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Understanding the value of and reasoning behind farmer adoption of carbon centric practices

Understanding how to promote farmers' use of carbon (C) centric practices known to increase soil C sequestration is needed to design information systems and orient policy, investment and environmental markets. Farmers undertake individual and collective actions using techniques that have varied...

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Main Author: Wander, Michelle M.
Other Authors: Ugarte, Carmen M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 2023
Series:Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Subjects:
Farmers' Conservation Behaviour
Thema Editeur::t Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial Processes::tv Agriculture And Farming::tvf Sustainable Agriculture
Thema Editeur::t Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial Processes::tv Agriculture And Farming::tvk Agronomy And Crop Production
Organic Farming
Thema Editeur::t Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial Processes::tv Agriculture And Farming::tvb Agricultural Science
Conservation Farming
Thema Editeur::r Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::rb Earth Sciences::rbg Geology, Geomorphology And The Lithosphere::rbgb Sedimentology And Pedology
Participatory Research
Carbon Sequestration
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Summary:Understanding how to promote farmers' use of carbon (C) centric practices known to increase soil C sequestration is needed to design information systems and orient policy, investment and environmental markets. Farmers undertake individual and collective actions using techniques that have varied over time and space according to land potential, farming systems, values and, evolving political and environmental contexts. Interviews with US Midwest conservation, conventional and organic grain farmers suggest market outlet most influences C stewardship. The number of samples needed to verify C sequestration targets by direct soil sampling is high and may temper interest in C markets; however, direct verification can reasonably be achieved by pooling data from multiple farms. Valorization-mechanisms and cooperative efforts lower costs and help individuals address large-scale issues like climate change and indirectly influence unwanted impacts of farm-size-expansion and competition for land, but do not consider benefits to family and community well-being that matter to farmers.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (22 p.)
ISBN:9781801464314
AS.2022.0106.27

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