Drivers for the behavioural receptiveness and non-receptiveness of farmers towards organic cultivation system

Authors

Nitika Thakur¹ , Mohit Nigam¹ , Retika Tewary¹ , Khushboo Raghuvanshi¹ , Manoj Kumar¹ , Sudheesh K Shukla² , Ghada Abd Elmonsef Mahmoud³ , Shivendra Gupta⁴

1. Shoolini University
2. University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 17011, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa an
3. Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
4. Bahra University

Conference / event

Tropentag 2021, June 2021 (Virtual)

Poster summary

The excessive use of chemicals is an inorganic food production method, which made the health-conscious people explore and follow organic farming. The present study highlights the acceptance and perception of farmers and consumers towards organic farming and its benefits from farm level to marketing of the final product to ensure sustainability. Furthermore, for the farmers, it is essential to stand individually with self-interest and zeal to become a "successful farmer" following the pattern, integration and certification of organic farming. The scenario and prospect of organic farming, highlighting the barriers, which hinder a farmer from adopting and investing sustainably are also taken into account here.

Keywords

Sustainability, Organic farming, Farmer behaviour, Case study

Research areas

Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Microbiology, Toxicology

References

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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