Diana StuartDepartment of SociologyRural SociologySchewe, R.L.; Stuart, D. Why don't they just change? Contract farming, informational influence, and barriers to agricultural climate change mitigation. Rural Soc. 2017, 82, 226-262. [CrossRef]...
Why does deforestation cause climate change?Climate Change:Climate change refers to the persistent change in the standard weather patterns and atmospheric temperatures mainly due to human activities since the 1800s or naturally changing solar cycles....
According to the report, theft of water often occurs in arid areas where it is more sparse and Loch says it's vital that something is done to prevent it, with climate change set to have an increasingly negative impact on the availability of water across the world. He s...
But what does this mean and how will it work? What is regenerative agriculture? It’s an approach to farming that focuses on regenerating nature, building long-term resilience into our food supply chain and helping farmers adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change while helping to ...
Why is organic food more expensive than intensive farming? Why does agriculture cause deforestation? What is the impact of meteorology on farming practices? Why did the Gobi Desert reforestation not work? How do farmers adapt to climate change?
All of this does indicate that the world is not on top of solving the global warming problem, in spite of the steady increase in the deployment of renewable forms of energy. The change-over from fossil fuel to renewables is just too slow. It is predicted that renewables will increase their...
FEMALE STUDENT: How much colder does it get now?FEMALE PROFESSOR: Well, actually, the model shows a drop of only a few degrees Celsius... but this is enough to cause dramatic damage to crops. If temperatures overnight are already very close to the freezing point, then, this drop of ...
That’s 130 billion land animals suffering in intensive animal farming operations every day and we haven’t even started talking about fish, where the number goes into the trillions. Over70 billion land animalsare slaughtered for meat alone worldwide — that’s almost as many humans that ever ...
while limited access to land can cause lower involvement and influence decisions on which varieties to plant. However, the reviewed literature does not provide an accurate characterization of the land tenure systems in the regions concerned. What is being highlighted instead is that women can both ...
Cattle ranching and wheat farming are common in Woodward County. Winter wheat yields could drop 15% if the climate warms 2 degrees Celsius. John D. Sutter/CNN “The public in the United States doesn’t speak with a single voice. They have very different perspectives,” said Anthony Leisero...