Farm resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of California direct market farmers

Durant, Jennie L.; Asprooth, Lauren; Galt, Ryan E.; Schmulevich, Sasha Pesci; Manser, Gwyneth M.; Pinzón, Natalia

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103532

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“…The more acres of their total operation a PFI member farmer owns, as opposed to rents, the less likely they are to adopt a greater number of conservation practices was a surprising finding given that existing theory points to the advantages of owning land for receiving the longer-term benefits of conservation practices (Belknap and Saupe 1988 ; Soule et al 2000 ). However, renting more acres may allow farmers to expand their farm size and larger farms are shown to enable farmers to absorb risk and adopt more due to economies of scale (Khanna et al 1999 ; Ulrich-Schad et al 2017 ; Durant et al 2023 ) which may explain why farm size is also significant at the 5% level in the GLM multivariate models (Models 2 & 3). Within the fixed effects, we note that 2013 is strongly associated with adoption compared to 2017 or 2020.…”

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The adoption of conservation practices in the Corn Belt: the role of one formal farmer network, Practical Farmers of Iowa

2023

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Substantial evidence has shown that involvement in peer-to-peer farming networks influences whether a farmer decides to try a new practice. Formally organized farmer networks are emerging as a unique entity that blend the benefits of decentralized exchange of farmer knowledge within the structure of an organization providing a variety of sources of information and forms of engagement. We define formal farmer networks as farmer networks with a distinct membership and organizational structure, leadership that includes farmers, and an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. This study complements existing ethnographic research on the benefits of organized farmer networking by examining farmers in one longstanding formal farmer network, Practical Farmers of Iowa. Using a nested, mixed-method research design, we analyzed survey and interview data to understand how participation and forms of engagement in the network are associated with the adoption of conservation practices. Responses from 677 farmers from a regular member survey disseminated by Practical Farmers of Iowa in 2013, 2017, and 2020 were pooled and analyzed. GLM binomial and ordered logistic regression results indicate that greater participation in the network, particularly through in-person formats, has a strong and significant association with greater adoption of conservation practices. Logistic regression results show that building relationships in the network is the most important variable for predicting whether a farmer reported adopting conservation practices as a result of participation in PFI. In-depth interviews with 26 surveyed member farmers revealed that PFI supports farmers to adopt by providing information, resources, encouragement, confidence building, and reinforcement. In-person learning formats were more important to farmers relative to independent formats because they were able to have side conversations with other farmers, ask questions, and observe results. We conclude that formal networks are a promising way to expand the use of conservation practices, particularly through targeted efforts to increase relationship building in the network through face-to-face learning opportunities.

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The adoption of conservation practices in the Corn Belt: the role of one formal farmer network, Practical Farmers of Iowa

2023

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“…Una parte de la literatura científica sobre el impacto del confinamiento pone de relieve la elevada capacidad de respuesta y adaptación (es decir, la elevada resiliencia) de muchos sistemas agrarios y de la mayor parte de los productores agrarios (Stephens et al, 2022), destacando que el impacto negativo sobre los sistemas productivos fue limitado, y a la vez que el confinamiento no "disparó" las capacidades transformadoras en el seno de tales sistemas productivos (Meuwissen et al, 2021). Un indicador de ese buena capacidad de respuesta durante la crisis sería precisamente el aumento de las ventas, como respuesta rápida al cambio en la demanda de alimentos por parte de los consumidores (Durant et al, 2023). En todo caso, en línea con diversos trabajos, parece evidente que los investigadores han de estar siempre atentos a los posibles beneficios que pudieran derivarse de eventos inesperados, como ha puesto de relieve Darnhofer con relación precisamente al COVID-19 (2021).…”

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“…En la literatura internacional se destaca, incluso con profusión, que el sector agrario ha tenido, en general, una elevada resiliencia ante el shock de la crisis de la COVID-19, especialmente los efectos negativos derivados del confinamiento y las restricciones a la movilidad, sobre todo los relacionados con los cambios en la demanda y la subida de precios (Altieri y Nicholls, 2020; Durant et al, 2023;Escobar-López et al, 2021). Efectivamente, el sector agrario en general, y los agricultores en particular, se organizaron con cierta rapidez e introdujeron cambios para dar respuesta a las nuevas necesidades y el nuevo escenario (Perrin y Martin, 2021;Snow et al, 2021), y en algunos casos se destaca incluso el impacto limitado que la COVID-19 tuvo en la producción y entrega de alimentos (Meuwissen et al, 2021).…”

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Cambios en la demanda y estrategias de adaptación en producciones agrarias sostenibles durante el confinamiento por la pandemia COVID-19

Manzano¹,

Pérez²

2023

An. geogr. Univ. Complut.

