20.500.12556/RUL-134678 Environmental sustainability farmers' views of housing systems for cattle In the establishment and maintenance of a housing system for cattle by farmers, their perception of housing systems plays an important role in their decision to choose the environmentally sustainable housing system. The aim of this study was to determine farmers’ attitudes towards their role, environmental sustainability, and perceived government support, to determine whether the role of cattle farmers influences their perceptions of different cattle housing systems, and to create a typology of cattle farmers based on these attitudes. The paper was based on online surveys (n = 306) and five focus groups with Slovenian cattle farmers (n = 42). Results show that the majority of participants placed a higher value on production than on the environment, but had adopted animal and environmentally friendly housing systems to achieve higher production and profits and to receive full direct payments. Four groups of cattle farmers based on the attitudes towards their role, environmental sustainability, and perceived governmental support were identified: Productivists, Traditionalists, Abandoners, and Environmentalists. Most respondents belonged to the Productivist group, who believed that environmental measures have a negative impact on agricultural development. A characteristic of the smaller Traditionalist group is that these farmers claimed to have an obligation to preserve or improve the environment for future generations. For Environmentalists, environmentally friendly agriculture is most important. The smallest group identified consists of farmers who indicated their role as a farmer was not important because they were likely to give up farming. Systematically planned communication aimed at different groups of farmers is needed to promote acceptance of changes in housing systems for cattle that reduce the greenhouse effect. housing environmental sustainability Slovenia cattle farmers govedo uhlevitev trajnostni razvoj varstvo okolja kmetje mnenja Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-01-25 13:48:16 2022-01-25 13:48:17 2022-09-13 03:56:29 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 18-30 no. 1 Vol. 21 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 636.2:502 1594-4077 10.1080/1828051X.2021.2005470 91882243 RAZ_Benedicic_Janez_2022.pdf RAZ_Benedicic_Janez_2022.pdf 1 50FA9099F68E8616BFE12401E77C1D0D 94e8202be31370b616e07051323ad4ea38a0bc4e1e597ea55b3f160b74c967fb 72713e70-7dde-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153244 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1828051X.2021.2005470 1 de1f83dd-7ddc-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153241 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0