Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature
Modern practices of industrial farming, such as mineral fertilization, caused a widespread degradation of agricultural land and water bodies in Europe. Different farm management strategies exist to reduce the impact of mineral fertilization while preserving soil productivity. The aim of this paper i...
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| Palabra clave: | Organic farming Manure treatment Conservation agriculture Animal waste Agrotech Agricultura biològica Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenible |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literatureKallas, Zein|||0000-0003-2870-3691Serebrennikov, DmytroThorne, FionaMcCarthy, SinéadOrganic farmingOrganic farmingManure treatmentConservation agricultureAnimal wasteAgrotechAgricultura biològicaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenibleModern practices of industrial farming, such as mineral fertilization, caused a widespread degradation of agricultural land and water bodies in Europe. Different farm management strategies exist to reduce the impact of mineral fertilization while preserving soil productivity. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough systemic review of contemporary literature exploring factors and conditions affecting EU farmers’ adoption of sustainable farming practices. The specific focus is on widely adopted and empirically explored measures, such as organic farming, manure treatment technologies and manure fertilization, as well as soil and water conservation methods. In total, 23 peer-reviewed studies were extracted by means of Google Scholar covering the time period between 2003 and 2019. The main findings show that farmers’ environmental and economic attitudes in addition to their sources of information have a strong effect on the adoption of organic farming, although there is a lack of evidence of their impact on adopting manure treatment and conservation measures. Similarly, farmers’ age and education are found to systemically influence organic farming adoption, but not adoption of other reviewed technologies. While other factors, such as farm physical characteristics or technological attributes, may be important determinants of adoption, it is hard to recognize definite patterns of their impact across technologies given a shortage of empirical evidence. More research utilizing standardized surveys and methods of analysis is needed to formulate qualified guidelines and recommendations for policymakersObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::12 - Producció i Consum Responsables::12.2 - Per a 2030, assolir la gestió sostenible i l’ús eficient dels recursos naturalsObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::12 - Producció i Consum Responsables::12.5 - Per a 2030, disminuir de manera substancial la generació de residus mitjançant polítiques de prevenció, reducció, reciclatge i reutilitzacióObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::12 - Producció i Consum Responsables20202020-10-0720212021-08-05journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/350444https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12229719reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 773649 CIRCULAR AGRONOMICSopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3504442026-05-27T15:37:01Z |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature Kallas, Zein|||0000-0003-2870-3691 Organic farming Organic farming Manure treatment Conservation agriculture Animal waste Agrotech Agricultura biològica Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenible |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature |
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Factors influencing adoption of sustainable farming practices in Europe: A systemic review of empirical literature |
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Kallas, Zein|||0000-0003-2870-3691 Serebrennikov, Dmytro Thorne, Fiona McCarthy, Sinéad |
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Kallas, Zein|||0000-0003-2870-3691 Serebrennikov, Dmytro Thorne, Fiona McCarthy, Sinéad |
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Modern practices of industrial farming, such as mineral fertilization, caused a widespread degradation of agricultural land and water bodies in Europe. Different farm management strategies exist to reduce the impact of mineral fertilization while preserving soil productivity. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough systemic review of contemporary literature exploring factors and conditions affecting EU farmers’ adoption of sustainable farming practices. The specific focus is on widely adopted and empirically explored measures, such as organic farming, manure treatment technologies and manure fertilization, as well as soil and water conservation methods. In total, 23 peer-reviewed studies were extracted by means of Google Scholar covering the time period between 2003 and 2019. The main findings show that farmers’ environmental and economic attitudes in addition to their sources of information have a strong effect on the adoption of organic farming, although there is a lack of evidence of their impact on adopting manure treatment and conservation measures. Similarly, farmers’ age and education are found to systemically influence organic farming adoption, but not adoption of other reviewed technologies. While other factors, such as farm physical characteristics or technological attributes, may be important determinants of adoption, it is hard to recognize definite patterns of their impact across technologies given a shortage of empirical evidence. More research utilizing standardized surveys and methods of analysis is needed to formulate qualified guidelines and recommendations for policymakers |
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