ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e115386

D3.4 Summaries of data, obstacles and challenges from interview campaigns

Felix Wittstock^‡, David Hötten^‡, Sofia Biffi^§, Cristina Domingo-Marimon^|, Bořivoj Šarapatka^¶, Marek Bednář^¶, Minučer Mesaroš^#

‡ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany§ University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom| CREAF, Bellaterra, Spain¶ Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic# University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Corresponding author: Felix Wittstock ( felix.wittstock@ufz.de )

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Citation: Wittstock F, Hötten D, Biffi S, Domingo-Marimon C, Šarapatka B, Bednář M, Mesaroš M (2023) D3.4 Summaries of data, obstacles and challenges from interview campaigns. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e115386

Abstract

This deliverable presents a Summaries of data, obstacles and challenges from interview campaigns of the H2020 BESTMAP project. It aims at documenting the BESTMAP interview campaigns carried out to obtain data on farmers’ decision-making with regard to agri-environmental schemes (AES). It covers a detailed description of methodology, reporting on the concrete steps taken to collect and analyze interview data. It also discusses obstacles and challenges to BESTMAP interview campaigns. Finally, the deliverable presents the main qualitative and quantitative findings of the interview analysis, with a focus on qualitative content analysis of open interview questions.

Keywords

farmers, agri-environmental data, agriculture, environment