Agricultural waste recycling by farmers: A behavioral study

IF 3.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI:10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100443

Pouria Ataei , Hamid Karimi , Zeynab Hallaj , Meysam Menatizadeh

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Abstract

Agricultural waste recycling is one of the principles of environmental sustainability that is directly associated with farmers’ behavior. In other words, if a farmer decides to recycle her farm wastes, she is moving towards sustainable agriculture goals. This research aimed to explore farmers’ behavioral process for agricultural waste recycling based on the Comprehensive Action Determination Model (CADM). This research was done among farmers in Sistan and Baluchistan province, Iran (N = 6000). The study sample included 361 farmers selected by stratified randomization. The measurement instrument was a self-designed questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed in the SPSS₂₆ and AMOS₂₄ software suites. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that farmers’ attitude, social norms, control of subjective constraints, control of objective constraints, and personal norms influenced their intention for agricultural waste recycling significantly. It can be concluded that CADM is a robust instrument for predicting farmers’ behavioral process for agricultural waste recycling, and policymakers and officials of the agricultural sector can use it to enhance farmers’ decision process.

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Sustainable Futures Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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9.30

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1.80%

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审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Futures: is a journal focused on the intersection of sustainability, environment and technology from various disciplines in social sciences, and their larger implications for corporation, government, education institutions, regions and society both at present and in the future. It provides an advanced platform for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development in society, economics, environment, and culture. The scope of the journal is broad and encourages interdisciplinary research, as well as welcoming theoretical and practical research from all methodological approaches.