The role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' participation in voluntary agri‐environmental schemes: A systematic review

S Schaub, J Ghazoul, R Huber, W Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agri‐environmental schemes (AESs) are increasingly implemented to promote the adoption
of environmentally friendly practices by farmers. We use a systematic review to explore the …

The impact of technophobia on vertical farms

A Csordas, I Füzesi - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Today's rapidly changing economic and social environment requires many new and
sustainable solutions for the agricultural sector, in particular in terms of achieving higher …

Economic factors affecting diversified farming systems

MS Bowman, D Zilberman - Ecology and society, 2013 - JSTOR
In response to a shift toward specialization and mechanization during the 20th century, there
has been momentum on the part of a vocal contingent of consumers, producers …

Farmers adoption of integrated crop protection and organic farming: Do moral and social concerns matter?

N Mzoughi - Ecological Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigate empirically the role of moral and social concerns in farmers' decision to adopt
integrated crop protection (IP) and organic farming (OF). A survey questionnaire has been …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial patterns of organic agriculture adoption: Evidence from Honduras

M Wollni, C Andersson - Ecological Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating the transition towards sustainable agriculture: The case of organic dairy farming in the Netherlands

RW Verburg, E Verberne, SO Negro - Agricultural Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Regardless 30 years of similar regulations and a common internal market, the
diffusion of organic farming strongly differs amongst European member states. While the …

Spatial dependence in the adoption of organic drystock farming in Ireland

D Läpple, H Kelley - European Review of Agricultural …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This article analyses spatial dependence in the adoption of organic farming. Bayesian
spatial Durbin probit models are applied to survey data of almost 600 Irish drystock farmers …

Farmers' objectives as determinants of organic farming adoption: the case of Catalonian vineyard production

Z Kallas, T Serra, JM Gil - Agricultural Economics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This article assesses the decision to adopt organic farming practices. We use Duration
Analysis (DA) to determine why farmers adopt organic farming practices and what influences …

Spatial distribution of organic farming in Germany: does neighbourhood matter?

E Schmidtner, C Lippert, B Engler… - European Review of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The spatial distribution of organic farming can be explained by combining the traditional
location factors that account for spatial heterogeneity with the concept of spatial …

[HTML][HTML] National organic action plans and organic farmland area growth in Europe

C Rees, C Grovermann, R Finger - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The expansion of organic agricultural production methods has been tendered as a critical
factor in the development of a sustainable global food system. The European Union has led …