Understanding the influence of indigenous values on change in the dairy industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12151908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorie Knook (0000-0002-2356-8008, Lincoln University, corresponding author), Anita Wreford (0000-0002-9546-4080, Lincoln University), Hamish Gow, Hamish R Gow (Lincoln University), Murray Hemi (Statistics New Zealand) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 635-647 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agriculture and Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0889-048X • E-ISSN: 1572-8366 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (Netherlands) (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10460-022-10376-5 |
| OpenAlex | W4306849197 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Communities, scientists, policy-makers and industries are requiring farmers to address environmental and wellbeing challenges in their on-farm management, transitioning away from a productivity dominated focus towards a multi-faceted system focus that includes environmental and social values. This paper analyses how Miraka Ltd., an Aotearoa-New Zealand indigenous owned and operated milk company, has taken on the role of institutional entrepreneur to enable and support change towards a multi-faceted system amongst its supply farmers. Observations and interviews were carried out to: (i) identify farmers’ changes in practices, beliefs and values over the last ten years; and (ii) identify how Miraka functions as an indigenous entrepreneur in the agricultural sector. Findings show that interviewees were initially guided by business and family-oriented values, beliefs and practices, but in response to the institutional entrepreneurship by Miraka, approximately half of the interviewees changed these values, beliefs and practices, by internalising people and environmental values. The main strategies employed by Miraka were mobilisation of material resources such as incentives and awards, creation of a rationale addressing environmental and social concerns in the dairy sector, and proactive connection with new actors. The research shows an indigenous owned small-medium enterprise can make changes in values, beliefs and practices amongst its supply farmers, but requires a stronger shared base of values to contribute to a wider economic change. The discussion connects these findings to wider literature on diverse economies and indigenous entrepreneurship to identify to what extent an indigenous small-medium enterprise can contribute to a system change
Agriculture · Aotearoa · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Incentive · Indigenous · Market economy · Political science · Productivity · Small business · Forest Management and Policy · Organic Food and Agriculture · Rural development and sustainability · Marketing
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| Highly cited | No |