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1. Metropolitan farmers markets in Minneapolis and Vienna: a values-based comparison

Author:
Klimek, Milena; Bingen, Jim; Freyer, Bernhard
Source:
Agriculture and human values 2018 v.35 no.1 pp. 83-97
ISSN:
0889-048X
Subject:
farmers; farmers' markets,   etc   ; governance; Austria; Minnesota;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Farmers markets (FMs) have traditionally served as a space for farmers to sell directly to consumers. Recently, many FMs in the US and other regions have experienced a renaissance. This article compares the different value sets embedded in the rules and norms of two metropolitan FM regions—Minneapolis, Minnesota and in Vienna, Austria. It uses a values-based framework that reflects the relationshi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10460-017-9800-1

2. Co-constructing sustainability: Agencing sustainable coffee farmers in Uganda

Author:
Onyas, Winfred Ikiring; McEachern, Morven G.; Ryan, Annmarie
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2018 v.61 pp. 12-21
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; anthropology; markets; Uganda;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article explores the sustainability initiatives undertaken in a non-certified market involving an indigenous Southern firm and smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. In response to recent calls, we take a performative approach to sustainability and employ an agencing lens to ask the question: how are sustainable coffee farmers constituted in concrete situations, and what role do they play in c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.05.006

3. ‘Castle in the sky’: The anomaly of the millennium villages project fixing food and markets in Sauri, western Kenya

Author:
Kimanthi, Hellen; Hebinck, Paul
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2018 v.57 pp. 157-170
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; markets; villages; Kenya;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was implemented in various villages across sub-Saharan African countries to catalyse the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and provide evidence of step-wise societal transformation by 2015. This paper critically analyses from an assemblage perspective the MVP's ‘quick win’ strategy to achieve the MDGs with a focus on the implementation of agri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.12.019

4. A weed resistance management game: a teaching tool

Author:
Frisvold, George B
Source:
Pest management science 2018 v.74 no.10 pp. 2376-2382
ISSN:
1526-498X
Subject:
farmers; farmers' attitudes,   etc   ; economic incentives; pest management; resistance management; weeds;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: This article provides instructions and materials to moderate an interactive resistance management game. The game is designed to generate discussion about the challenges and possibilities of coordinating resistance management activities among groups of farmers. The game has been successfully applied in classroom settings, extension workshops, and at professional weed science meetings. R ...
DOI:
10.1002/ps.4931

5. Implications of multiple national certification standards for Thai shrimp aquaculture

Author:
Samerwong, Phatra; Bush, Simon R.; Oosterveer, Peter
Source:
Aquaculture 2018 v.493 pp. 319-327
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
farmers; farmers' attitudes,   etc   ; certification; compliance; shrimp culture; shrimp fisheries; Thailand;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Uptake of the the government of Thailand's three national certification standards for shrimp aquaculture (CoC, GAP and GAP-7401) has remained limited. Using the Devil's Triangle framework, which highlights tradeoffs between accessibility, credibility and improvement, this paper examines the Thai government's rationale for developing these national certification standards, and compares this rationa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.01.019

6. The Role of Agricultural Training on Fertilizer Use Knowledge: A Randomized Controlled Experiment

Author:
Pan, Dan; Zhang, Ning
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.148 pp. 77-91
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
farmers; farmers' attitudes,   etc   ; crop production; fertilizer application; fertilizers; villages;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Improving farmers' knowledge of fertilizer use through agricultural training has been considered a prerequisite to scientific fertilizer management. However, empirical evidence of the effect of agricultural training on farmers' fertilizer management knowledge is inconclusive. Based on a randomized controlled experiment involving 687 farmers that mitigates selection bias in the data, this paper ide ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.02.004

7. Exploring participation in a sustainable farming initiative with self-determination theory

Author:
Triste, Laure; Vandenabeele, Joke; van Winsen, Frankwin; Debruyne, Lies; Lauwers, Ludwig; Marchand, Fleur
Source:
International journal of agricultural sustainability 2018 v.16 no.1 pp. 106-123
ISSN:
1747-762X
Subject:
farmers; farmers' attitudes,   etc   ; business enterprises; information exchange; sustainable agriculture;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sustainable farming initiatives (SFIs), which aim to support farmers’ adoption of sustainable practices vary in the degree of farmer participation. In this study, we explored the influence of SFI design characteristics on farmer motivation to participate. Based on self-determination theory, we framed farmer participation by linking participants’ motives and motivational processes, participation co ...
DOI:
10.1080/14735903.2018.1424305

