Problemen som bönderna upplever till följd av dessa konflikter inkluderar direkta effekter som förlorad inkomst och försämrade försörjningsmöjligheter, men också indirekta effekter som hälso- och säkerhetsproblem. Faktorer som enligt resultaten i denna studie kan påverka böndernas attityder till elefanter innefattar: 1) andelen tillgänglig mark som påverkas av elefanter, 2) närheten från böndernas mark till nationalparken Tarangire, 3) bristen på kompensation, 4) möjligheten att påverka beslutsprocessen gällande konflikten mellan människor och elefanter samt 5) information och kunskap om elefanter och deras betydelse. Den underliggande orsaken till konflikterna mellan människor och elefanter identifieras vara överlappet i användningsområden mellan de båda arterna. För att förhindra möten mellan människor och elefanter, och därmed minska risken för konflikter, behövs bättre markanvändningsplanering så att bosättning och jordbruk undviks i närheten av skyddade områden. Buffertzoner kan också anläggas runt nationalparker och reservat för att minska överlappet mellan människor och djur. Avskräckande åtgärder, som att tända eldar, göra oväsen, tända chilibriketter eller sätta upp chili-rep, för att hålla elefanter borta från böndernas åkrar kan också användas. Ett annat alternativ är att bönderna byter från att odla högriskgrödor som elefanter föredrar till att odla grödor som chili eller sesam, vilka sällan eller aldrig äts av elefanter.