Environmental risk perception, environmental concern and propensity to participate in organic farming programmes |
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Authors: | Toma Luiza Mathijs Erik |
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Affiliation: | Department of Land Economy, Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK. |
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Abstract: | This paper aims to identify the factors underlying farmers' propensity to participate in organic farming programmes in a Romanian rural region that confronts non-point source pollution. For this, we employ structural equation modelling with latent variables using a specific data set collected through an agri-environmental farm survey in 2001. The model includes one 'behavioural intention' latent variable ('propensity to participate in organic farming programmes') and five 'attitude' and 'socio-economic' latent variables ('socio-demographic characteristics', 'economic characteristics', 'agri-environmental information access', 'environmental risk perception' and 'general environmental concern'). The results indicate that, overall, the model has an adequate fit to the data. All loadings are statistically significant, supporting the theoretical basis for assignment of indicators for each latent variable. The significance tests for the structural model parameters show 'environmental risk perception' as the strongest determinant of farmers' propensity to participate in organic farming programmes. |
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Keywords: | Organic farming programme Structural equation modelling with latent variables Environmental risk perception Romania |
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