Behavioural factors affecting the adoption of sustainable farming practices: a policy-oriented review | Zendy

François J. Dessart | Zendy; Jesús BarreiroHurlé | Zendy; René van Bavel | Zendy

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Behavioural factors affecting the adoption of sustainable farming practices: a policy-oriented review

Author(s) -

François J. Dessart,

Jesús BarreiroHurlé,

René van Bavel

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

european review of agricultural economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1464-3618

pISSN - 0165-1587

DOI - 10.1093/erae/jbz019

Subject(s) - agriculture , business , sustainable agriculture , common agricultural policy , public economics , cognition , environmental economics , agricultural policy , marketing , economics , psychology , ecology , biology , neuroscience

This paper reviews the findings from the last 20 years on the behavioural factors that influence farmers’ decisions to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. It also proposes policy options to increase adoption, based on these behavioural factors and embedded in the EU Common Agricultural Policy. Behavioural factors are grouped into three clusters, from more distal to more proximal: (i) dispositional factors; (ii) social factors and (iii) cognitive factors. Overall, the review demonstrates that considering behavioural factors enriches economic analyses of farmer decision-making, and can lead to more realistic and effective agri-environmental policies.

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