Understanding the values that inform regenerative ranching in the Northern U.S. Great Plains

IF 3.6 2区社会学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI:10.1007/s10460-024-10649-1

Timothy Pape, Gwendŵr Meredith, David Sandahl, Md Faizul Kabir, Simanti Banerjee, Craig Allen, Elliot Dennis, Mitchell Stephenson

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Abstract

The effects of environmental degradation and climate change are propelling a discourse shift towards regenerative agriculture, yet understanding motivations for implementing regenerative practices on private agricultural lands is still a challenge. We study that challenge within the realm of regenerative ranching, a subcategory of regenerative agriculture. By examining the frequency of values articulated by respondents, a valuation typology stemming from 24 semi-structured interviews with ranchers in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota is revealed. Instrumental valuations dominated in the studied region in connection to regenerative ranching practices, although some respondents articulated relational and intrinsic valuations tied to their practices. While this study focuses on regenerative ranching, we posit that a better understanding of the interplay between diverse valuations as they relate to private land management practices is vital to promoting more resilient and thoughtful ecosystem governance.

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了解美国北部大平原再生牧场的价值

环境退化和气候变化的影响正在推动话语转向可再生农业，但理解在私人农业土地上实施可再生做法的动机仍然是一个挑战。我们在再生牧场领域研究这一挑战，这是再生农业的一个子类。通过检查受访者所表达的价值的频率，揭示了来自蒙大拿州，北达科他州和南达科他州的24个半结构化访谈的估值类型。在研究地区，工具性估值在再生牧场实践方面占主导地位，尽管一些受访者阐述了与其实践相关的关系和内在估值。虽然本研究侧重于再生牧场，但我们认为，更好地理解与私人土地管理实践相关的不同估值之间的相互作用，对于促进更具弹性和周到的生态系统治理至关重要。

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Agriculture and Human Values 农林科学-科学史与科学哲学

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6.70

自引率

13.30%

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审稿时长

>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Agriculture and Human Values is the journal of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. The Journal, like the Society, is dedicated to an open and free discussion of the values that shape and the structures that underlie current and alternative visions of food and agricultural systems. To this end the Journal publishes interdisciplinary research that critically examines the values, relationships, conflicts and contradictions within contemporary agricultural and food systems and that addresses the impact of agricultural and food related institutions, policies, and practices on human populations, the environment, democratic governance, and social equity.