The influence of perceptions of practice characteristics: An examination of agricultural best management practice adoption in two Indiana watersheds

• Published in: Journal of rural studies Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 118 - 128
• Main Authors: Reimer, Adam P., Weinkauf, Denise Klotthor, Prokopy, Linda Stalker
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acceptability characteristics; Adoption (Ideas); Adoption–diffusion; agricultural land; Agricultural management; Agricultural Occupations; Attitudes; Best Management Practice; best management practices; Best Practices; Consciousness; Conservation; Conservation (Environment); Conservation practice; conservation practices; conservation tillage; Constraints; Decisions; ecosystem services; Empirical research; Environmental protection; Farm Management; Farmers; Farms; good agricultural practices; Indiana; Interviews; Management; Nature conservation; nonpoint source pollution; Perception; Pollution; qualitative analysis; Reasoned Action Approach; Risk; risk perception; Social acceptance; Theory of Planned Behavior; U.S.A; watersheds; wildlife habitats; Indiana; USA, Indiana; Adoption–diffusion; Acceptability characteristics; Reasoned Action Approach; Theory of Planned Behavior; Conservation practice; Best Management Practice

Agricultural best management practices (BMPs), or conservation practices, can help reduce nonpoint source pollution from agricultural lands, as well as provide valuable wildlife habitat. There is a large literature exploring factors that lead to a producer’s voluntary adoption of BMPs, but there hav...