Organizational forms and agri-environmental practices: The case of Brazilian dairy farms
| Autor: | Ferenc Istvan Bánkuti, Geneviève Nguyen, Danielle Galliano, Tiago Teixeira da Silva Siqueira |
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| Přispěvatelé: | AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires (AGIR), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Environnement Méditerranéen et Modélisation des Agro-Hydrosystèmes (EMMAH), Avignon Université (AU)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Maringá] (UEM), Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) 0900-13-3, PSDR4 - Repro-Innov program (INRAE-Conseil Regional Occitanie), ANR-11-LABX-0066,SMS/SSW,Structurations des mondes sociaux(2011) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
agroecology
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences practices lcsh:TJ807-830 Geography Planning and Development lcsh:Renewable energy sources 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Human capital Adaptation (computer science) adoption Agroecology lcsh:Environmental sciences Industrial organization 0105 earth and related environmental sciences lcsh:GE1-350 [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment 2. Zero hunger Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Corporate governance regulation organization Environmental practices lcsh:TD194-195 Incentive governance Organizational structure Business farm Brazil Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 7 Sustainability, MDPI, 2021, 13 (7), ⟨10.3390/su13073762⟩ Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 3762, p 3762 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13073762⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Understanding the relationship between the organizational characteristics of a farm and its environmental performance is essential to support the agro-ecological transition of farms. This is even more important as very few studies on the subject have been undertaken and as there is a growing diversity of organizational forms of farms that differ from the traditional family model. This paper proposes a comprehensively integrated approach of dairy farms in Brazil. A case study of six archetypes of farms with contrasted organizational characteristics is developed to explore the relations between, on the one hand, farms’ organizational structure and governance, and on the other hand, the adoption of agri-environmental practices. Results show that the adoption of agri-environmental practices varies across the wide range of farm’s organizational forms—from the family to the industrial models. Farms with limited internal resources depend more specifically on external sectoral or territorial resources to implement environmental practices. If the environment is conducive to the creation of incentives and coordination mechanisms underlying learning processes, farms will adopt agri-environmental practices, regardless of they are organized. The creation of local cooperatives, farmer’s networks and universities extension programs can strengthen farmers’ absorption, adaptation and transformation capacities and boost the adoption of environmental practices. Finally, considering farms as heterogeneous organizational forms in terms of human capital, resources, market, and informational access is essential to accelerate the agroecological transition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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