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| Lockwood, Michael; Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania; Michael.Lockwood@utas.edu.au; Raymond, Christopher M.; Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania; Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis and Barbara Hardy Institute, University of South Australia; Enviroconnect; chris.raymond@enviroconnect.com.au; Oczkowski, Eddie; School of Accounting and Finance, Charles Sturt University; eoczkowski@csu.edu.au; Morrison, Mark; School of Management and Marketing, Charles Sturt University; mmorrison@csu.edu.au. |
| Although previous studies have examined adaptive capacity using a range of self-assessment procedures, no objective self-report approaches have been used to identify the dimensions of adaptive capacity and their relative importance. We examine the content, structure, and relative importance of dimensions of adaptive capacity as perceived by rural landholders in an agricultural landscape in South-Eastern Australia. Our findings indicate that the most important dimensions influencing perceived landholder adaptive capacity are related to their management style, particularly their change orientation. Other important dimensions are individual financial capacity, labor availability, and the capacity of communities and local networks to support... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive capacity; Psychometric scales; Rural landholders; Structural equation modelling. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Tutkun, Aysel; Lehmann, Bernard; Schmidt, Peter. |
| Farmers' decisions about conversion to organic farming are analyzed with a structural equation model. The Theory of Planned Behavior (ToPB), one of the prominent theories in the social psychology, is used as the theoretical basis of this study. Though ToPB is a well-defined theory, it is static rather than procedural and cannot model the individual decision-making as a process. Therefore, we first examine the general applicability of ToPB in an agricultural context and explain the variance in intentions of farmers to convert to organic farming. Second, we extend the ToPB to make it more procedural. For this purpose, research findings from the Diffusion Theory are included as part of the behavioral model. The empirical results indicate that, overall, the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Behavior research; Conversion to particularly animal friendly stabling system; Theory of planned behavior; Diffusion theory; Structural equation modelling; Farm Management; C8; D1; Q12; Z13. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25313 |
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| Dautzenberg, Kirsti; Petersen, Volker. |
| Which factors impact on the success of agricultural enterprises? The objective of this paper is to identify some of the key factors in this regard. Linear structural equation models with latent variables are used to examine strategic management phenomena. The analysis is based on the results of annual financial statements of agricultural enterprises from southern Saxony-Anhalt for 1995/96 to 1999/00. The enterprises' success is measured by the gross margin in crop production. The identified success factors are from different functional areas of the corporate management. Four dimensions of corporate management have been analysed: market, production, technology, and production factor structure. The results indicate two main conclusions. Firstly, the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Success factors; Structural equation modelling; Dimensions of corporate management; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97397 |
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| Toma, Luiza; Sutherland, Lee-Ann; Barnes, Andrew Peter; Renwick, Alan W.; McCrum, Gillian; Blackstock, Kirsty. |
| The paper analyses the land use behaviour of Scottish land managers and the factors influencing it in the current context of the EU rural land use policies. The analysis employs a frequently used behavioural economics method, namely structural equation modelling (SEM). Central to the empirical analysis in this paper is a cross-section database containing data collected in May to June 2009 through telephone interviews of 600 land managers in Scotland. The model tests and estimates the relationships between land use behaviour, i.e., behavioural intentions to change the size of business/holding, and several of its a priori determinants found significant in the scientific literature. The results indicate that a stronger propensity to change size of their... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land use; Rural policies; Scotland; Structural equation modelling; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116086 |
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| Lien, Gudbrand D.; Bergfjord, Ole Jakob; Hoveid, Oyvind. |
| This paper studies what causes (small-scale) farmers to leave their farms and typically move to urban areas. A data set is constructed by linking survey results with financial data, and the data set is analyzed by multivariate statistical techniques. Our results indicate that, while existence and size of future farm production is important, there is also a difference between farmers who primarily have financial objectives for their farming, and those who have more lifestyle oriented objectives. The latter group is, everything else being equal, more likely to stay on the farm. This could imply that, if preventing migration from rural to urban areas is a policy objective, production support schemes will be effective for some groups, but will be less... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Migration; Farmer objectives; Agricultural policy; Structural equation modelling; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52849 |
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