Beus, Curtis E. (author), Carlson, John E. (author), Dillman, Don A. (author), Schnabel, B. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho, Moscow.; Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho, Moscow.; Texas A&M; Social and Economic Survey Research Center, Washington State University, Pullman
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Publication Date:
1994
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08616
Camboni, Silvana M. (author), Napier, Ted L. (author), Thraen, Cameron S. (author), and Napier: Professor of Development Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Camboni: Development Officer, Research Foundation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Thraen: Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Publication Date:
1986-03
Published:
USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05292
Erbaugh, J. Mark (author), Hansen, David O. (author), Napier, Ted L. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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1987-09
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USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05534
Albrecht, Don E. (author / Iowa State University), Bultena, G. (author / Iowa State University), Hoiberg, E. (author / Iowa State University), and Nowak, P. (author / Iowa State University)
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1981
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: C10194
Hicks, Theresa L. (author), Osterman, Douglas A. (author), and Osterman: Resource Planner, Palouse Conservation District, Pullman, WA; Hicks: Soil Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-03
Published:
USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05558
12 pages., via online journal., Development of extension and outreach that effectively engage farmers in climate
change adaptation and/or mitigation activities can be informed by an improved understanding of farmers’ perspectives on climate change and related impacts. This research employed
latent class analysis (LCA) to analyze data from a survey of 4,778 farmers from 11 US Corn
Belt states. The research focused on two related research questions: (1) to what degree do
farmers differ on key measures of beliefs about climate change, experience with extreme
weather, perceived risks to agriculture, efficacy, and level of support for public and private adaptive and mitigative action; and (2) are there potential areas of common ground
among farmers? Results indicate that farmers have highly heterogeneous perspectives, and
six distinct classes of farmers are identified. We label these as the following: the concerned
(14%), the uneasy (25%), the uncertain (25%), the unconcerned (13%), the confident (18%),
and the detached (5%). These groups of farmers differ primarily in terms of beliefs about
climate change, the degree to which they had experienced extreme weather, and risk perceptions. Despite substantial differences on these variables, areas of similarity were discerned
on variables measuring farmers’ (1) confidence that they will be able to deal with increases
in weather variability and (2) support for public and private efforts to help farmers adapt to
increased weather variability. These results can inform segmented approaches to outreach that
target subpopulations of farmers as well as broader engagement strategies that would reach
wider populations. Further, findings suggest that strategies with specific reference to climate
change might be most effective in engaging the subpopulations of farmers who believe that
climate change is occurring and a threat, but that use of less charged terms such as weather
variability would likely be more effective with a broader range of farmers. Outreach efforts
that (1) appeal to farmers’ problem solving capacity and (2) employ terms such as “weather
variability” instead of more charged terms such as “climate change” are more likely to be
effective with a wider farmer audience.
