Pro-environmental behavior in agriculture and implications for Environmental Education: literature review

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https://doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2021.v16.11408

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Sustainable Agriculture, Environmental psychology, Environmental Education

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze scientific productions on pro-environmental behavior in agriculture and to describe the main associated personal and environmental factors. The keywords were used: pro-environmental behavior and pro-environmental behavior in the main available databases. The main conditions associated with pro-environmental behavior were of an intrinsic nature, such as biospheric values, environmental awareness, orientation for the future, self-efficacy and knowledge. The promotion of public policies to encourage pro-environmental behavior, combined with environmental education that generates knowledge and promotes environmental values, encourages sustainable agricultural practices.

Author Biographies

  • Ana Paula da Silva Siqueira, Universidade Cesumar

    Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Tecnologias Limpas (PPGTL) na Universidade Cesumar (Unicesumar).

  • Bianca Ramos Meira, Universidade Cesumar

    Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

  • Tiago Teixeira da Silva Siqueira, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)

    Université de Toulouse

  • Edneia Aparecida de Souza Paccola, Universidade Cesumar

    Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologias Limpas. Pesquisadora do Instituto Cesumar de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (ICETI). Bolsista Produtividade em Pesquisa do ICETI

  • Rute Grossi-Milani, Universidade Cesumar

    Programas de Pós-Graduação em Promoção da Saúde e Tecnologias Limpas. Pesquisadora do Instituto Cesumar de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (ICETI). Bolsista Produtividade em Pesquisa do ICETI

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SIQUEIRA, Ana Paula da Silva; MEIRA, Bianca Ramos; SIQUEIRA, Tiago Teixeira da Silva; PACCOLA, Edneia Aparecida de Souza; GROSSI-MILANI, Rute. Pro-environmental behavior in agriculture and implications for Environmental Education: literature review. Brazilian Journal of Environmental Education, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 3, p. 389–403, 2021. DOI: 10.34024/revbea.2021.v16.11408. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/revbea/article/view/11408. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.
Received 2020-11-16
Accepted 2021-03-29
Published 2021-06-01