A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust

A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust

To promote environmental changes in agriculture, the use of sustainable agricultural practices was considered to be crucial. Several factors have been identified that affect farmers in their decision to implement sustainable agricultural practices effectively. Despite this, the rate of adoption of s...

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Main Authors: Tiéfigué Pierrette Coulibaly, Jianguo Du, Daniel Diakité, Olivier Joseph Abban, Elvis Kouakou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
sustainable agricultural practices
farmer’s decision
social network contact frequency
institutional trust
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/4/2206
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spelling doaj-fe1c298894c241cf82c70ee16851715d2021-02-19T00:05:05ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-02-01132206220610.3390/su13042206A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional TrustTiéfigué Pierrette Coulibaly0Jianguo Du1Daniel Diakité2Olivier Joseph Abban3Elvis Kouakou4School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaFaculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, LAVAL University, Quebec G1V 0A6, CanadaInstitute of Applied Systems and Analysis (IASA), School of Mathematical Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaTo promote environmental changes in agriculture, the use of sustainable agricultural practices was considered to be crucial. Several factors have been identified that affect farmers in their decision to implement sustainable agricultural practices effectively. Despite this, the rate of adoption of sustainable agricultural practices remains below the planned level, and it is important to know how to solve this issue. In this paper, we propose a model based on the theory of planned behavior and the norm activation theory with the integration of network contact frequency as a mediator and institutional trust as a moderator to fill “the intention-behavior” gap.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/4/2206sustainable agricultural practicesfarmer’s decisionsocial network contact frequencyinstitutional trust
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author Tiéfigué Pierrette Coulibaly
Jianguo Du
Daniel Diakité
Olivier Joseph Abban
Elvis Kouakou
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Jianguo Du
Daniel Diakité
Olivier Joseph Abban
Elvis Kouakou
A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust
Sustainability
sustainable agricultural practices
farmer’s decision
social network contact frequency
institutional trust
author_facet Tiéfigué Pierrette Coulibaly
Jianguo Du
Daniel Diakité
Olivier Joseph Abban
Elvis Kouakou
author_sort Tiéfigué Pierrette Coulibaly
title A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust
title_short A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust
title_full A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust
title_fullStr A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust
title_full_unstemmed A Proposed Conceptual Framework on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: The Role of Network Contact Frequency and Institutional Trust
title_sort proposed conceptual framework on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: the role of network contact frequency and institutional trust
publisher MDPI AG
series Sustainability
issn 2071-1050
publishDate 2021-02-01
description To promote environmental changes in agriculture, the use of sustainable agricultural practices was considered to be crucial. Several factors have been identified that affect farmers in their decision to implement sustainable agricultural practices effectively. Despite this, the rate of adoption of sustainable agricultural practices remains below the planned level, and it is important to know how to solve this issue. In this paper, we propose a model based on the theory of planned behavior and the norm activation theory with the integration of network contact frequency as a mediator and institutional trust as a moderator to fill “the intention-behavior” gap.
topic sustainable agricultural practices
farmer’s decision
social network contact frequency
institutional trust
url https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/4/2206
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