Factors Influencing the Willingness of Dairy Farmers to Adopt Biogas Plants: A Case Study in Hokkaido, Japan

Shimahata, Atsushi; Farghali, Mohamed; Fujii, Masahiko

Factors Influencing the Willingness of Dairy Farmers to Adopt Biogas Plants: A Case Study in Hokkaido, Japan

Shimahata, Atsushi; Farghali, Mohamed; Fujii, Masahiko

Sustainability, 2020, 12(18), 7809

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アクセス権	open access
URI	https://hdl.handle.net/2115/80109
タイトル	Factors Influencing the Willingness of Dairy Farmers to Adopt Biogas Plants: A Case Study in Hokkaido, Japan
著者	Shimahata, Atsushi ; Farghali, Mohamed ; Fujii, Masahiko
著者名 Shimahata, Atsushi
著者名 Farghali, Mohamed
e-Rad_Researcher 60443925 著者名 Fujii, Masahiko
言語	英語
キーワード	biogas plants (BGPs)
	dairy farmers
	Hokkaido
	willingness
	manure treatment
	future farming plan
	sustainable farming
発行日	2020-09
出版者	MDPI
収録物名	Sustainability
巻(号)	12(18)
ページ	7809
抄録	Intensification of the livestock industry has become environmentally problematic due to the uncontrolled treatment of large amounts of watery manure. One solution is the adoption of biogas plants (BGPs). Hokkaido, Japan, has significant potential for BGP adoption, however, the large financial investments and lack of grid space for selling electricity are barriers. We investigated the relationship between the willingness of farmers to adopt BGPs and their current farming situations. Using a questionnaire survey and multivariate analyses, the results showed that large-scale farmers, particularly those with more than 100 mature cows, were clearly willing to adopt BGPs and expand their businesses in the future, while farmers who planned to downsize their businesses did not exhibit strong willingness to adopt BGPs. In addition, farmers willing to adopt BGPs thought the plants would help solve problems with manure treatment. BGPs might be more accepted by dairy farmers if there were greater incentives for installation given the role BGPs can play in providing stable energy and revitalizing local economies.
資源タイプ	学術雑誌論文
出版タイプ	Version of Record
権利情報	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
EISSN	2071-1050
関連情報 (isIdenticalTo)	出版社版DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187809