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Please see herebelow a message from Don Reicosky regarding articles on CA social issues.


Thank you Don.

 

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From: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:40 AM
Subject: articles on CA social issues
To: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>


File name: C&NT info CA social issues 2Sep2014


This email provides links to articles related to acceptance of global CA. Many of the articles are too large to email as an attachment.

1.    Slow acceptance of global CA is due to poor understanding of human/social issues.

This idea is best described by a quote from Katsu Minami, (2009).


Minamia, Katsuyuki. 2009. Soil and humanity: Culture, civilization, livelihood and health. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 55(5):603-615. 

 

“Agriculture is a bridge between the natural sciences and the social sciences. One could say that it is also the most straightforward, concrete manifestation of the combined  effect of humans and the environment. For example, a Japanese word for those who engage in agriculture, hyakusho (farmer) literally means ‘‘people who know all about many things’’. Farming requires a comprehensive knowledge of natural sciences related to growing crops, including crop physiology, soil, weather, fertilizer and topography. A comprehensive knowledge of social sciences is also required to understand the politics, laws, economics, history, culture, customs and other aspects of the society in which farmers live. As such, agriculture is a comprehensive science whose medium is the soil.”


The link to download this article follows:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00401.x

 

2. An excellent book describing the evolution of CA in Canada. Of particular interest is the chapter interviewing seven no-till pioneer farmers describing their “social pressures” implementing NoTill on their farm.


Lindwall, C. W. and Sonntag, B. (EDS). 2010. Landscapes transformed. The History of Conservation Tillage and Direct Seeding. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,SK. S7N 5B8. Pp 219. www.kis.usask.ca

  ISBN 978-0-9812843-1-6


The link to download this book follows:

http://www.kis.usask.ca/ZeroTill/LandscapesTransformed_HistoryofCT_Book.pdf


to purchase the book:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/knowledge-impact-in-society-university-of-saskatchewan/landscapes-transformed-the-history-of-conservation-tillage-and-direct-seeding/paperback/product-11706618.html


3. A recent PhD thesis putting “science into social issues” that impact acceptance of CA in Canada by Lana Awada. As peer-reviewed research articles become available out of this thesis, they will be forwarded to the same email list.

 Awada, L. 2012. The Adoption of Conservation Tillage Innovation on the Canadian Prairies.  A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics. University of Saskatchewan.  206 pp.

 The link to download this article follows:

 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/awada's+work/147f4d5dec97eaeb?projector=1

 4. Special publication by the International Soil and Water Conservation Research (ISWCR) on a few global no-tillage pioneers.

 

Dumanski, J.,  D. C. Reicosky, and  R. A. Peiretti. 2014a.  Pioneers in Soil Conservation and Conservation Agriculture.  International Soil and Water Conservation Research (ISWCR).  Volume 2 Number 1 March 2014.  Pp107.

 The individual articles literature citations follow:

 Dumanski, J.,  D. C. Reicosky, and R. A. Peiretti. 2014. Preface. Global pioneers in soil conservation: Common elements and lessons learned. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):1-4.

 

Kassam, A., R. Derpsch, and T. Friedrich.  2014. Global achievements in soil and water conservation: The case of Conservation Agriculture.  ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):5-13.

 Peiretti, R.  and J. Dumanski. 2014.  The transformation of agriculture in Argentina through soil conservation. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):14-20.

 Bellotti, B. and J. F. Rochecouste. 2014. The development of Conservation Agriculture in Australia—Farmers as innovators. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):21-34.

 de Freitas, P. L.  and J. N. Landers.  2014. The transformation of agriculture in Brazil through development and adoption of Zero Tillage Conservation Agriculture.  ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):35-46.

 Awada, L., C. W. Lindwall, and B. Sonntag.  2014. The development and adoption of conservation tillage systems on the Canadian Prairies. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):47-65.

 Reicosky, D.  and C. Crovetto.  2014. No-till systems on the Chequen Farm in Chile: A success story in bringing practice and science together. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):66-77.

 Lingling,  Li,  Zhang Renzhi, Luo Zhuzhu, Liang Weili, Xie Junhong,  Cai Liqun, and B. Bellotti. 2014.  Evolution of soil and water conservation in rain-fed areas of China. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):78-90.

 Kertész, Á.  and B. Madarász. 2014. Conservation Agriculture in Europe. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):91-96.

 Islam, R.  and R. Reeder. 2014. No-till and conservation agriculture in the United States: An example from the David Brandt farm, Carroll, Ohio. ISWCR  Vol. 2 (1):97-107.

 The link for the special issue follows:

 Pdf file of high quality can be downloaded from http://www.waswac.org/report.asp

 Also you can find more information about ISWCR on http://www.waswac.org

If printed copies are needed.

 If the direct links in this document do not seem to function, try copying the link directly into your browser.

 If anyone knows of similar articles on human/social issues related to agriculture and CA, I am starting to build a “library” of these types of articles. Your suggestions and contributions would be appreciated.

 Don Reicosky


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Don Reicosky
Morris, MN USA 56267
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