Agricultural production and sustainable development in a Brazilian region (Southwest, Sao Paulo State): motivations and barriers to adopting sustainable and ecologically friendly practices

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorLeite, Antonio Edson
dc.creatorDe Castro, Rosani
dc.creatorChiappetta Jabbour, Charbel Jose
dc.creatorBatalha, Mario Otavio
dc.creatorGovindan, Kannan
dc.date2015-03-18T15:54:34Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:28:28Z
dc.date2015-03-18T15:54:34Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:28:28Z
dc.date2014-09-03
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T07:09:17Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T07:09:17Z
dc.identifierInternational Journal Of Sustainable Development And World Ecology. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Inc, v. 21, n. 5, p. 422-429, 2014.
dc.identifier1350-4509
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/116953
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/116953
dc.identifier10.1080/13504509.2014.956677
dc.identifierWOS:000343303100005
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2014.956677
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/927600
dc.descriptionThe objective of this study is to identify the adoption level of practices associated with more sustainable agriculture and environmentally friendly practices. Additionally, the motivations for and barriers to the adoption of these practices by farmers are investigated. Data were collected through closed questionnaires taken by a random sample of farmers in the Southwest, Sao Paulo, Brazil, during the second half of 2013. Overall, sustainable agricultural practices recommended in the literature and analysed in this study are being not fully adopted by farmers of the studied area. The results showed that financial motivation is associated with farmers adopting new, more sustainable technology, whereas the lack of information on and lack of technical support for these technologies are significant barriers. Other results, research implications, limitations and suggestions for future research are presented.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Inc
dc.relationInternational Journal Of Sustainable Development And World Ecology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectsurvey
dc.subjectopportunities
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectchallenges
dc.titleAgricultural production and sustainable development in a Brazilian region (Southwest, Sao Paulo State): motivations and barriers to adopting sustainable and ecologically friendly practices
dc.typeOtro


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