Exploring smallholder farmers ’ climate change adaptation intentions in Tiruchirappalli District, South India
AbstractSmallholder farmers are disproportionally vulnerable to climate change, and knowledge on cognitive factors and processes is required to successfully support their adaptation to climate change. Hence, we apply a qualitative interview approach to investigate smallholder farmers ’ adaptation intentions and behavior. The theoretical Model of Private Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change has guided data collection and analysis. We conducted twenty semi-structured interviews with smallholder farmers living and working in Tiruchirappalli District in South India. We applied a qualitative content analysis by combining a ...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 30, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Being a woman with the “skills of a man”: negotiating gender in the 21st century US Corn Belt
AbstractThere has been broad interest in the so-called rise of women farmers in United States (US) agriculture. Researchers have elucidated the diverse ways farmers ‘perform’ gender, while also examining how engaging in a masculine-coded industry like agriculture shapes individuals’ gendered identities as well as their social and mental wellbeing. While illuminating, this work is mostly focused on sustainable or direct-market farmers, with surprisingly li ttle research examining women on conventional row crops operations. This paper works to fill this empirical gap and further theorize gender-agriculture intersection...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 25, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
The essential work of feeding others: connecting food labor in public and private spaces
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 24, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Role of the neo-rural phenomenon and the new peasantry in agroecological transitions: a literature review
AbstractIn the context of agricultural activity intensification and rural abandonment, neo-rurality has emerged as a back-to-the-land migratory movement led by urban populations seeking alternative ways of life close to nature. Although the initiatives of the new peasantry are diverse, most are land related, such as agriculture and livestock farming. A priori, neorural people undertake agri-food system activities in ways that differ from the conventional model, following the principles of environmental and social sustainability. We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the neo-rural phenomenon with the main ob...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 11, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Chemical, ecological, other? Identifying weed management typologies within industrialized cropping systems in Georgia (U.S.)
AbstractSince the introduction and widespread adoption of chemical herbicides, “weed management” has become almost synonymous with “herbicide management.” Over-reliance on herbicides and herbicide-resistant crops has given rise to herbicide resistant weeds. Integrated weed management (IWM) identifies three strategies for weed management— biological-cultural, chemical -technological, mechanical-physical—and recommends combining all three to mitigate herbicide resistance. However, adoption of IWM has stalled, and research to understand the adoption of IWM practices has focused on single stakeholder groups, especi...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 8, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Correction: Moving towards an anti-colonial definition for regenerative agriculture
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 8, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Chemical, ecological, other? Identifying weed management typologies within industrialized cropping systems in Georgia (U.S.)
AbstractSince the introduction and widespread adoption of chemical herbicides, “weed management” has become almost synonymous with “herbicide management.” Over-reliance on herbicides and herbicide-resistant crops has given rise to herbicide resistant weeds. Integrated weed management (IWM) identifies three strategies for weed management— biological-cultural, chemical -technological, mechanical-physical—and recommends combining all three to mitigate herbicide resistance. However, adoption of IWM has stalled, and research to understand the adoption of IWM practices has focused on single stakeholder groups, especi...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 8, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Correction: Moving towards an anti-colonial definition for regenerative agriculture
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Source: Agriculture and Human Values - January 8, 2024 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
More than meat? Livestock farmers ’ views on opportunities to produce for plant-based diets
We present these preliminary insights to livestock farmers’ attitudes and transformational capacity to inform future research with them to advance just agricultural transitions. Our study indicates potential to avoid confrontational discussion of dieta ry transition and we hope that others will pursue its focus on opportunities for farmers. (Source: Agriculture and Human Values)
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 29, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Intersectional coalitions towards a just agroecology: weaving mutual aid and agroecology in Barcelona and Seville
AbstractAlthough in theory social justice is considered as a core dimension of agroecological transitions, alternative food initiatives related to agroecology have been criticised for their exclusionary practices based on important social and economic biases. In this article, we adopt the lens of political intersectionality to study two cases of Agroecology-oriented Food Redistribution Coalitions in Spain that emerged to address the rising levels of food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that the coalitions represent a convergence of diverse social struggles, placing intersectionally marginalized groups at t...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - December 29, 2023 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
