@article{Greiner:6002,
      recid = {6002},
      author = {Greiner, Romy and Miller, Owen and Patterson, Louisa},
      title = {The role of grazier motivations and risk attitudes in the  adoption of grazing best management practices},
      address = {2008},
      number = {419-2016-26617},
      series = {Conference Paper},
      pages = {26},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The onus on landholders in relation to environmental  performance is ever increasing. One tool
for achieving  environmental improvements is the design and promotion of  region-specific
‘best management practices’ (BMPs). These  are conservation practices aimed at reducing
diffuse source  pollution from agricultural lands and thus improving  end-of-catchment water
quality. A suite of grazing BMPs  were developed for the Burdekin Dry Tropics region in  a
consultative fashion but without explicit consideration  of knowledge of adoption processes. It
is known from the  literature that farmers’ goals and risk perceptions in  particular influence
adoption decisions. This paper  utilises the data from an earlier grazier survey to explore  to
what extent grazier motivations and risk perceptions  influence the adoption of BMPs. The
results demonstrate  clear correlations between both motivations and risk  attitudes, and the
adoption of recommended BMPs, with  specific preferences for different BMPs. We conclude
that a  sound understanding of landholders’ motivations and risk  attitudes is required—in a
regional, industry and  environmental context—to tailor programmes aimed at  improving
regional environmental performance.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6002},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.6002},
}