New research from Dr Aiora Zabala on sustainable farming practices

Dr Aiora Zabala, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at the Department of Land Economy, has recently published an article on sustainable farming practices.

Drivers to adopt agroforestry and sustainable land-use innovations: A review and framework for policy is published in Land Use Policy and scans 79 qualitative and quantitative articles of case studies globally. 

From the abstract:

"We develop a conceptual framework of the predictors that are external (contextual), related to the innovation, and internal or intrinsic to individuals. This framework (...) can be used to evaluate policy ex-ante, by assessing what place-based conditions or barriers may need to be addressed through tailored policy instruments, as well as to inform the selection of explanatory variables in ex-post evaluations."

The study synthesises from across published studies, 207 diverse drivers of individuals' decisions to try and adopt more sustainable land-use practices, mainly focused on sustainable agriculture and agroforestry. 

"Complex factors drive individuals' decisions to adopt sustainable land-use practices, including, but not limited to, financial considerations. Here we critically synthesise the many predictors considered in the literature to support place-based policy."

-Aiora Zabala