Farmer to Non Farmer, March 20 2018 0
The trend to multifunctional rural landscapes in developed countries is characterized, in part, by the contrasting values, land uses and land management practices of rural property owners. In agricultural regions, it seems these trends are, at least in part, an expression of the extent rural landowners identify as farmers. Investigation of these trends has been hampered by the absence of robust approaches to measuring occupational identity amongst rural landowners. As the non-farmer cohort of rural landowners’ increases, it is expected that occupational identity will be an increasingly important factor affecting rural landowner adoption of best management practices (BMPs).
Presented by: Eric Toman, The Ohio State University