https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED-23308
Author: Anupam and Suveera Gill
Author Address: 1Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Agriculture, Central University of Punjab, VPO Ghudda, District Bathinda-151401 (Punjab)
This paper reviews the theories employed to explain factors behind
farmers’ adoption of organic agriculture and synthesises a theoretical
framework for future research. The results suggest that organic agriculture
adoption is affected by a multitude of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. While
the theories of reasoned action, planned behaviour, goal framing, and
resilience captured the role of intrinsic factors, the theories of social
capital, embeddedness, agglomeration, transaction cost, systems, rent and
institutional theory try to capture the role of such extrinsic factors.
However, no single theory suffices to capture all the factors. Thus, a holistic framework to study the
intrinsic and extrinsic factors behind organic farming adoption, in totality,
is provided. This theoretical framework can further be invoked to build a
conceptual framework that may be tested in various country and regional
contexts to establish the relative significance of all the factors. Such an
exercise may be an important input in policy formulation for promoting organic
farming. The policymakers can deploy this framework to
commission research studies to look into the appropriateness and effectiveness
of policy instruments in particular situations.
Keywords:
Adoption, drivers, organic agriculture, systematic
literature review, theories.
JEL
Codes: Q10, Q13, Q16, Q18.
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 20 No. 2, June 2024, 000-000
https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED-23308
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