Does stewardship program participation influence Canadian farmer engagement in biodiversity-friendly farming practices?

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Kate Goodale, Yoko Yoshida, Karen Beazley, Kate Sherren]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24/6(2015-06-01), 1487-1506
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Biodiversity and farming are inextricably linked. Naturally occurring biodiversity supports the ecosystem services that are indispensable for agricultural production. Although the intensification of farming during the twentieth century has resulted in increased yields, this has often been at the expense of biodiversity. At present, farm biodiversity conservation efforts are largely confined to voluntary programs. This research project examined the relationship between pro-biodiversity attitudes, participation in a voluntary stewardship program, and engagement in biodiversity-friendly farming activities among farmers in Nova Scotia, Canada. This investigation was completed through a quantitative survey measuring respondents' attitudes toward, knowledge of, and management of biodiversity. Significant links were found between program participation and increased engagement in two out of six biodiversity-friendly activities the program promotes: (1) modified harvest, such as changes to mowing equipment, timing, pattern or height to reduce animal mortality; and (2) riparian management, such as buffers and fencing. Engagement in other practices could not be traced to program participation. Pro-biodiversity attitudes, however, were linked to some of these other activities, but not linked to the increased uptake of riparian management or modified harvest. The instruction given to participants about riparian and harvest activities was much more detailed and site-specific than instructions for the activities that were linked to pro-biodiversity attitude, however. This suggests that the quantity and quality of instruction provided to stewardship program participants may have an impact on their uptake of conservation activities. 
540 |a Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 
690 7 |a Agriculture agroecosystem  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Environmental values  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Attitude  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Farmer behaviour  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Voluntary adoption  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Goodale  |D Kate  |u School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010, P.O. Box 15000, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Yoshida  |D Yoko  |u Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Room 1128, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building, 6135 University Avenue, P.O. Box 15000, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Beazley  |D Karen  |u School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010, P.O. Box 15000, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sherren  |D Kate  |u School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010, P.O. Box 15000, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada  |4 aut 
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