Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation

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My post-doctoral work extended my examination of structural impacts on environmental behaviors in agriculture with a study of the potential reduction of nitrogen fertilizer use as a climate change mitigation strategy by corn farmers. This research was conducted in partnership with Diana Stuart at Michigan State University.

Publications:

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Schewe, R. and Stuart, D. 2016. "Why don’t they just change? Contract farming, informational influence, and barriers to agricultural climate change mitigation." Rural Sociology, DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12122.*

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Stuart, D. and Schewe, R. 2016. “Constrained Choice and Climate Change Mitigation in US Agriculture: Structural Barriers to a Climate Change Ethic.” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 29(3):369-385.

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Stuart, D. Schewe, R. and McDermott, M. 2014. “Reducing nitrogen fertilizer application as a climate change mitigation strategy: Understanding farmer decision-making and potential barriers to change in the US.” Land Use Policy, 36(1): 210-218.

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Stuart, D., Schewe, R., and McDermott, M. 2012. "Responding to Climate Change: Barriers to Reflexive Modernization in U.S. Agriculture.” Organization and Environment. Volume 25, issue 3: 308-327.