Social psychology and biodiversity conservation in agriculture

Erwin Wauters, Karoline D'Haene and Ludwig H. Lauwers

No 182977, 2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: We investigate farmers’ intentions to apply biodiversity conservation practices from psychological perspective, using an adapted version of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), including group norms and putting emphasis on moral norms and self-identity. The study is based on a quantitative survey (n = 106) in Belgium, analyzed using confirmatory factor analyses and path analysis. Results show that the impact of attitudes, social norms and perceived behavioural control on intentions is almost fully mediated through moral norms and self-identity. To have a sustained impact, change actions should strive to embed biodiversity conservation into the social norms and into the good farmer identity of the farming community.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7
Date: 2014-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.182977

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