Campus Units

Sociology

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

7-2019

Journal or Book Title

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volume

11

Issue

3

First Page

665

Last Page

679

DOI

10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0086.1

Abstract

Cover crops are grown between periods of regular crop production or planted into crops with the primary purpose of protecting and improving soil health. These crops possess several resilience-enhancing properties that are well suited to help farmers adapt to climate change. Through an “adaptive capacities framework,” we examine how farmers’ adaptive capacities—contextualized within institutional and environmental conditions—can influence their decision to use cover crops. We use generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) to examine the relative importance of (i) “internal” variables—farmers’ perceived capacity to act; (ii) “external” or “objective” resources—assets and entitlements; and (iii) contextual variables—the institutional and environmental context within which adaptation occurs, as predictors of farmers’ use of cover crops. Our results suggest that several objective and perceived adaptive capacities are positively associated with farmers’ decisions to use cover crops, and formal institutions such as risk management subsidies are correlated with lower use of cover crops.

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This article is published as Gardezi, Maaz, and J. Gordon Arbuckle. "The influence of objective and perceived adaptive capacity on Midwestern farmers’ use of cover crops." Weather, Climate, and Society 11 (2019): 665-679. doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0086.1. Posted with permission.

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en

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