Agricultural and Food Economics

The journal is now accepting submissions to a new special collection on the future of organic agriculture and its influence on the green economy. Advanced research and new developments in organic farming practices promote green economy measures such as waste generation, reduced resource consumption, and much more. This special collection intends to examine the use  of organic agriculture for promoting a greener economy and a sustainable environment. We encourage researchers and practitioners to present their novel and innovative ideas in this regard. Guest Editors: Manju Khari (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), Rubén González Crespo (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain), and Adhiyaman Manickam (University of Moncton, Canada). Submission deadline: 31 December 2022. Find more information here. 

This interesting paper is centered around a study that assumes farmers' perceived complexity of the context in which they operate is the main factor influencing their propensity to innovate.

With this assumption as a starting point, a new theoretical model is proposed with the aim of studying the “factors–perception of complexity–adoption” (FACOPA) process. This model allows for prediction of whether the individual is an adopter, a planner, or a non-adopter, based on the values they expressed regarding the perception variables. 

Authored by Yari Vecchio, Marcello De Rosa, Gregorio Pauselli, Margherita Masi, and Felice Adinolfi, the article applies the model to the farmers' use of precision agricultural tools (PATs). The empirical result shows that compared to adopters, non-adopters display statistically significant differences.

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