气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Mediterranean farmers' understandings of 'good soil management' and 'good farmer' identity in the context of conservation agriculture

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DOI	10.1080/14735903.2024.2335083
	Mediterranean farmers' understandings of 'good soil management' and 'good farmer' identity in the context of conservation agriculture
	Topp, Emmeline; Stephan, Ana; Varela, Elsa; Cicek, Harun; Plieninger, Tobias
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1473-5903
EISSN	1747-762X
起始页码	22
结束页码	1
卷号	22 期号:1
英文摘要	Mediterranean agriculture is increasingly threatened by soil degradation and climate change. Conservation agriculture (CA) is a farming approach characterized by reduced soil disturbance, soil cover, and crop rotation that provides agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits to farmers, but which is not yet widespread in the Mediterranean region. To investigate the sociocultural aspects of CA adoption, we examined farmers' understandings of 'good soil management' and a 'good farmer' identity. We employed network analysis to visualize and compare farmers' mental models of these concepts and how they differed according to farmers' tillage practices. We found that crop rotation is a prominent concept cognitively tied to fertilizer application, bridging conventional and reduced tillage practices. CA farmers' mental models of soil management are more complex than conventional farmers'. Demonstrating productivity and having experience and knowledge were the most prominent aspects of farmers' understanding of a 'good farmer'. For CA farmers, this was tied to environmental responsibility and innovation, whereas for conventional farmers, a set of best practices including tillage and the use of mineral fertilizers, was valued more highly. CA may compete with held understandings concerning soil management among conventional farmers. CA adoption programmes could be better tailored to align with their cultural values. [GRAPHICS]
英文关键词	No-tillage agriculture; mental models; network analysis; soil conservation; cultural capital
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary ; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
WOS记录号	WOS:001205673100001
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/287953
作者单位	Universitat Kassel; University of Gottingen; University of Gottingen
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Topp, Emmeline,Stephan, Ana,Varela, Elsa,et al. Mediterranean farmers' understandings of 'good soil management' and 'good farmer' identity in the context of conservation agriculture[J],2024,22(1).
APA	Topp, Emmeline,Stephan, Ana,Varela, Elsa,Cicek, Harun,&Plieninger, Tobias.(2024).Mediterranean farmers' understandings of 'good soil management' and 'good farmer' identity in the context of conservation agriculture.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY,22(1).
MLA	Topp, Emmeline,et al."Mediterranean farmers' understandings of 'good soil management' and 'good farmer' identity in the context of conservation agriculture".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY 22.1(2024).