Unpublished Paper
Participatory ecology for 'Agriculture of the Middle': Developing tools and partnerships to bridge gaps among science, people and policy in landscape change
Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports
Project ID
E2006-20
Abstract
Based on findings of this project, the adaptive landscape changes needed to significantly incorporate perennial vegetation strategies into Iowa's Corn Belt-dominated agriculture are possible if a coordinated strategy of change is coupled across three scales: field/individual, landscape/community, and regional/institutional.
Key Question
What factors promote or hinder the adoption of perennial conservation practices by producers?
Findings
The project revealed constraints and opportunities in the Corn Belt social-ecological system, and has the potential to inform the development of conservation policies and markets that encourage the adoption of perennial conservation practices. This means more straightforward workable policies from the producer perspective.
Principal Investigator(s)
Lisa A. Schulte Moore
Co-Investigator(s)
Ryan C. Atwell, Lynne M. Westphal
Year of Grant Completion
2010
Disciplines
Citation Information
Lisa A. Schulte Moore, Ryan Cardiff Atwell and Lynne M. Westphal. "Participatory ecology for 'Agriculture of the Middle': Developing tools and partnerships to bridge gaps among science, people and policy in landscape change" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lisa_schulte/61/