Cognitive blocks reduce farmers' ability to adopt crop diversification in Spain
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Published Jun 28, 2022
Tridge summary
A team from the Diverfarming project analyzes how institutional environments create cognitive blocks in farmers' decision-making when adopting sustainable agricultural practices Current dominant agricultural practices have recognized negative effects such as loss of biodiversity, soil erosion or contamination of aquifers.
Original content
A Diverfarming project team examines how institutional settings create cognitive blocks to farmers' decision-making when adopting sustainable farming practices Currently dominant agricultural practices have known negative effects such as loss of biodiversity, soil erosion or contamination of aquifers. It has been shown that the adoption of more sustainable agricultural practices can address this situation, for example, by mitigating the effects of climate change. However, despite the need for change and the demonstrated benefits of more sustainable practices, the transition to these more respectful systems is very slow. Why? Why is the agricultural community cautious about incorporating these practices? According to the studies carried out to date, they are blockages, understood as self-reinforcing mechanisms that reproduce the status quo and prevent change. Until now, socioeconomic, technological and institutional blocks have been studied to understand the processes of ...
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