The ‘Good Farmer’: Farmer Identities and the Control of Exotic Livestock Disease in England.
Naylor, Rhiannon and Hamilton-Webb, A (2016) The ‘Good Farmer’: Farmer Identities and the Control of Exotic Livestock Disease in England. Sociologia Ruralis.
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Abstract
Exotic livestock disease outbreaks have the capacity to significantly impact individual livestock keepers, as well as devastate an entire industry sector. However, there has been limited research undertaken to understand how farmers think about and carry out exotic disease control practices within the social sciences. Drawing on aspects of Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorisation Theory, this paper explores how the ‘good farmer’ identity concept influences farmers’ exotic livestock disease control practices. Using findings from an in-depth, large-scale qualitative study with animal keepers and veterinarians, the paper identifies three context specific and at times conflicting ‘good farmer’ identities. Additionally, a defensive component is noted whereby farmers suggest an inability to carry out their role as a ‘good farmer’ due to government failings, poor practice undertaken by ‘bad farmers’, as well as the uncontrollable nature of exotic disease.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Agriculture, Food and Environment |
| Depositing User: | Users 217 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2016 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 11:51 |
| URI: | https://rau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199 |
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