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<p>As sustainable agriculture becomes increasingly vital for food security and environmental conservation, understanding the factors that influence agricultural waste recycling behavior is imperative. This study examines the impact of environmental literacy, policy awareness, and environmental concerns on farmers’ willingness to recycle agricultural waste in Ghana. Building on the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) model, the study adopted the partial least squares structural equation modeling to assess data from 386 farmers in Ghana. The results show that environmental literacy significantly enhances farmers’ attitudes, environmental concern, and policy awareness, which in turn shape recycling intentions. Moreover, the study revealed that attitudes have a positive influence on farmers’ recycling intentions. Attitude also played a significant mediating role between environmental literacy, policy awareness, and recycling intentions. While policy awareness did not directly influence recycling behavior, its indirect effect through attitude was significant. Additionally, environmental concern shows a strong effect on farmers’ intention to recycle. The findings highlight the pivotal role of environmental literacy in motivating pro-environmental behavior among agricultural stakeholders and offer policy recommendations to support sustainable waste management.</p>

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Waste management: complementing environmental literacy with the Stimulus-Organism-Response model to explain agricultural waste recycling behaviors

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    2025年12月9日

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  • Bright Obuobi,
  • Faustina Awuah,
  • Emmanuel Nketiah,
  • Gibbson Adu-Gyamfi

摘要

As sustainable agriculture becomes increasingly vital for food security and environmental conservation, understanding the factors that influence agricultural waste recycling behavior is imperative. This study examines the impact of environmental literacy, policy awareness, and environmental concerns on farmers’ willingness to recycle agricultural waste in Ghana. Building on the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) model, the study adopted the partial least squares structural equation modeling to assess data from 386 farmers in Ghana. The results show that environmental literacy significantly enhances farmers’ attitudes, environmental concern, and policy awareness, which in turn shape recycling intentions. Moreover, the study revealed that attitudes have a positive influence on farmers’ recycling intentions. Attitude also played a significant mediating role between environmental literacy, policy awareness, and recycling intentions. While policy awareness did not directly influence recycling behavior, its indirect effect through attitude was significant. Additionally, environmental concern shows a strong effect on farmers’ intention to recycle. The findings highlight the pivotal role of environmental literacy in motivating pro-environmental behavior among agricultural stakeholders and offer policy recommendations to support sustainable waste management.