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Extension 3.0: Managing Agricultural Knowledge Systems In The Network Age, Mark Lubell, Meredith T. Niles, Matthew Hoffman
Extension 3.0: Managing Agricultural Knowledge Systems In The Network Age, Mark Lubell, Meredith T. Niles, Matthew Hoffman
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Publications
This paper develops the idea of “Extension 3.0” as an approach to agricultural extension that capitalizes on the network structure of local agricultural knowledge systems. Over the last century, agricultural knowledge systems have evolved into networks of widely distributed actors with a diversity of specializations and expertise. Agricultural extension programs need to manage these networks in ways that maximize the synergy between experiential, technical, and social learning. Using empirical research from California farmers, we highlight the structure of these networks within and across contexts, and the importance of boundary-spanning relationships. We provide some initial recommendations about actions needed to realize …
Perceptions And Responses To Climate Policy Risks Among California Farmers, Meredith T. Niles, Mark Lubell, Van R. Haden
Perceptions And Responses To Climate Policy Risks Among California Farmers, Meredith T. Niles, Mark Lubell, Van R. Haden
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Publications
This paper considers how farmers perceive and respond to climate change policy risks, and suggests that understanding these risk responses is as important as understanding responses to biophysical climate change impacts. Based on a survey of 162 farmers in California, we test three hypotheses regarding climate policy risk: (1) that perceived climate change risks will have a direct impact on farmer's responses to climate policy risks, (2) that previous climate change experiences will influence farmer's climate change perceptions and climate policy risk responses, and (3) that past experiences with environmental policies will more strongly affect a farmer's climate change beliefs, …
Global And Local Concerns: What Attitudes And Beliefs Motivate Farmers To Mitigate And Adapt To Climate Change?, Van R. Haden, Meredith T. Niles, Mark Lubell, Josh Perlman, Louise Jackson
Global And Local Concerns: What Attitudes And Beliefs Motivate Farmers To Mitigate And Adapt To Climate Change?, Van R. Haden, Meredith T. Niles, Mark Lubell, Josh Perlman, Louise Jackson
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Publications
In response to agriculture's vulnerability and contribution to climate change, many governments are developing initiatives that promote the adoption of mitigation and adaptation practices among farmers. Since most climate policies affecting agriculture rely on voluntary efforts by individual farmers, success requires a sound understanding of the factors that motivate farmers to change practices. Recent evidence suggests that past experience with the effects of climate change and the psychological distance associated with people's concern for global and local impacts can influence environmental behavior. Here we surveyed farmers in a representative rural county in California's Central Valley to examine how their intention …