Farmers’ views of the environment: the influence of competing attitude frames on landscape conservation efforts
Farmers’ views of the environment: the influence of competing attitude frames on landscape conservation efforts
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DOI：
10.1007/s10460-014-9555-x
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发表时间：
2015-09
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
A. Thompson;A. Reimer;L. Prokopy
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作者：
A. Thompson;A. Reimer;L. Prokopy
了解激励农民采取保护行为的因素被视为加强努力应对农业环境挑战的关键。本研究利用从伊利诺伊州西部拉莫因河流域的277名农民中收集的调查数据，开发了农民环境态度的新措施，并检查了他们对当前农业最佳管理实践（bmp）使用的影响。结果表明，双重利益理论方法反映了两种独立的、相互竞争的心理框架，代表了环境的管理观点和农场作为商业（或利润最大化）的环境观点，这些观点存在于决策领域。使用聚类分析技术来检查这些态度框架之间的相互作用，揭示了四组对环境持有不同看法的农民。对这些不同信仰体系的进一步探索表明，几乎没有证据表明参与或愿意参与农业bmp的差异；然而，我们观察到这些群体在支持应对农业环境挑战的农村保护规划优先事项的意愿方面存在显著差异。进一步讨论的重点是这些相互作用的双重利益类型学的含义，以及这些发现对使农民参与保护工作的影响。
Understanding factors that motivate farmers to perform conservation behaviors is seen as key to enhancing efforts to address agri-environmental challenges. This study uses survey data collected from 277 farmers in the La Moine River watershed in western Illinois to develop new measures of farmers’ environmental attitudes and examine their influence on current usage of agricultural best management practices (BMPs). The results suggest that a Dual Interest Theory approach reflecting two separate, competing psychological frames representing a stewardship view of the environment and a farm as a business (or profit maximization) view of the environment are present within the decision making domain. Using a cluster analysis technique to examine the interaction between these attitude frames reveals four groups of farmers who hold distinct views of the environment. Further exploration of these distinct belief systems reveals little evidence of differences in participation or willingness to participate in agricultural BMPs; however, we observe significant differences between these groups with regard to their willingness to support rural conservation planning priorities that address agri-environmental challenges. Further discussion focuses on the implications of these interactive dual interest typologies and the implications of these findings on efforts to engage farmers in conservation efforts.