Publisher: Doctors Krishi Evam Baghwani Vikas Sanstha Print ISSN: 2229-628X Online ISSN: 2582-2683 Number of issues per year: 2 Frequency: Half-Yearly Review Process: Double Blind Peer Review, Refereed Journal Month(s) of publication: January and July Show Sustainable Agriculture Research (p-ISSN 1927-050X e-ISSN 1927-0518) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal. SAR is published quarterly in both print and online versions. It publishes original research, applied, and educational articles monthly in all areas of agricultural science. Sustainable Agriculture Research is striving to provide the best platform for researchers and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. Authors are encouraged to submit complete, unpublished, original works that are not under review in any other journals. Read More What is e-Version FirstTM e-Version First is a feature offered through our journal platform. 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Published Papers (1 paper)Review28 pages, 960 KiB Open AccessReview A Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Farming | Viewed by 7921 Understanding the evidence-based factors that influence the adoption of organic farming yields benefits in terms of managing said adoption effectively. We searched relevant articles published in databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Google. The inclusion criteria were as follows: original article; published in journals, proceedings, or dissertations; full article publication; published between 1999 and 2021; focusing on assessing the adoption of organic farming or conversion to organic farming; published in English; included data analyzed via correlation coefficient analysis, regression analysis, or discriminant analysis. Out of the 50 articles identified, 33 studies described findings associated with farmer and household factors, 32 described psychobehavioral and psychosocial factors, 36 assessed farming factors, and 33 analyzed supportive factors. The literature provides evidence that relevant factors include the following: (1) farmer and household factors (i.e., gender, off-farm income, and level of education); (2) psycho-behavioral and psychosocial factors (i.e., positive attitude, normative and moral obligations); (3) farming factors (i.e., organic farm experience, production cost, and farm ownership); (4) supportive factors (i.e., training, support of technology, organic farmer neighbors, information acquisition, membership of association, and extension contacts). To promote the adoption of organic farming, extension agents play a vital role in the provision of information via training and the encouragement of conventional farmers to shift towards organic agriculture. The target groups that have the greatest potential for the adoption of organic farming are young farmers, females, individuals who have ownership of their farm, those with a high level of education, and farmers with off-farm income. Farm associations also play a vital role in the sharing of experience and in increasing bargaining power. Support by the government in terms of resources, credit, markets, and subsidy is also relevant in motivating organic farming adoption. Therefore, three sectors, extension agents, farm associations, and the government, are key drivers for the sustainable adoption of organic farming. Full article What is the ISSN of journal of Eco Friendly agriculture?JOURNAL OF ECO-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE (ISSN: 2229-628X) What are the approaches to sustainable agriculture?The approaches include: agroecology, nature-inclusive agriculture, permaculture, biodynamic agriculture, organic farming, conservation agriculture, regenerative agriculture, carbon farming, climate-smart agriculture, high nature value farming, low external input agriculture, circular agriculture, ecological ... What is sustainable agriculture Google Scholar?Sustainable agriculture can be defined as “an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that over the long term will satisfy human food and fiber needs, enhance environmental quality and the natural resource base upon which, the agricultural economy depends, make the ... What is journal in agriculture?The Journal of Agriculture and Food Research is a peer-reviewed open access journal focusing on research in the agricultural and food sciences. The journal welcomes full length research articles, reviews, short communications, perspectives, and commentaries from researchers in academic … |
