DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1558-0
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84959096783
论文题名: Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies
作者: Niles M.T. ; Brown M. ; Dynes R.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2016
卷: 135, 期: 2 起始页码: 277
结束页码: 295
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Agriculture
; Regression analysis
; Adaptation strategies
; Behavior change
; Climate change mitigation
; Climate change policies
; Multiple regression model
; Subjective norm
; Telephone survey
; Theory of Planned Behavior
; Climate change
; adoption behavior
; climate change
; data acquisition
; farmers attitude
; multiple regression
; policy development
; strategic approach
; survey method
; New Zealand
英文摘要: A growing body of work aims to understand the impacts of climate change on agriculture as well as farmer’s perceptions of climate change and their likeliness to adopt adapting and mitigating behaviors. Despite this, little work has considered how intention to adopt differs from actual adoption of climate change practices in agriculture. Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior we aim to assess whether different factors affect intended versus actual adoption of climate behaviors among farmers in New Zealand. Data were collected through mixed methods (37 interviews and a telephone survey of 490 farmers) in two regions of New Zealand 2010–2012. Through multiple regression models we test hypotheses related to the Theory of Planned Behavior around the role of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived capacity in affecting intended and actual adoption. Results suggest that there are different drivers of intended and actual adoption of climate change practices. Climate change attitudes and belief is only associated with intended not actual adoption. We find no evidence that subjective norms (climate change policy support) significantly influence either intention or actual adoption. Only perceived capacity and self-efficacy were important predictors of both intended and actual adoption. These results suggest a disconnect between intended and actual behavior change and that using data about intention as a guiding factor for program and policy design may not be prudent. Furthermore, fostering perceived capacity and self-efficacy for individuals may be crucial for encouraging both intended and actual adoption of climate adapting and mitigating behaviors. © 2015, The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84359
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences and Food Systems Initiative, University of Vermont, 109 Carrigan Drive, 350 Marsh Life Sciences Building, Burlington, VT, United States; Sustainability Science Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Mailbox 81, Cambridge, MA, United States; Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag AgResearch Ltd., Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Lincoln Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Lincoln, New Zealand
Recommended Citation:
Niles M.T.,Brown M.,Dynes R.. Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies[J]. Climatic Change,2016-01-01,135(2)