Danish farmers' perception of water quality, nutrient reduction measures and their implementation strategy
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Danish farmers' perception of water quality, nutrient reduction measures and their implementation strategy. / Gachango, Florence Gathoni; Andersen, Laura Mørch; Pedersen, Søren Marcus.
Water Resources Management VIII . ed. / C.A. Brebbia. Southampton & Boston : WIT Press, 2015. p. 435-446.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Danish farmers' perception of water quality, nutrient reduction measures and their implementation strategy
AU - Gachango, Florence Gathoni
AU - Andersen, Laura Mørch
AU - Pedersen, Søren Marcus
N1 - Conference code: 8
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Implementation of voluntary nutrient reduction technologies among Danish farms is relatively low despite the introduction of a number of incentives on suchtechnologies. With data from 267 farmers, this study analyzed the level of uptake of these technologies and the farmers’ perception of water quality, existing regulatory measures and their implementation strategies. In general, farmers perceived; the water quality to be above average and indicated a strong nonsupport for penalties on non-compliance. Results of two ordered probit models on adoption and perception showed a significant importance of factors such as farm and soil types, farm size and slopes and information availability. These findings give a direction to policy makers and other stakeholders on the need to increase information dissemination on; water quality requirements both at national and regional levels and availability and procedures of financial, technical and institutional support for the existing and future incentives. Ultimately, tailor-made incentives could be designed based on farm structure and physical characteristics so as to improve the pace of adoption of the technologies thereby reducing water pollution from farms substantially.
AB - Implementation of voluntary nutrient reduction technologies among Danish farms is relatively low despite the introduction of a number of incentives on suchtechnologies. With data from 267 farmers, this study analyzed the level of uptake of these technologies and the farmers’ perception of water quality, existing regulatory measures and their implementation strategies. In general, farmers perceived; the water quality to be above average and indicated a strong nonsupport for penalties on non-compliance. Results of two ordered probit models on adoption and perception showed a significant importance of factors such as farm and soil types, farm size and slopes and information availability. These findings give a direction to policy makers and other stakeholders on the need to increase information dissemination on; water quality requirements both at national and regional levels and availability and procedures of financial, technical and institutional support for the existing and future incentives. Ultimately, tailor-made incentives could be designed based on farm structure and physical characteristics so as to improve the pace of adoption of the technologies thereby reducing water pollution from farms substantially.
U2 - 10.2495/WRM150371
DO - 10.2495/WRM150371
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 978-1-84564-960-9
SP - 435
EP - 446
BT - Water Resources Management VIII
A2 - Brebbia, C.A.
PB - WIT Press
CY - Southampton & Boston
Y2 - 15 June 2015 through 17 June 2015
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ID: 141020196