INTENTION TO ADOPT CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AMONG WHEAT FARMERS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN: AN EXTENDED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR

Autores/as

  • Hafiz Muhammad Mohsin Raza mohsinraza121945@gmail.com
    Department of Agriculture Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3305-285X
  • Sher Muhammad sher.muhammad@aiou.edu.pk
    Department of Agriculture Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0769-5066
  • Muhammad Ali aliupm777@gmail.com
    Department of Agricultural Extension, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-4020
  • Muhammad Shaukat muhammad.shaukat@aiou.edu.pk
    Department of Agriculture Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-8692
  • Muhammad Tahir tahir_1558@yahoo.com
    Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Hifsa Rehman hafsarehman048@gmail.com
    Government Girls Primary School, Kumhar Wala, Markaz Shah Jamal, Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Amina Batool amnabatool22@gmail.com
    Department of Agriculture Research Wing, Government of the Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1763-7402
  • Adnan Arshad ad@cau.edu.cn
    State Key Lab Agroecosystem, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8755-5281
  • Muhammad Safdar m.safdar@xust.edu.cn
    College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, China. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1779-6967
  • Daniel Carneiro de Abreu abreu@ufmt.br
    Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. / AgriSciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. / Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1082-1019
  • Paulo Sérgio da Silva Rodrigues paulo.rodrigues5@sou.ufmt.br
    AgriSciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. / Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4750-8778

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31413/nat.v14i4.21612


Palabras clave:

agroecosystem, extension, application technology

Resumen

This study aimed to investigate the psychosocial determinants of wheat growers' intention to adopt a specific set of climate-resilient agricultural practices (CRAPs) in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, which is an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) including attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, trust in CRAPs performance, and current climate-resilient practice management (past behaviour). In May–July 2024, a cross-sectional survey of 384 wheat growers was carried out involving a six-stage design, purposively sampled agro-ecological zones, districts, tehsils, and randomly sampled union councils, villages, and growers. The five CRAPs were conservation tillage, certified heat- and drought-tolerant varieties, timely sowing, stage-based balanced fertilisation and critical-stage irrigation. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis with 10,000 subsamples generated by bootstrapping. Attitude was the strongest positive predictor of intention (β = 0.446; 95% CI 0.319–0.543; p < 0.001), followed by trust in CRAPs performance (β = 0.344; p < 0.001) and perceived behavioural control (β = 0.172; p = 0.001). Subjective norms were not significant (β = 0.038; p = 0.455). Despite a positive bivariate correlation with intention, current CRAP management had a negative partial coefficient (β = −0.246; p < 0.001). This is a pattern of statistical suppression or a “ceiling effect,” not a pattern of resistance to change. The model explained 48.6% of the variance in intention (adjusted R² = 0.479; Q²predict = 0.389). The cross-sectional and intention-based nature of the design means that the results refer to intention and not actual adoption. They propose that extension programmes can reinforce intention by showing growers the agronomic success of CRAPs and help them develop the capacity to adopt them.

Keywords: Triticum aestivum L.; climate change adaptation; reasoned action approach; PLS-SEM; agricultural extension; smallholder farmers.

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2026-10-28

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Vol. 14 Núm. 4 (2026): (Em Andamento/In Progress)

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Desenvolvimento Rural / Rural development

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INTENTION TO ADOPT CLIMATE-RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AMONG WHEAT FARMERS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN: AN EXTENDED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR. (2026). Nativa, 14(4), e21612. https://doi.org/10.31413/nat.v14i4.21612

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