Behaviors, farmer

As is evident from the listing in Table 3, the fertilizer manufacturer has a wide array of compounds from which to choose. Final choices of products and processes therefore rest heavily on such other factors as availabiUty and cost of raw materials, economy of processing, safety of product, economy of handling and shipping, acceptabiUty of physical form and physical behavior of the product, and farmer acceptance. 

Farmer RS, Kiick KL (2005) Conformational behavior of chemically reactive alanine-rich repetitive protein polymers. Biomacromolecules 6 1531-1539... 

Jury, W. A., Spencer, W. F., Farmer, W. J. (1983) Behavior assessment model for trace organics in soil I. Model description. J. Environ. Qual. 12, 558-566. 

Attitude is a predisposition to act in a certain way. It is the state of readiness that influences a person to act in a given manner (Rahman et al. 1999). Therefore, attitude surveys in agriculture could lead to a more adequate explanation and prediction of farmers economic behavior and have been used on conservation and environmentally related issues focusing on the influence of attitude variables as predictors of conservation behavior (Dimara and Skuras 1999). Dimara and Skuras (1999) concluded from their research that a significant relationship was found between behavior and the goals and intentions of farmers. This relationship is even stronger when statements on attitudes, social norms, and perceived behavioral control are included (Bergevoet et al. 2004)... 

Calls for the study of farmers behavior and what motivates that behavior are not new (Gasson 1973). However, the number of studies that have considered farmers attitudes toward conservation (MacDonald 1984) is small. Fewer still have studied farmers conservation actions. Potter (1986) points out that a very limited number have tried to link farmers actions to their underlying motivations, notwithstanding the discourses on the conservation issues in the countryside (Beedell and Rehman 2000). Almost all studies related to the motivational elements of behavior have stressed that the decision to act in a certain way is affected by a balancing or weighing of a number of influences. Lemon and Park (1993) concluded that farmers, when... 

Fig. 2.1 Theoretical framework of factors influencing farmers sustainable agricultural attitudes and behaviors (From Karami and Mansoorabadi 2008). According to this theoretical framework, farmers action is guided by two kinds of considerations attitude toward sustainable agriculture and presence of factors that may further or hinder performance of the behavior...

Kinnucan et al. (1990) observed that there is a relationship between age and farmers adoption behavior. While younger, less experienced farmers are expected to be more environmentally aware and more likely to adopt sustainable practices, there is no consensus regarding the relationship between farmers age and environmental concern. 

Karami E, Mansoorabadi A (2008) Sustainable agriculture attitudes and behaviors a gender analysis of Iranian farmers. Environ Dev Sustain 10 883-898 Karami E, Rezaei-Moghaddam K (1998) Poverty and sustainable agriculture a qualitative analysis, Roosta va Towse e. Quart J Rural Dev Stud 2(3) 1—29 (in Farsi)... 

Farmer, V. E., Jr., 1983, Behavior of Petroleum Contaminants in an Underground Environment In Proceedings of the Canadian Environment Seminar on Ground Water and Petroleum Hydrocarbons, June 26-28, Toronto, Ontario. 

Jury WA, Spencer F, Farmer WJ, et al. 1984. Behavior assessment model for trace organics in soil III. Application of screening model. J Environ Qual 13 573-579. 

Aochi, Y. O., and W. J. Farmer, Role of microstructural properties in the time-dependent sorption/desorption behavior of 1,2-dichloroethane on humic substances , Environ. Sci. Technol., 31,2520-2526 (1997). 

Before describing the important compounds that reached the farmer, it is helpful to look back to the conditions of success, i.e., the close cooperation between the chemist and the biologist. Beginning with the herbicide project in 1952 and the creation of a new group for synthesis, it was essential to provide simple, quick, and correct answers to questions involving the behavior of screening compounds on plants. The following methods were employed for the primary screen ... 

Freed, V.H., Kaufman, D.D., Metcalf, R.L., Farmer, W.J., Crosby, D.G., Spencer, W. (1976) Chemodynamics Transport and Behavior of Chemicals in the Environment - A Problem in Environmental Health. George Washington University Medical Center,... 

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