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La pandemia ha supuesto un verdadero shock, también en los mercados de productos agrícolas sostenibles. En este artículo se analizan, en primer lugar y a través de datos secundarios, los cambios en los patrones de consumo de productos agrícolas frescos de los españoles durante la pandemia por la COVID-19, así como los cambios en la tipología de canales y tipos de establecimientos de compra. En segundo lugar, con datos primarios (encuestas y entrevistas) se analiza la percepción que una muestra de agricultores valencianos (vinculados a producciones sostenibles) tiene respecto del impacto del confinamiento, y sus estrategias de respuesta y adaptación. Los resultados ponen de relieve, por el lado de los consumidores, cambios en los hábitos de consumo (compra directa y por internet, mayor calidad) y, por el lado de los productores, estrategias diferenciadas, con efectos igualmente diferentes según el entorno productivo de partida (agricultura ecológica certificada frente a prácticas sostenibles) o el tiempo transcurrido (respuesta en los primeros momentos del confinamiento, frente a la que pudieron dar transcurridos unos meses).

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“…Te farms' resilience has been frequently explored in the feld of socio-ecological term [27,28,45,59,85,86]. However, it progressively embraces economic dimension which associated with social and ecological systems [9,46,56,[87][88][89]. Te result shows that the most signifcant negative impact of economic dynamism on smallholder plantation resilience is capital limitation.…”

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Multifaceted Social and Environmental Disruptions Impact on Smallholder Plantations’ Resilience in Indonesia

Apri

Irham

Jamhari

et al. 2022

The Scientific World Journal

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As one of the most productive plantation producers in the world, Indonesia also faces rapid change in both social and environmental systems. These conditions are predicted to become more disruptive to the agricultural sector in the future. Therefore, understanding the impact of social and environmental disruption on smallholder plantations’ resilience is vital to formulate a strategy for the sustainability of farmers’ livelihoods in this country. Using survey data from 360 smallholding farmers in six villages from three districts in Bengkulu Province, Indonesia, the study deployed a multidimensional approach to assess smallholders’ resilience to social and environmental disruption as well as towards economic dynamics. There are four dimensions of smallholder resilience, namely, the ability of adaptation, recoverability, anticipation, and farmers’ innovation level. Social disruption was indicated by farmers’ demography, epidemic/family health, social conflict, culture clash, and intention on land conversion. Meanwhile, environmental disruption was shown by natural catastrophe incidents, climate variations, environmentally unfriendly cultivation activities, and land fires. Since the resilience level was classified as binary, bivariate probit model was used in the analysis. The result shows that smallholder plantations in Bengkulu Indonesia are categorized as innovative, and recoverable, but less adaptive, and less anticipatory farmers. Overall, more than 50% of smallholder plantations are classified as less resilient smallholders. The statistical result empirically uncovers that the intentions of land conversion, climate change, and environmentally unfriendly farming activities statistically have a significant contribution to the reduction of smallholder plantations’ resilience. Furthermore, the economic dynamisms such as lack of input availability, price volatility, demand uncertainty, and capital limitation have a significant negative impact on smallholder plantation resilience.

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Farm resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of California direct market farmers

Cited by 24 publications

References 80 publications

The adoption of conservation practices in the Corn Belt: the role of one formal farmer network, Practical Farmers of Iowa

The adoption of conservation practices in the Corn Belt: the role of one formal farmer network, Practical Farmers of Iowa

Cambios en la demanda y estrategias de adaptación en producciones agrarias sostenibles durante el confinamiento por la pandemia COVID-19

Multifaceted Social and Environmental Disruptions Impact on Smallholder Plantations’ Resilience in Indonesia

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