20.500.12556/RUL-177718 The ‘good farmer’ and nature conservation through the eyes of agricultural advisors insights from Slovenia As nature conservation objectives are becoming increasingly integrated in the management of farming systems, agricultural advisors play a crucial role in facilitating this transition. However, although the literature on farmers’ values and social norms is well established, the role of advisors’ perspectives and how these shape farmers’ engagement with nature conservation remains under-explored. To address this gap, this study applies the “good farmer” conceptual tool, grounded in Bourdieu’s ideas of habitus, capital, and field, to analyse in-depth interviews with 20 Slovenian agricultural advisors. The findings reveal advisors’ embeddedness in a production-oriented habitus, which, together with their institutional role as policy intermediaries, appears to limit their capacity to act as facilitators of change. Advisors often adopt pragmatic strategies to reconcile tensions between top-down nature conservation policies and their position within closely-knit farming communities, where conservation practices are frequently perceived as external to the dominant cultural framework. This study advances the “good farmer” literature by introducing a novel actor group and geographical context – Central and Eastern Europe. We highlight the importance of aligning conservation strategies with locally embedded values, strengthening participatory approaches, and supporting advisors through education and collaboration to foster meaningful sustainability transitions in agriculture. agricultural advisors ‘good farmer’ biodiversity-friendly farming nature conservation Slovenia kmetijstvo varstvo okolja kmetje kmetijski svetovalci Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-01-05 10:28:51 2026-01-05 10:28:53 2026-06-10 10:43:06 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 20 str. iss. 1, art. 18 Vol. 43 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 631:502 1572-8366 10.1007/s10460-025-10815-z 263366659 RAZ_Novak_Ana_2026.pdf RAZ_Novak_Ana_2026.pdf 1 DEBAAE686DDB14B798A4A1B4420BFD48 9c623d11ae6d7b9f528e7dd19bf443b516600eb43671e5dfd6f3e79ab851a1b5 3b29c27b-ea2c-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=224957 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-025-10815-z 0 5e41dbfb-ea2c-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=224958 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0