Communicating soil carbon science to farmers: incorporating credibility, salience and legitimacy
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Communicating soil carbon science to farmers : incorporating credibility, salience and legitimacy. / Ingram, Julie; Mills, Jane; Dibari, Camilla; Ferrise, Roberto; Ghaley, Bhim Bahadur; Hansen, Jens Grønbech; Iglesias, Ana; Karaczun, Zbigniew; McVittie, Alistair; Merante, Paolo; Molnar, Andras; Sánchez, Berta.
I: Journal of Rural Studies, Bind 48, 2016, s. 115-128.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Communicating soil carbon science to farmers
T2 - incorporating credibility, salience and legitimacy
AU - Ingram, Julie
AU - Mills, Jane
AU - Dibari, Camilla
AU - Ferrise, Roberto
AU - Ghaley, Bhim Bahadur
AU - Hansen, Jens Grønbech
AU - Iglesias, Ana
AU - Karaczun, Zbigniew
AU - McVittie, Alistair
AU - Merante, Paolo
AU - Molnar, Andras
AU - Sánchez, Berta
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Abstract A key narrative within climate change science is that conserving and improving soil carbon through agricultural practices can contribute to agricultural productivity and is a promising option for mitigating carbon loss through sequestration. This paper examines the potential disconnect between science and practice in the context of communicating information about soil carbon management. It focuses on the information producing process and on stakeholder (adviser, farmer representative, policy maker etc) assessment of the attributes credibility, salience and legitimacy. In doing this it draws on results from consultations with stakeholders in the SmartSOIL project which aimed to provide decision support guidelines about practices that optimise carbon mitigation and crop productivity. An iterative methodology, used to engage stakeholders in developing, testing and validating a range of decision support guidelines in six case study regions across Europe, is described. This process enhanced legitimacy and revealed the importance, and the different dimensions, of stakeholder views on credibility and salience. The results also highlight the complexities and contested nature of managing soil carbon. Some insights are gained into how to achieve more effective communication about soil carbon management, including the need to provide opportunities in projects and research programmes for dialogue to engender better understanding between science and practice.
AB - Abstract A key narrative within climate change science is that conserving and improving soil carbon through agricultural practices can contribute to agricultural productivity and is a promising option for mitigating carbon loss through sequestration. This paper examines the potential disconnect between science and practice in the context of communicating information about soil carbon management. It focuses on the information producing process and on stakeholder (adviser, farmer representative, policy maker etc) assessment of the attributes credibility, salience and legitimacy. In doing this it draws on results from consultations with stakeholders in the SmartSOIL project which aimed to provide decision support guidelines about practices that optimise carbon mitigation and crop productivity. An iterative methodology, used to engage stakeholders in developing, testing and validating a range of decision support guidelines in six case study regions across Europe, is described. This process enhanced legitimacy and revealed the importance, and the different dimensions, of stakeholder views on credibility and salience. The results also highlight the complexities and contested nature of managing soil carbon. Some insights are gained into how to achieve more effective communication about soil carbon management, including the need to provide opportunities in projects and research programmes for dialogue to engender better understanding between science and practice.
KW - Soil carbon
KW - Farmers
KW - Advisers
KW - Credibility
KW - Salience
KW - Legitimacy
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.10.005
M3 - Journal article
VL - 48
SP - 115
EP - 128
JO - Journal of Rural Studies
JF - Journal of Rural Studies
SN - 0743-0167
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ID: 173053941