Frątczak-Müller Joanna, Rychła Anna, Winiwarter Wilfried, Amon Barbara
Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland.
Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland.
Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 28;14(1):31020. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-82120-4.
The objective of this study is to characterize the social conditions for making agricultural decisions. Particular attention is paid to sustainable agricultural practices in dairy farming. The theoretical framework has been developed around two major explicatory perspectives: sustainable development and quality of life. In the study, we assume that the regional dimension of problems related to the sustainable development of the dairy sector requires solutions adequate to the needs of the regions to create sustainable milk production systems. We put forward a thesis on the impact of objective living conditions of farmers on the readiness to introduce changes in the farm and to apply sustainable agricultural practices. The study has been carried out using the survey method, conducted in a face-to-face interview with fifty farmers engaged in milk production. This study contributes to revealing the role of social sustainability criteria for adopting environmentally friendly farming practices. The novelty of the approach is the use of in-depth sociological analysis in research on the sustainable development of agriculture in small farms (1-5 cows). The results have revealed a significant positive relationship between the assessment of farmers' well-being and the willingness to adopt sustainable agricultural practices. The results also suggest that the analysis of social determinants of agricultural decisions is essential for the implementation of the assumptions of sustainable agriculture. Here we demonstrate that the criteria of subjective well-being can be considered important factors in a positive attitude towards sustainable development and openness to changes in agricultural production.
本研究的目的是描述做出农业决策的社会条件。特别关注奶牛养殖中的可持续农业实践。理论框架是围绕两个主要的解释性视角构建的：可持续发展和生活质量。在研究中，我们假设与乳制品行业可持续发展相关问题的区域维度需要有适合各地区需求的解决方案，以创建可持续的牛奶生产系统。我们提出了一个关于农民客观生活条件对其在农场引入变革并应用可持续农业实践意愿的影响的论点。该研究采用了调查方法，通过与五十位从事牛奶生产的农民进行面对面访谈来开展。本研究有助于揭示社会可持续性标准在采用环境友好型农业实践中的作用。该方法的新颖之处在于在小型农场（1 - 5头奶牛）农业可持续发展研究中运用了深入的社会学分析。结果显示，农民对幸福感的评估与采用可持续农业实践的意愿之间存在显著的正相关关系。结果还表明，对农业决策的社会决定因素进行分析对于实施可持续农业的假设至关重要。在此我们证明，主观幸福感的标准可被视为对可持续发展持积极态度以及对农业生产变革持开放态度的重要因素。
