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Farmers’ Willingness To Cooperate In Ecosystem Service Provision: Does Trust Matter?

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  • Heidi R. STALLMAN
  • Harvey S. JAMES Jr

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Ecosystem service provision in agriculture may require cooperation between farmers. Trust fosters cooperation in many economic and social interactions and is important to the success of traditional agricultural cooperatives. Little is known about how trust affects farmers’ willingness to cooperate to provide an ecosystem service, what types of trust are most important, and under what conditions trust may matter. In this study, we present results of a survey of Missouri crop farmers exploring the role trust plays in farmers’ stated willingness to cooperate to control pests. We find that most farmers say they are willing to cooperate, and most farmers are willing to trust others. However, we find little evidence that trust positively influences farmers’ willingness to cooperate to control pests. Instead, we find that trust may only matter under certain conditions, such as when participants’ farms are dissimilar, and that other determinants, such as the perceived benefit of cooperation and environmental concern, are more important than trust to farmers who are contemplating cooperation to control pests.

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  • Heidi R. STALLMAN & Harvey S. JAMES Jr, 2017. "Farmers’ Willingness To Cooperate In Ecosystem Service Provision: Does Trust Matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 88(1), pages 5-31, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:annpce:v:88:y:2017:i:1:p:5-31
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    1. Shaoze Jin & Xiangping Jia & Harvey S. James, 2021. "Risk attitudes within farmer cooperative organizations: Evidence from China's fresh apple industry," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 92(2), pages 173-205, June.
    2. Shuiping Ding & Jie Lin & Zhenyu Zhang, 2020. "Influences of Reference Group on Users’ Purchase Intentions in Network Communities: From the Perspective of Trial Purchase and Upgrade Purchase," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-18, December.

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