[PDF][PDF] Behavioural factors affecting the adoption of sustainable farming practices: a policy-oriented review

FJ Dessart, J Barreiro-Hurlé… - European Review of …, 2019 - agriculture.ec.europa.eu
This paper reviews the findings from the last 20 years on the behavioural factors that
influence farmers, decisions to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. It also proposes …

A review of types of risks in agriculture: What we know and what we need to know

AM Komarek, A De Pinto, VH Smith - Agricultural Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines the scope and depth of research on the five major types of risks in
agriculture, and the extent to which those studies have addressed the impacts of, and …

Expected utility or prospect theory maximisers? Assessing farmers' risk behaviour from field-experiment data

G Bocquého, F Jacquet… - European Review of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We elicit the risk preferences of a sample of French farmers in a field-experiment setting,
considering both expected utility and cumulative prospect theory. Under the EU framework …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience or how do we enable agricultural systems to ride the waves of unexpected change?

I Darnhofer - Agricultural Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
As the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us, change is not only of the planned
kind, but often triggered by sudden and unexpected events. The impact of such an event on …

Decision analysis of agroforestry options reveals adoption risks for resource-poor farmers

H Do, E Luedeling, C Whitney - Agronomy for Sustainable development, 2020 - Springer
Agroforestry interventions have the potential to benefit the livelihoods of farmers and
communities worldwide. However, given the high system complexity, the long-term benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the relationship between knowledge and the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: The case of Dutch arable farmers

T Slijper, AF Tensi, F Ang, BM Ali… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The intensive usage of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides helps Dutch arable farmers to
secure high yields at low costs. However, this intensive arable production system also …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of climate change on farm income security in Central Asia: An integrated modeling approach

I Bobojonov, A Aw-Hassan - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Increased risk due to global warming has already become embedded in agricultural
decision making in Central Asia and uncertainties are projected to increase even further …

Intuition, the farmers' primary decision process. A review and analysis

PL Nuthall, KM Old - Journal of Rural Studies, 2018 - Elsevier
Intuition is a critical component of farmers' decision making and underlies human capital. A
model of decision making, including intuition as a factor, was developed and used to …

Bridging behavioural factors and standard bio‐economic modelling in an agent‐based modelling framework

R Huber, H Xiong, K Keller… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agent‐based models are important tools for simulating farmers' behaviour in response to
changing environmental, economic or institutional conditions and policies. This article …

Eliciting farmers' subjective probabilities, risk, and uncertainty preferences using contextualized field experiments

S Cerroni - Agricultural Economics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Subjective probabilities as well as risk and uncertainty preferences influence many farmers'
decisions. Few contextualized field experiments were recently conducted to elicit farmers' …