Spatial patterns of organic agriculture adoption: Evidence from Honduras
Spatial patterns of organic agriculture adoption: Evidence from Honduras
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.11.010
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
7
通讯作者：
M. Wollni;Camilla Andersson
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作者：
M. Wollni;Camilla Andersson
在以土壤退化和侵蚀为特点的低潜力农业地区，如喀麦隆山坡，有机农业可以提供一种手段，打破资源退化和贫困的螺旋式下降。利用原始调查数据，分析了影响有机农业转型决策的因素。以往的研究强调了空间格局在推广和采用一般农业技术，特别是有机农业技术方面的作用。这些空间格局可能是由各种潜在因素造成的。在这篇文章中，我们测试各种潜在的解释，包括在农民的邻里信息的可用性，社会整合的关注和感知积极的外部效应的采用决定，在空间上明确的采用模型。我们发现，农民谁相信他们的邻居的期望和更大的可用性，在他们的邻里网络的信息采取行动更有可能采用有机农业。此外，感知到的正生产力溢出到邻近地块降低采用的概率。我们讨论了我们的研究结果的影响，在发展中国家的低潜力农业地区的可持续农业技术的传播。
In low potential agricultural areas like the Honduran hillsides characterized by soil degradation and erosion, organic agriculture can provide a means to break the downward spiral of resource degradation and poverty. We use original survey data to analyze the factors influencing the decision to convert to organic agriculture. Previous studies have emphasized the role of spatial patterns in the diffusion and adoption of agricultural technologies in general and organic agriculture in particular. These spatial patterns can result from a variety of underlying factors. In this article we test various potential explanations, including the availability of information in the farmer's neighborhood, social conformity concerns and perceived positive external effects of the adoption decision, in a spatially explicit adoption model. We find that farmers who believe to act in accordance with their neighbors' expectations and with greater availability of information in their neighborhood network are more likely to adopt organic agriculture. Furthermore, perceived positive productivity spillovers to neighboring plots decrease the probability of adoption. We discuss the implications of our findings for the dissemination of sustainable agricultural technologies in low-potential agricultural areas in developing countries.