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Assessing smallholder farmers’ motivation to adopt agroforestry using a multi-group structural equation modeling approach

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Title Assessing smallholder farmers’ motivation to adopt agroforestry using a multi-group structural equation modeling approach
 
Creator Buyinza, J.
Nuberg, I.K.
Muthuri, C.W.
Denton, M.D.
 
Subject agroforestry
small scale farming
equations
 
Description This study applied the multi-group structural equation modeling technique to identify differences in farmer motivations to adopting agroforestry practices in the Mt. Elgon region of Uganda. Data were collected from interviews with 400 smallholder coffee farmers belonging to four categories which included: (1) those actively participating in an Australian-funded trees for food security (T4FS) project from phase 1 (2014); (2) farmers neighbouring those actively participating in the T4FS project; (3) farmers actively participating in the T4FS project from phase 2 (2017) and; (4) farmers living distant and unaware of the T4FS project. We used the theory of planned behaviour framework to assess the adoption behaviour of these farmer categories resulting from project interventions. About 40% of the variation in farmer motivation to integrate trees in their coffee plantations was explained by the significant variables of ‘attitude’ and ‘perceived behavioural control’ among farmers actively participating in the T4FS project from phase 1. However, the neighbors of participating farmers and farmers who had never interacted with the project were only motivated by ‘attitude’ and ‘social norms’ respectively. Farmer motivation resulting from social pressure was strongest among farmers who had never interacted with the project, and in the absence of project interventions, rely on existing social structures to drive change in their community. Farmers’ perceived behavioural control to overcome tree planting barriers and their attitude to the economic benefits of shaded coffee were significantly different among the four farmer categories (p 
 
Date 2020-09-15
2021-04-21T07:10:29Z
2021-04-21T07:10:29Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Buyinza, J., Nuberg, I.K., Muthuri, C.W. and Denton, M.D., 2020. Assessing smallholder farmers’ motivation to adopt agroforestry using a multi-group structural equation modeling approach. Agroforestry Systems, 94(6), 2199-2211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00541-2
0167-4366
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113462
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-020-00541-2
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00541-2
 
Language en
 
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Source Agroforestry Systems