TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainability Partnerships and Viticulture Management in California
AU - Hillis, Vicken
AU - Lubell, Mark
AU - Hoffman, Matthew
N1 - Hillis, Vicken; Lubell, Mark; and Hoffman, Matthew. (2018). "Sustainability Partnership and Viticulture Management in California". Journal of Environmental Management, 217, 214-225. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.033
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Agricultural regions in the United States are experimenting with sustainability partnerships that, among other goals, seek to improve growers' ability to manage their vineyards sustainably. In this paper, we analyze the association between winegrape grower participation in sustainability partnership activities and practice adoption in three winegrowing regions of California. Using data gathered from a survey of 822 winegrape growers, we find a positive association between participation and adoption of sustainable practices, which holds most strongly for practices in which the perceived private benefits outweigh the costs, and for growers with relatively dense social networks. We highlight the mechanisms by which partnerships may catalyze sustainable farm management, and discuss the implications of these findings for improving sustainability partnerships. Taken together, we provide one of the most comprehensive quantitative analyses to date regarding the effectiveness of agricultural sustainability partnerships for improving farm management.
AB - Agricultural regions in the United States are experimenting with sustainability partnerships that, among other goals, seek to improve growers' ability to manage their vineyards sustainably. In this paper, we analyze the association between winegrape grower participation in sustainability partnership activities and practice adoption in three winegrowing regions of California. Using data gathered from a survey of 822 winegrape growers, we find a positive association between participation and adoption of sustainable practices, which holds most strongly for practices in which the perceived private benefits outweigh the costs, and for growers with relatively dense social networks. We highlight the mechanisms by which partnerships may catalyze sustainable farm management, and discuss the implications of these findings for improving sustainability partnerships. Taken together, we provide one of the most comprehensive quantitative analyses to date regarding the effectiveness of agricultural sustainability partnerships for improving farm management.
KW - California
KW - collaborative governance
KW - farm management
KW - social network
KW - sustainability
KW - viticulture
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/hes_facpubs/15
M3 - Article
JO - Human-Environment Systems Research Center Faculty Publications and Presentations
JF - Human-Environment Systems Research Center Faculty Publications and Presentations
ER -