Agricultural waste recycling by farmers: A behavioral study

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-17 DOI:10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100443

Pouria Ataei , Hamid Karimi , Zeynab Hallaj , Meysam Menatizadeh

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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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农民农业废弃物回收：一项行为研究

农业废弃物循环利用是环境可持续性原则之一，与农民的行为直接相关。换句话说，如果一个农民决定回收她的农场废物，她正在朝着可持续农业的目标迈进。本研究基于综合行动决策模型（Comprehensive Action decision Model， CADM），探讨农户农业废弃物回收利用的行为过程。本研究在伊朗锡斯坦和俾路支省的农民中进行（N = 6000）。研究样本采用分层随机法选取361名农民。测量工具为自行设计的问卷。收集的数据在SPSS26和AMOS24软件套件中进行分析。结构方程模型（SEM）结果显示，农民的态度、社会规范、主观约束控制、客观约束控制和个人规范对农业废弃物回收意愿有显著影响。研究表明，CADM是预测农民农业废弃物回收行为过程的有力工具，农业部门的决策者和官员可以利用它来提高农民的决策过程。

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Sustainable Futures Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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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.