Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
The biophysical characteristics of the farm and farmers’ socioeconomic factors have been used to explain adoption of technologies in Africa. However, agricultural technology adoption requires that we also understand the psychological factors that can encourage or discourage farmer adoption of techno...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Informa UK Limited
2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113483 |
| _version_ | 1855543338342547456 |
|---|---|
| author | Buyinza, J. Nuberg, I.K. Muthuri, Catherine W. Denton, M,.D. |
| author_browse | Buyinza, J. Denton, M,.D. Muthuri, Catherine W. Nuberg, I.K. |
| author_facet | Buyinza, J. Nuberg, I.K. Muthuri, Catherine W. Denton, M,.D. |
| author_sort | Buyinza, J. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | The biophysical characteristics of the farm and farmers’ socioeconomic factors have been used to explain adoption of technologies in Africa. However, agricultural technology adoption requires that we also understand the psychological factors that can encourage or discourage farmer adoption of technologies. The aim of this article is to assess the psychological drivers of farmers’ intentions to adopt agroforestry technologies on their farms. We obtained data from 400 smallholder farmers in the Mt. Elgon region of Uganda. The Theory of Planned Behavior was used as the main framework. Quantitative data were analyzed using structural equation modeling to assess the impact of a set of psychological factors on farmers’ intention to integrate trees in coffee. The intention of farmers to integrate trees in coffee plantations was mainly driven by their evaluation of the benefits of shaded coffee (attitude) followed by beliefs about their own capability (perceived behavioral control). However, social pressure (subjective norm) was insignificant, implying that smallholder farmers tend to deny the influence of other people’s behavior on their actions. Therefore, farmers’ positive evaluation of shading coffee and the perceived capability to overcome tree planting barriers reinforced their intention to integrate trees in coffee. This renders attitude and perceived behavioral control as reliable predictors of farmer tree planting behavior, especially in the context of developing countries. |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | CGSpace113483 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publishDateRange | 2020 |
| publishDateSort | 2020 |
| publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| publisherStr | Informa UK Limited |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1134832024-02-29T09:08:47Z Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Buyinza, J. Nuberg, I.K. Muthuri, Catherine W. Denton, M,.D. agroforestry farming systems The biophysical characteristics of the farm and farmers’ socioeconomic factors have been used to explain adoption of technologies in Africa. However, agricultural technology adoption requires that we also understand the psychological factors that can encourage or discourage farmer adoption of technologies. The aim of this article is to assess the psychological drivers of farmers’ intentions to adopt agroforestry technologies on their farms. We obtained data from 400 smallholder farmers in the Mt. Elgon region of Uganda. The Theory of Planned Behavior was used as the main framework. Quantitative data were analyzed using structural equation modeling to assess the impact of a set of psychological factors on farmers’ intention to integrate trees in coffee. The intention of farmers to integrate trees in coffee plantations was mainly driven by their evaluation of the benefits of shaded coffee (attitude) followed by beliefs about their own capability (perceived behavioral control). However, social pressure (subjective norm) was insignificant, implying that smallholder farmers tend to deny the influence of other people’s behavior on their actions. Therefore, farmers’ positive evaluation of shading coffee and the perceived capability to overcome tree planting barriers reinforced their intention to integrate trees in coffee. This renders attitude and perceived behavioral control as reliable predictors of farmer tree planting behavior, especially in the context of developing countries. 2020-11-16 2021-04-21T09:22:28Z 2021-04-21T09:22:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113483 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Buyinza, J., Nuberg, I.K., Muthuri, C.W. and Denton, M.D., 2020. Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 39(8), pp.854-865. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2020.1738948 |
| spellingShingle | agroforestry farming systems Buyinza, J. Nuberg, I.K. Muthuri, Catherine W. Denton, M,.D. Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach |
| title | Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach |
| title_full | Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach |
| title_short | Psychological Factors Influencing Farmers’ Intention to Adopt Agroforestry: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach |
| title_sort | psychological factors influencing farmers intention to adopt agroforestry a structural equation modeling approach |
| topic | agroforestry farming systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113483 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT buyinzaj psychologicalfactorsinfluencingfarmersintentiontoadoptagroforestryastructuralequationmodelingapproach AT nubergik psychologicalfactorsinfluencingfarmersintentiontoadoptagroforestryastructuralequationmodelingapproach AT muthuricatherinew psychologicalfactorsinfluencingfarmersintentiontoadoptagroforestryastructuralequationmodelingapproach AT dentonmd psychologicalfactorsinfluencingfarmersintentiontoadoptagroforestryastructuralequationmodelingapproach |