Farmer identities and permanent grassland management: Evidence from five European biogeographic zones

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10716" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10716</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10716" target="_blank" >10.1002/pan3.10716</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Farmer identities and permanent grassland management: Evidence from five European biogeographic zones

Original language description

Permanent grassland (PG) provides multiple ecosystem services. However, there is increasing concern regarding the decreased multifunctionality of PGs, including those located in Europe. The decreased PG multifunctionality has been attributed to the increased intensity of PG management, where decision-making is influenced by farmers&apos; relevant behavioural intentions and self-identities. In order to investigate how farmer identities can translate into future adoption of PG management practices, interviews (n = 373) were conducted with farmers from five European biogeographic zones. Their farms are located in Continental/Pannonian (Czech Republic), Mediterranean (Spain), Boreal (Sweden), Alpine (Switzerland) and Atlantic (United Kingdom) biogeographic regions. The data were analysed using a mixed-method approach involving thematic analysis and multinomial logistic regression. The thematic analysis enabled seven farmer &apos;identity&apos; types to be identified. The results of multinomial logistic regression showed that productivist identity was a predictor of farmers&apos; intention to intensify or extensify PG in future, while land caretaker identity predicted maintenance of current PG management practice. Farmers with a higher dependence on income from agri-environment schemes were more likely to extensify their PG in future, while those with a higher dependence on income from farm production were more likely to maintain current PG management practices. Older farmers were less likely to extensify their PG, and those having organic and extensive farms were more likely to intensify PG in future. Future policies and interventions that aim to increase PG-related ecosystem-service multifunctionality can be more targeted by considering specific farm attributes, farmer identities and their future PG management intentions, as well as regional differences in these. Financial benefits and risks perceived by farmers should be considered when promoting any management practices, including policy interventions and policy levers.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

People and nature

ISSN

2575-8314

e-ISSN

2575-8314

Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

2228-2245

UT code for WoS article

001322258900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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