Private land conservation decision-making: An integrative social science model

RS Epanchin-Niell, DB Jackson-Smith… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Owners and managers of private lands make decisions that have implications well beyond
the boundaries of their land, influencing species conservation, water quality, wildfire risk …

[HTML][HTML] Farm typologies for understanding farm systems and improving agricultural policy

R Huber, B Bartkowski, C Brown, N El Benni, JH Feil… - Agricultural …, 2024 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Farm typologies help to identify patterns across a wide range of farm systems and
describe heterogeneity in agriculture concisely. They can also support the design of …

Rigorous, empirical, and quantitative: a proposed pipeline for soil health assessments

J Wade, SW Culman, CK Gasch, C Lazcano… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil health is a promising lens through which to approach land management, having the
potential to serve as a descriptor of biophysical processes and as an effective …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating risks and maximizing sustainability of treated wastewater reuse for irrigation

D Yalin, HA Craddock, S Assouline, EB Mordechay… - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
Scarcity of freshwater for agriculture has led to increased utilization of treated wastewater
(TWW), establishing it as a significant and reliable source of irrigation water. However, years …

[HTML][HTML] Finding the ecological farmer: A farmer typology to understand ecological practice adoption within Europe

AP Barnes, B Thompson, L Toma - Current Research in Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural policies are now orientated towards sustainable food production which integrate
climate and biodiversity targets. Increasing the uptake of ecological approaches is intrinsic …

[HTML][HTML] Farmer typologies integrating latent and observed characteristics: Insights for soil and water conservation outreach

S Upadhaya, JG Arbuckle, LA Schulte - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the fundamental rules of effective communication is to “know your audience.” When
engaging farmers in conservation in the US and elsewhere where their participation is …

An ecological networks approach reveals restored native vegetation benefits wild bees in agroecosystems

KE Borchardt, C Kadelka, LA Schulte, AL Toth - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Conservation of species that rely on mutualistic partners such as pollinators are often better
studied using interaction networks and indicators of ecological functions. We used a novel …

A scalable approach to improve CSA targeting practices among smallholder farmers

C Muriithi, C Mwongera, W Abera, CGK Chege… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
With climate change, population growth, and land degradation exerting mounting pressures
on agricultural systems in developing countries, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategies …

Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single‐visit pollen deposition

KE Borchardt, D Holthaus… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wasps are understudied in their contribution to pollination services. In order to better
understand the ecological contribution of wasp communities to plant pollination, we …

Principles or practice? The impact of natural resource management on farmer well-being and social connectedness

K Brown, PJ Batterham, J Schirmer… - Society & Natural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Ensuring natural resource management (NRM) positively impacts the quality of life of a
farmer is important to farmer mental health and persistence with adoption. Evidence …