Application of the theory of planned behaviour to understand citrus stakeholders' intention to manage quarantine plant pest outbreaks
Galvañ Domenech, Anaïs (Institut Valencià d'Investigacions Agràries. Centre de Protecció Vegetal i Biotecnologia)
Aguilar-Luzón, María del Carmen (Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Psicología Social)
García-Figuera, Sara (University of California. Plant Pathology Department)
McRoberts, Neil (University of California. Plant Pathology Department)
Villamayor Tomás, Sergio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Vicent, Antonio (Institut Valencià d'Investigacions Agràries. Centre de Protecció Vegetal i Biotecnologia)

Data:	2025
Resum:	In the European Union (EU), after an outbreak of a quarantine plant pest, contingency plans help to mitigate its progression. However, opposition to their implementation limits their effectiveness and leads to social unrest, together with socio-economic and environmental losses for stakeholders and governments. Thus, stakeholders' decision making about contingency plans is a major issue for plant health authorities in the EU. In fact, a limited understanding of the factors influencing the adoption of plant health regulations by stakeholders has led to inadequate management of some quarantine plant pests. This study aims to better understand stakeholders' intentions to follow contingency plans. To this end, questionnaire data collected from a sample of 252 Spanish citrus stakeholders, using citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) disease as a case study, was analysed according to the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) using structural equation modelling (SEM) for the model estimation. Results show that Intention (INT) to follow the contingency plan for HLB is primarily driven by Subjective Norm (SN) followed by Attitude (ATT) but not by Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC). We also observed that SN predicts ATT and PBC, as expected, and that age has a positive effect on INT. These results suggest that decision making programmes should encourage individuals who are relevant to the community to advocate for the adoption of the measures in case of an outbreak. Furthermore, to be effective, the implementation of contingency plans should take into account the stakeholders' views from the inception phase onwards. Our findings improve the understanding of variables influencing the intention to follow the contingency plan for HLB and support the use of TPB to explain stakeholders' intention to manage quarantine plant pest outbreaks.
Ajuts:	European Commission 817526
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	EU regulation ; Contingency plan ; Theory of planned behaviour (TPB) ; Structural equation modelling (SEM) ; Grower decision making ; Huanglongbing (HLB) ; Outbreak
Publicat a:	CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (March 2025) , art. 13, ISSN 2662-4044
Obra relacionada:	Galvañ Domenech, Anaïs; Aguilar-Luzón, María del Carmen; García-Figuera, Sara; [et al.]. «Correction to : Application of the theory of planned behaviour to understand citrus stakeholders' intention to manage quarantine plant pest outbreaks». CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, Vol. 6 (March 2025), art. 29 https://doi.org/10.1079/ab.2025.0029

Correcció de l'article: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/318741
DOI: 10.1079/ab.2025.0013

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