Agriculture and water pollution: Farmers' perceptions in Central Mexico

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 263-273

  Perez Espejo, Rosario ^a   Ibarra, Alonso Aguilar ^a   Escobedo Sagaz, Jose Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FARM SIZE; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; ME-XICO; NON-POINT SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LERMA RIVER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79551710093     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2010.537245     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Ajayi, O. C. (2007) User acceptability of sustainable soil fertility technologies: lessons from farmers' knowledge, attitude and practice in Southern Africa, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 30, pp. 21-40.
2. Barnes, A. P., Toma, L., Hall, C. & Willock, J. (2009) Farmer perspectives and practices regarding water pollution control programmes in Scotland, Agricultural Water Management, 96, pp. 1715-1722.
3. Bryman, A. & Cramer, D. (2004) Constructing variables, in: M. Hardy & A. Bryman (Eds) Handbook of Data Analysis, pp. 17-34 (London: Sage).
4. Damianos, D. & Giannakopoulos, N. (2002) Farmers' participation in agri-environmental schemes in Greece, British Food Journal, 104, pp. 261-273.
5. Davies, B. B. & Hodge, I. D. (2006) Farmers' preferences for new environmental policy instruments: determining the acceptability of cross compliance for biodiversity benefits, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57, pp. 393-414.
6. Defrancesco, E., Gatto, P., Runge, F. & Trestini, S. (2008) Factors affecting farmers' participation in agri-environmental measures: a northern Italian perspective, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 59, pp. 114-131.
7. Ducos, G., Dupraz, P. & Bonnieux, F. (2009) Agri-environment contract adoption under fixed and variable compliance costs, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 52, pp. 669-687.
8. Falconer, K. (2000) Farm-level constraints on agri-environmental scheme participation: a transactional perspective, Journal of Rural Studies, 16, pp. 379-394.
9. He, X., Li, F. & Cao, H. (2008) Factors influencing the adoption of pasture crop rotation in the semiarid area of China's Loess Plateau, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 32, pp. 161-180.
10. Horan, R. D., Ribaudo, M. & Abler, D. G. (2001) Voluntary and indirect approaches for reducing externalities and satisfying multiple objectives, in: J. S. Shortle & D. G. Abler (Eds) Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control, pp. 67-84 (New York, NY: CABI Publ.).
11. Horan, R. D. & Shortle, J. S. (2001) Environmental instruments for agriculture, in: J. S. Shortle & D. G. Abler (Eds) Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control, pp. 19-65 (New York, NY: CABI Publ.).
12. Ibarra, A. A. & Pérez Espejo, R. (2008) La contaminación agrícola del agua en México: retos y perspectivas, Problemas del Desarrollo, 39, pp. 205-215.
13. Izcara Palacios, S. P. (2002) Farmers and the implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in Spain, Sociología Rural, 38, pp. 144-162.
14. Jiménez, B. (2006) Irrigation in developing countries using wastewater, International Review of Environment and Strategy, 6, pp. 229-250.
15. Kathuria, V. (2006) Controlling water pollution in developing and transition countries lessons from three successful cases, Journal of Environmental Management, 78, pp. 405-426.
16. Keraita, B., Drechsela, P. & Konradsen, F. (2008) Perceptions of farmers on health risks and risk reduction measures in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana, Journal of Risk Research, 11, pp. 1047-1061.
17. Knowler, D. & Bradshaw, B. (2007) Farmers' adoption of conservation agriculture: a review and synthesis of recent research, Food Policy, 32, pp. 25-48.
18. Kraft, S. E., Lant, C. & Gillman, K. (1996) WQIP: an assessment of its chances for acceptance by farmers, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 51, pp. 494-498.
19. Lacroix, A., Beaudoin, N. & Makowski, D. (2005) Agricultural water nonpoint pollution control under uncertainty and climate variability, Ecological Economics, 53, pp. 115-127.
20. Lichtenberg, E. & Zimmerman, R. (1999) Information and farmers' attitudes about pesticides, water quality, and related environmental effects, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 73, pp. 227-236.
21. Perret, S. R. & Stevens, J. B. (2006) Socio-economic reasons for the low adoption of water conservation technologies by smallholder farmers in southern Africa: a review of the literature, Development Southern Africa, 23, pp. 461-476.
22. Sandoval-Minero, R. & Almeida-Jara, R. (2006) Public policies for urban wastewater treatment in Guanajuato, in: A. K. Biswas, C. Tortajada, B. Braga & D. J. Rodriguez (Eds) Water Quality Management in the Americas (Berlin & Heidelberg: Springer & ANA).
23. Shortle, J. S., Abler, D. G. & Ribaudo, M. (2001) Agriculture and water quality: the issues, in: J. S. Shortle & D. G. Abler (Eds) Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control, pp. 1-18 (New York, NY: CABI Publ.).
24. Vanslembrouck, I., van Huylenbroeck, G. & Verbeke, W. (2002) Determinants of the willingness of Belgian farmers to participate in agri-environmental measures, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 53, pp. 489-511.
25. Wei, Y. P., White, R. E., Chen, D., Davidson, B. A. & Zhang, J. B. (2007) Farmers' perception of sustainability for crop production on the north China plain, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 30, pp. 129-147.
26. Wossink, A. (2005) Farm policy developments and emerging research issues: an international perspective, in: APRN Workshop on Farm Level Policy (Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta).
27. Wossink, A. & van Wenum, J. H. (2003) Biodiversity conservation by farmers: analysis of actual and contingent participation, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 30, pp. 461-485.
28. Young, T. F. & Karkoski, J. (2000) Green evolution: are economic incentives the next step in nonpoint source pollution control?, Water Policy, 2, pp. 151-173.