Transforming landscapes and mindscapes through regenerative agriculture

Gordon, Ethan; Davila, Federico; Riedy, Chris

doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10276-0

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“…Aside from the pre-existing levels of trust in landholders, another factor that does not feature explicitly in Zhang et al's SLO framework is the role played by shared values, norms, and worldviews in determining whether a practice is seen as socially acceptable. These factors have been widely discussed in the literature on the landholder adoption of carbon farming and other regenerative practices in Australia [3,25,50]. They have also been linked to PES effectiveness globally, with Pascual et al (2014) arguing that the recognition of local knowledge and values is critical to ensuring that PES schemes are socially equitable [48].…”

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Understanding the Social Licence of Carbon Farming in the Australian Rangelands

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Carbon farming has expanded in Australia’s rangelands over recent years, incentivised under the Australian Government’s Emissions Reduction Fund. While this has largely been driven by economic benefits for landholders, the long-term viability of the carbon farming industry depends on its ability to obtain and maintain a social licence to operate in affected communities. Using a combination of survey, interview and focus group methods, involving key stakeholders in far-western New South Wales (NSW), this study reveals that the greatest threat to the social licence of carbon farming is the lack of confidence in governance related to policy complexity and uncertainty. Procedural fairness is a relative strength because of the involvement of trusted community members, and the trust-building strategies employed by the aggregators who recruit landholders to carbon farming. Perceptions of distributional fairness are strengthened by the benefits beginning to flow through rangeland communities, but are weakened by concerns around the equity of eligibility and the land management rules. A focus on participatory policy development, aligning rules with local values and local-scale trust building, is required in order to enhance the social licence for carbon farming in the NSW rangelands.

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Understanding the Social Licence of Carbon Farming in the Australian Rangelands

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“… [47] However, Indigenous knowledge that prioritizes regenerative soil practices may serve as a protection against the further land and soil degradation and resulting food insecurity, thereby serving to bolster local resilience to climate change. [48] …”

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“…“Chemşhúun Pe’ícháachuqeli (When our Hearts are Happy): A Tribal Psychosocial Climate Resilience Framework” is a guide for Indigenous Peoples for developing their own strategies for managing the mental and emotional effects of climate change. [48] This framework provides a model that can be adapted to a variety of specific cultures and communities. It begins with a broad base of self- and community- care that offers support and resilience to mitigate the impact of mental health issues.…”

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Climate change and COVID-19: Assessing the vulnerability and resilience of U.S. Indigenous communities to syndemic crises

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The Journal of Climate Change and Health

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“…Firstly, and integrated into the first research question, the underlying motives for pursuing regenerative agriculture showed notions of challenging perceived dominant narratives of agriculture. Regenerative agriculture promotes a discursive change for transformation toward a more sustainable food system (Gordon et al 2021), challenging a perceived dominant agro-industrial discourse. Second, is a worry of having the concept of regenerative agriculture being co-opted by external actors with potential negative effects for regenerative agriculture as an outcome.…”

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“…Rather it shows the prevalence of a discursive hegemonical arena of change happening. As many different actors now are promoting an agricultural transformation in creating more sustainable food systems, where regenerative agriculture can be seen as part of an emerging regenerative discursive alternative (Gordon et al 2021). This chapter further situates regenerative agriculture in a political arena and sets a stage where groups of actors are seen making claims and to some extent claiming ownership over ideas concerning the creation of new social and environmental systems (Robbins 2020;Neumann 2005).…”

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Regenerative Agriculture

2021

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Agriculture is both heavily impacted by climate change and responsible for greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Transitioning towards more sustainable agricultural practices is therefore imperative and requires new ways of thinking about agricultural knowledge and technologies. One rapidly emerging contender for how to transition to more sustainable agriculture is regenerative agriculture.Regenerative agriculture is far from a new idea. It involves ancient and diverse practices such as minimizing tilling soil in favor of cover crops and mimicking how wild animals graze. Over the past five years, it has seen a renaissance with a growing number of different actors showing interest in its potential for sequestering carbon and maintaining soil health. Despite this surge of interest, few studies have examined the underlying motives and ideals of farmers engaging in regenerative agriculture. This study aims to fill this gap and explore how Swedish regenerative farmers view the involvement of external actors, such as corporations, in regenerative agriculture.As attention to regenerative agriculture has grown, so have its political dimensions. Diverse ways of framing regenerative agriculture currently compete. Some view it as a farmer-led movement that can correct the weaknesses of industrial agriculture. Others see it as a chance for corporations and institutions to gain further control over rural environments. In other words, regenerative agriculture has become a contested concept. At stake is its claimed potential to support not only environmental sustainability but also equitable rural development.This study takes a political ecology perspective to consider how knowledge about regenerative agriculture is disseminated and legitimated, asking how this is reflective of power relations. Specifically, it asks who has the power to determine the future of regenerative agriculture. Empirical findings from interviews with farmers and analysis of discussions in internet forums show that too many farmers who adopted regenerative agriculture it is not only a farming system but entwined with ideological and social aspects. Farmer's enthusiasm for regenerative agriculture is matched by suspicious and cautious views on state and corporate intervention.The findings highlight the rather understudied farmer's point of view of regenerative agriculture. Farmer perceptions are important for external actors to understand when implementing frameworks and certifications. More generally, this thesis provides an understanding of how sustainability initiatives emerge through a combination of land managers, grassroots movements, and corporate actors.

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Transforming landscapes and mindscapes through regenerative agriculture

Cited by 40 publications

References 128 publications

Understanding the Social Licence of Carbon Farming in the Australian Rangelands

Understanding the Social Licence of Carbon Farming in the Australian Rangelands

Climate change and COVID-19: Assessing the vulnerability and resilience of U.S. Indigenous communities to syndemic crises

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