Salamon, S. and Farnsworth, R.L. and Bullock, D.G. and Yusuf, R. (1997) Family factors affecting adoption of sustainable farming systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 52 (4). pp. 265-271.
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Abstract
A paired comparison of 60 Illinois farm families was employed, 30 using sustainable systems and 30 using conventional systems, to determine factors affecting adoption of sustainable farming systems. The groups do not diverge significantly along dimensions typically accounting for farming contrasts, but are distinctive socially. Families using sustainable systems have traditions of environmentalism, systematically do on-farm experimentation, and are prudent about resources. Rather than making a paradigm shift to environmentally sensitive farming, families who adopt have a predisposition toward sustainable practices in all aspects of their lives. Adoption of sustainable systems is therefore as much for efficiency or financial motives as it is for environmental reasons. Families farming conventionally, but sharing many characteristics identified with sustainable families, potentially are those best targeted for educational programs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | agricultural innovations, alternative farming systems, conventional farmers, family farmers, sustainable farming systems. |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA. |
| Subjects: | Plant Production > Farming Systems |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2012 05:14 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2012 05:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7123 |
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