8. The agroecological imagination: Introduction

Author:
Bell, Michael M.
Source:
Agroecology and sustainable food systems 2018 v.42 no.6 pp. 601-604
ISSN:
2168-3573
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; agroecology; nongovernmental organizations; students;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... In June of 2015, 49 academics, students, government and NGO representatives, and farmers gathered together for a four-day conference on The Agroecological Imagination: A Franco-American Exchange. This paper introduces the special commentary section of four position papers based on discussion at the conference. This paper also argues that the central feature of the “agroecological imagination” is t ...
DOI:
10.1080/21683565.2018.1432004

9. Further participatory adaptation is required for community leaders to champion conservation agriculture in Africa

Author:
Brown, Brendan; Nuberg, Ian; Llewellyn, Rick
Source:
International journal of agricultural sustainability 2018 v.16 no.3 pp. 286-296
ISSN:
1747-762X
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; agricultural conservation practice; Africa;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... There is a recognized need for the participation of local communities in designing and implementing agricultural interventions for the sustainable intensification in smallholder systems. This study examines the perspectives of local community leaders towards the widely promoted, but not widely adopted, practice of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in African smallholder systems. Perceptions from 47 co ...
DOI:
10.1080/14735903.2018.1472410

10. The immiseration of the Korean farmer during the Japanese colonial period

Author:
Nam, Paul S.
Source:
Journal of agrarian change 2018 v.18 no.2 pp. 281-298
ISSN:
1471-0358
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; interest (finance); traditional society;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Focusing on the late 1920s to the mid‐1930s, this paper determines and analyses the societal conditions and structures leading to the immiseration of Korean farmers during the colonial period. Specifically, these were the deterioration of aspects of traditional society, indebtedness, and interest rates. These led to wide‐scale smallholder bankruptcies, resulting in their transformation into landle ...
DOI:
10.1111/joac.12202

11. Neighbourhood Effects in Pesticide Use: Evidence from the Rural Philippines

Author:
Aida, Takeshi
Source:
Journal of agricultural economics 2018 v.69 no.1 pp. 163-181
ISSN:
0021-857X
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; econometric models; herbicides; Philippines;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study investigates how pesticide use by neighbouring farmers affects a given farmer's pesticide use. Although it is common knowledge that pesticide use has spatial externalities, few empirical economic studies explicitly analyse this issue. Applying a spatial panel econometric model to plot‐level panel data for Bohol, Philippines, this study shows that pesticide use, especially for herbicides ...
DOI:
10.1111/1477-9552.12230

12. Assessment of promising agricultural management practices

Author:
Barão, Lúcia; Alaoui, Abdallah; Ferreira, Carla; Basch, Gottlieb; Schwilch, Gudrun; Geissen, Violette; Sukkel, Wijnand; Lemesle, Julie; Garcia-Orenes, Fuensanta; Morugán-Coronado, Alicia; Mataix-Solera, Jorge; Kosmas, Costas; Glavan, Matjaž; Pintar, Marina; Tóth, Brigitta; Hermann, Tamás; Vizitiu, Olga Petruta; Lipiec, Jerzy; Reintam, Endla; Xu, Minggang; Di, Jiaying; Fan, Hongzhu; Wang, Fei
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.649 pp. 610-619
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
farmers; farmers' attitudes,   etc   ; agricultural productivity; composting; crop rotation; farms; issues and policy; pests; questionnaires; soil erosion; soil quality; soil structure; China; France; Mediterranean region; Netherlands;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... iSQAPER project - Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience - aims to develop an app to advise farmers on selecting the best Agriculture Management Practice (AMPs) to improve soil quality. For this purpose, a soil quality index has to be developed to account for the changes in soil quality as impacted by the implementation of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.257

13. Transforming soil phosphorus fertility management strategies to support the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from agricultural systems

Author:
Macintosh, Katrina A.; Doody, Donnacha G.; Withers, Paul J.A.; McDowell, Richard W.; Smith, Douglas R.; Johnson, Laura T.; Bruulsema, Tom W.; O'Flaherty, Vincent; McGrath, John W.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.649 pp. 90-98
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; crop yield; ecosystem services; issues and policy; landscapes; models; phosphorus; soil; stakeholders;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Despite greater emphasis on holistic phosphorus (P) management, current nutrient advice delivered at farm-scale still focuses almost exclusively on agricultural production. This limits our ability to address national and international strategies for the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (ES). Currently there is no operational framework in place to manage P fertility for multiple ES delivery ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.272

