Factors underlying Dutch farmers' intentions to adapt their agronomic management to reduce Fusarium species infection in wheat ...

Infection of wheat by Fusarium species can lead to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and mycotoxin contamination, thereby reducing food quality and food safety, and leading to economic losses. Agronomic management through the implementation of various pre-harvest measures can reduce the probability of Fusarium spp. infection in the wheat field. To design interventions that could stimulate wheat farmers to (further) improve their agronomic management to reduce FHB, it is key to understand farmers’ behaviour towards adapting their management. The aim of this paper was to understand the intention, under... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Janssen, Esmée
Ine.Vanderfels@Wur.Nl Ine.Vanderfels@Wur.Nl
Mourits, Monique
Lansink, Alfons Oude
Dokumenttyp: dataset
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag/Hrsg.: figshare
Schlagwörter: 70106 Farm Management / Rural Management and Agribusiness / FOS: Other agricultural sciences / 140201 Agricultural Economics / FOS: Economics and business
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28981978
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12682292

Infection of wheat by Fusarium species can lead to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and mycotoxin contamination, thereby reducing food quality and food safety, and leading to economic losses. Agronomic management through the implementation of various pre-harvest measures can reduce the probability of Fusarium spp. infection in the wheat field. To design interventions that could stimulate wheat farmers to (further) improve their agronomic management to reduce FHB, it is key to understand farmers’ behaviour towards adapting their management. The aim of this paper was to understand the intention, underlying behavioural constructs, and beliefs of Dutch wheat farmers to adapt their agronomic management to reduce FHB and mycotoxin contamination in wheat, applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Data were collected from 100 Dutch wheat farmers via a questionnaire. The standard TPB analysis was extended with an assessment of the robustness of the belief results to account for the statistical validity of the ...