The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective
Collaborative management has developed as a main approach to solving complex environmental problems such as diffuse water pollution from agriculture. This paper aims to understand the drivers of farmers’ participation in collaborative water quality management. The role of farm characteristics, farme...
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| description | Collaborative management has developed as a main approach to solving complex environmental problems such as diffuse water pollution from agriculture. This paper aims to understand the drivers of farmers’ participation in collaborative water quality management. The role of farm characteristics, farmers’ profiles and farmers’ social networks is more particularly investigated while taking into account transaction costs. The study relies on a statistical analysis of data collected in two drinking water catchments in France. The results show that larger, more profitable farms with more equipment and access to off-farm income are more likely to participate in collaborative processes for water quality management. Furthermore, farmers’ involvement in agricultural and nonagricultural networks has a strong positive influence on their participation. These results suggest that significant costs, including transaction costs, are associated with farmers’ participation in collaborative management. Targeted support for smaller, financially constrained farms and less-connected farmers could enhance the effectiveness of the collaborative approach to diffuse pollution control. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27af345753874cf9858204e26d8adbdd2024-01-17T08:03:25ZengUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)International Journal of the Commons1875-02812023-12-01171411–430411–43010.5334/ijc.12791159The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French PerspectiveLaurence Amblard0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8227-3613Nadia Guiffant1https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1344-3163Claire Bussière2https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5512-8979Université Clermont Auvergne, AgroParisTech, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Territoires, 9 avenue Blaise Pascal, CS 20085, 63178 AubièreINRAE, UMR Tetis, Maison de la Télédétection, 500 rue Jean- François Breton, 34093 MontpellierUniversité Clermont Auvergne, AgroParisTech, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Territoires, 9 avenue Blaise Pascal, CS 20085, 63178 AubièreCollaborative management has developed as a main approach to solving complex environmental problems such as diffuse water pollution from agriculture. This paper aims to understand the drivers of farmers’ participation in collaborative water quality management. The role of farm characteristics, farmers’ profiles and farmers’ social networks is more particularly investigated while taking into account transaction costs. The study relies on a statistical analysis of data collected in two drinking water catchments in France. The results show that larger, more profitable farms with more equipment and access to off-farm income are more likely to participate in collaborative processes for water quality management. Furthermore, farmers’ involvement in agricultural and nonagricultural networks has a strong positive influence on their participation. These results suggest that significant costs, including transaction costs, are associated with farmers’ participation in collaborative management. Targeted support for smaller, financially constrained farms and less-connected farmers could enhance the effectiveness of the collaborative approach to diffuse pollution control.https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/1279diffuse water pollutioncollaborative managementfarmers’ participationtransaction costs |
| spellingShingle | Laurence Amblard Nadia Guiffant Claire Bussière The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective International Journal of the Commons diffuse water pollution collaborative management farmers’ participation transaction costs |
| title | The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective |
| title_full | The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective |
| title_fullStr | The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective |
| title_short | The Drivers of Farmers’ Participation in Collaborative Water Management: A French Perspective |
| title_sort | drivers of farmers participation in collaborative water management a french perspective |
| topic | diffuse water pollution collaborative management farmers’ participation transaction costs |
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