14. Forest conservation policy and motivational crowding: Experimental evidence from Tanzania

Author:
Kaczan, David J.; Swallow, Brent M.; Adamowicz, W.L. (Vic)
Source:
Ecological economics 2019 v.156 pp. 444-453
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; biodiversity; ecosystem services; farms; forests; issues and policy; mountains; Tanzania;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... It has been hypothesized that the effectiveness of payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs could, in some cases, be undermined by motivational crowding out, the detrimental interaction between new material incentives and payees' pre-existing intrinsic incentives. Of particular concern is the possibility for motivational crowding out to linger longer than the PES program itself. We use a mod ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.002

15. Fraud vulnerability in the Dutch milk supply chain: Assessments of farmers, processors and retailers

Author:
Yang, Y.; Huisman, W.; Hettinga, K.A.; Liu, N.; Heck, J.; Schrijver, G.H.; Gaiardoni, L.; van Ruth, S.M.
Source:
Food control 2019 v.95 pp. 308-317
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; business enterprises; fraud; milk; milk production; motivation; risk management; supply chain; Netherlands;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Food fraud surfaces regularly, anywhere in the world. Not only the companies involved in food fraud suffer from losses when food fraud occurs, other actors in the supply chain and branch of industry are often painted with the same brush. Milk has been a common fraud target in the past and, therefore, fraud is a concern for companies involved in milk production. In order to manage and prevent fraud ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.08.019

16. Iranian agriculture advisors' perception and intention toward biofuel: Green way toward energy security, rural development and climate change mitigation

Author:
Yaghoubi, Jafar; Yazdanpanah, Masoud; Komendantova, Nadejda
Source:
Renewable energy 2019 v.130 pp. 452-459
ISSN:
0960-1481
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; biofuels; climate change; energy; professionals; public policy; rural development; structural equation modeling; surveys; variance; Iran;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agricultural professionals play an important role in informing and educating farmers about biofuel through teaching or extension work. One of the questions commonly asked is if they are knowledgeable and possess positive attitude towards renewable energy sources. The aim of this article is to investigate Agricultural professionals' attitude and willingness towards biofuel using a random sample of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2018.06.081

17. The sound of management: Acoustic monitoring for agricultural industries

Author:
Doohan, B.; Fuller, S.; Parsons, S.; Peterson, E.E.
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.96 pp. 739-746
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; Chiroptera; acoustics; agricultural industry; biodiversity; birds; environmental indicators; human population; monitoring;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Global biodiversity is declining rapidly while the human population grows exponentially. This creates pressure for agricultural industries to improve productivity, but also demonstrate that on-farm management actions are minimising impacts on biodiversity. However, the costs and logistical considerations of traditional biodiversity assessment methods are beyond the scope of many agricultural indus ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.029

18. Did foragers adopt farming? A perspective from the margins of the Tibetan Plateau

Author:
d'Alpoim Guedes, Jade
Source:
Quaternary international 2018 v.489 pp. 91-100
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; altitude; millets; models; niches; China;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Farmer's ability to rapidly grow their populations has been seen as an advantage in allowing them to either engulf or simply do away with foragers. Research on agriculture's spread in East Asia has followed an underlying assumption: that farming produced equally reliable returns across the vast expanse of territories into which it spread. Farmers are thus always seen as being at a demographic adva ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.010

19. Recognizing Carbon Forestry’s Uneven Geography: A Response to Purdon and the Structure-Agency Dichotomy That Never Was

Author:
Carton, Wim; Andersson, Elina
Source:
Society & natural resources 2018 v.31 no.9 pp. 1094-1102
ISSN:
1521-0723
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; carbon; forestry; forests; geography; trees;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... We here respond to the critique by Purdon of an article on carbon forestry that we published in this journal last year (Carton and Andersson). While we welcome critical engagements with our work, Purdon’s argument is wide of the mark and appears based largely on misconceptions regarding our theoretical entry point and empirical findings. Underlying this are fundamental disagreements about the natu ...
DOI:
10.1080/08941920.2018.1475588

20. The importance of the advisor’s relational and professional competence and formal power in meetings with farmers

Author:
Hansen, Bjørn Gunnar; Stræte, Egil Petter; Kvam, Gunn-Turid
Source:
Thejournal of agricultural education and extension 2018 v.24 no.4 pp. 361-375
ISSN:
1750-8622
Subject:
farmers,   etc   ; case studies; employment; farms; leaves;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore how advisors’ relational and professional competence influences inter-subjectivity and farmers’ perceptions of farm visits in a setting where advisors have formal power.Methodology: Advisors from the dairy company Tine, which is owned by farmers in collaboration, visit farmers at least once a year. The aim of the visit is to assist farmers in managing th ...
DOI:
10.1080/1389224X.2018.1479280