5) Using Social-Psychology Models to Understand Farmers’

Conservation Behaviour Education System: Prospects and Challenges

2000

Beedell1 & Rehman, Journal of Rural Studies, 16, 117-127

Responses from a survey of 100 Bedfordshire farmers were analysed to identify the underlying determinants of behaviour and to comprehend farmers’ attitudes. Farmers with greater environmental awareness, members of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, are more influenced by conservation-related concerns and less by farm management concerns than other farmers.

The research did not include factors like age, sex, and social class.

The research is not on Company registers.