کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
93536 160130 2010 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Environmental grants and regulations in strategic farm business decision-making: A case study of attitudinal behaviour in Scotland
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک جنگلداری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Environmental grants and regulations in strategic farm business decision-making: A case study of attitudinal behaviour in Scotland
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper addresses the question of farmer responses to agri-environmental programming in light of the Single Farm Payment, focusing on the role of environmental regulations and grant schemes in strategic farm decision-making. Utilising Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour in a qualitative case study of farmers in Upper Deeside, Scotland, it was found that farmer respondents actively consider environmental regulations and grant opportunities as part of their decision rationale in making investments in farm development, such as agro-industrial building construction or securing additional land. Fulfilling agri-environmental regulations is constructed by respondents as being part of ensuring farm viability, while eligibility for agri-environmental schemes is impacting on how tenanted land is valued. The author identifies three mechanisms facilitating farmer up-take of environmental schemes, and makes a case for consideration of farmers as experts in producing environmental outcomes while maintaining economic sustainability of farming operations.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Land Use Policy - Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 415–423
نویسندگان
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