@article{Purwins:274784,
      recid = {274784},
      author = {Purwins, Nina and Schulze-Ehlers, Birgit},
      title = {Determinants of pig farmers’ participation in an animal  welfare program},
      address = {2016-06},
      number = {2107-2018-4543},
      pages = {22},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {Despite frequent criticism, only few animal welfare  attempts have been made towards an increase in terms of a  dominant animal solution. Since farmers’  willingness-to-engage in animal welfare attempts is  crucial, this study investigates farmers’  willingness-to-participate in an animal welfare program,  which comprises a mandatory set of animal welfare measures.  Data from a survey among members of a Northern German pig  farmer cooperative has been used. With Theory of Planned  Behavior as a theoretical framework a particularly analyze  how single animal welfare measures influence farmers’  willingness-to-participate has been run. Three groups of  farmers are identified, namely, the “refusing” the  “undecided” and the “acquiescing”. The multinomial logit  regression shows that while the refusing group is  significantly more negative than the undecided about at  least three of the eight required measures, the acquiescing  group does not significantly differ from the undecided with  respect to evaluation of measures. Rather, they exhibit a  tendency to be more proactive, while the undecided feel  more like being victims of societal pressure. The article  concludes that it will be crucial to work on farmers’  beliefs, with respect to feasibility as well as with  respect to perceived locus of control.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/274784},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.274784},
}