Farming experience and farmers’ adoption of low-carbon management practices: the case of soil testing and fertilizer recommendations in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weizhen Yu ◽  
Xiaofeng Luo
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Testing ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Carbon Management ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendations

scholarly journals Contingency theory, climate change, and low-carbon operations management

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Wilson Furlan Matos Alves ◽  
Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour ◽  
Devika Kannan ◽  
Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Contingency Theory ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Carbon Management ◽  
Chain Level

Purpose Drawing on the theory of contingency, the aim of this work is to understand how supply chain-related contingencies, arising from climate change, are related to changes in the organisational structure of firms. Further, the authors explore how this relationship influences the perception of sustainability managers on the adoption of low-carbon operations management practices and their related benefits. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this goal, this research uses NVivo software to gather evidence from interviews conducted with ten high-level managers in sustainability and related areas from seven leading companies located in Brazil. Findings The authors present four primary results: a proposal of an original framework to understand the relationship between contingency theory, changes in organisational structure to embrace low-carbon management, adoption of low-carbon operations practices and benefits from this process; the discovery that an adequate low-carbon management structure is vital to improve the organisations’ perceptions of potential benefits from a low-carbon strategy; low-carbon management initiatives tend to emerge from an organisation’s existing environmental management systems; and controlling and monitoring climate contingencies at the supply chain level should be permanent and systematic. Originality/value Based on the knowledge of the authors, to date, this work is the first piece of research that deals with the complexity of putting together contingency theory, climate-change contingencies at the supply chain level, organisational structure for low-carbon management and low-carbon operations management practices and benefits. This research also highlights evidence from an emerging economy and registers future research propositions.

scholarly journals Mejores Prácticas de Manejo en el Area Agrícola de los Everglades: Pruebas de Suelos

EDIS ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira H. Daroub ◽  
Orlando A. Diaz ◽  
Timothy A. Lang ◽  
Viviana M. Nadal ◽  
Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Soil Testing ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Language Version ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendations ◽  
Soil And Water

SL-225-Sp, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by S.H. Daroub, O.A. Diaz, T.A. Lang, V.M. Nadal, and M. Chen, is the Spanish language version of SL-225, "Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Soil Testing." It outlines the process of soil testing as an important tool for both fertilizer recommendations and as a BMP in this region. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Sciences, May 2007. SL225-SP/SS472: Mejores Prácticas de Manejo en el Area Agrícola de los Everglades: Pruebas de Suelos (ufl.edu)

scholarly journals Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Soil Testing

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira H. Daroub ◽  
Orlando A. Diaz ◽  
Timothy A. Lang ◽  
Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Soil Testing ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Everglades Agricultural Area ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendations

The purpose of this document is to outline the process of soil testing as an important tool for both fertilizer recommendations and as a BMP in this region. This EDIS article is one in a series which attempts to explain in easily understandable terms the implementation methods and rationale behind the main P load reducing BMPs employed on EAA farms. This document is Fact Sheet SL-225, one of a series of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 2005.  SL-225/SS445: Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Soil Testing (ufl.edu)

scholarly journals Has Carbon Disclosure Become More Transparent in the Global Logistics Industry? An Investigation of Corporate Carbon Disclosure Strategies between 2010 and 2015

Logistics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Herold
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Carbon Management ◽  
Related Information ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Global Logistics ◽  
Disclosure Responses ◽  
Stakeholder Pressures ◽  
Over Time

Global logistics companies are increasingly disclosing carbon related information due to institutional and stakeholder pressures. Existing research, however, is limited to categorizing these pressures and their influences on corporate carbon disclosure strategies. In particular, literature to date has not distinguished between different carbon disclosure strategies and how they may have changed over time. In response, this paper: (1) proposes a framework that depicts four different carbon disclosure responses and strategies based on internal and external pressures; and (2) subsequently analyzes and compares corporate carbon disclosure strategies between 2010 and 2015. Using a sample of 39 leading global logistics companies, carbon disclosure strategies are categorized based on the analysis of 25 applied carbon management practices from Bloomberg ESG to see if carbon management practices and the associated strategies have changed. The findings show overall shifts to more transparent corporate carbon disclosure strategies between 2010 and 2015 with an increase of applied carbon management practices in both internal and external actions.

scholarly journals The effects of soil management practices on soil organic matter changes within a productive vineyard in the Nitra viticulture area (Slovakia)

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Vladimír Šimanský ◽  
Nora Polláková
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Farmyard Manure ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Carbon Management ◽  
Lability Index ◽  
Carbon Management Index ◽  
Commercial Vineyard ◽  
Fertiliser Application

Abstract Since understanding soil organic matter (SOM) content and quality is very important, in the present study we evaluated parameters of SOM including: carbon lability (LC), lability index (LI), carbon pool index (CPI) and carbon management index (CMI) in the soil as well as in the water-stable aggregates (WSA) under different soil management practices in a commercial vineyard (established on Rendzic Leptosol in the Nitra viticulture area, Slovakia). Soil samples were taken in spring during the years 2008–2015 from the following treatments: G (grass, control), T (tillage and intensive cultivation), T+FYM (tillage + farmyard manure), G+NPK3 (grass + 3rd intensity of fertilisation for vineyards), and G+NPK1 (grass + 1st intensity of fertilisation for vineyards). The highest LI values in soil were found for the G+NPK3 and T+FYM fertilised treatments and the lowest for the unfertilised intensively tilled treatments. The CPI in the soil increased as follows: T < G+NPK3 < T+FYM < G+NPK1. The highest accumulation of carbon as well as decomposable organic matter occurred in G+NPK1 compared to other fertilised treatments, while intensive tillage caused a decrease. On average, the values of LI in WSA increased in the sequence G+NPK1 < T+FYM < G+NPK3 < T. Our results showed that the greatest SOM vulnerability to degradation was observed in the WSA under T treatment, and the greatest values of CPI in WSA were detected as a result of fertiliser application in 3rd intensity for vineyards and farmyard manure application.

RATE OF RELEASE OF NON-EXCHANGEABLE POTASSIUM BY ONTARIO SOILS IN RELATION TO NATURAL SOIL CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

1958 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. B. McEwen ◽  
B. C. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Soil Characteristics ◽  
Soil Testing ◽  
Natural Soil ◽  
Exchangeable Potassium ◽  
Fertilizer Requirement ◽  
Predominant Factor ◽  
Intensive Cropping ◽  
Power Measurements

The rate of release of non-exchangeable potassium, i.e. potassium-supplying power, of 41 Ontario soils was measured by a continuous percolation procedure. It was found that clay content of the soil was the predominant factor affecting potassium-supplying power (r = 0.978). Potassium fertilization or intensive cropping of the soil caused no change in the potassium-supplying power of the soil. As potassium-supplying power was found to be a constant characteristic of soil and not a function of previous management, potassium-supplying power measurements should not be necessary in routine soil testing. Knowledge of potassium-supplying power can be deduced from particle size distribution. Because soils of different texture have different potassium-supplying power, the interpretation of measured exchangeable potassium in terms of fertilizer requirement will be different for soils of different textural class.

scholarly journals Improving fertilizer recommendations for Nepalese farmers with the help of soil-testing mobile van

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Pandey ◽  
Netra Prasad Bhatta ◽  
Prakash Paudel ◽  
Rajan Pariyar ◽  
Kiran Hari Maskey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Testing ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendations
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