DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2014.02.002
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84900457736
论文题名: Social justice in climate services: Engaging African American farmers in the American South
作者: Furman C. ; Roncoli C. ; Bartels W. ; Boudreau M. ; Crockett H. ; Gray H. ; Hoogenboom G.
刊名: Climate Risk Management
ISSN: 22120963
出版年: 2014
卷: 2 起始页码: 11
结束页码: 25
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Adaptation
; Climate forecasts
; Drought
; Equity
; Minority farmers
; Southeast U.S.
英文摘要: This article contributes to efforts to develop more inclusive climate services, understood as institutional arrangements and processes that generate and disseminate science-based climate information to promote improved preparedness to climate impacts. Discussion on equity in climate services tends to focus on the specific challenges of women and the poor in developing countries. We seek to broaden this scope by considering a farming population in the southern United States, whose particular circumstances are shaped by rural poverty as well as by racial discrimination, namely African American farmers. The research is based on a phone survey, in-depth interviews, and a workshop, and was conducted in collaboration with a civil right organization that helped the research team gain trust and entry to this community. The findings show that farmers in this study are vulnerable to drought given their relatively limited access to resources and risk management mechanisms. Climate forecasts can help these farmers move from coping strategies to deal with the effects of climate anomalies to proactive planning to anticipate and mitigate those effects. Research participants were able to identify a range of options for using such information in risk management decisions. Provision of climate services to African American farmers, however, must be consistent with existing patterns of knowledge management. These patterns are shaped by major trends stemming from the transformation of rural Southern life. Social networks of mutual assistance and knowledge transmission have been eroded by the outmigration of African American farmers from rural areas. Additionally, their relationship with public agencies is marred by a legacy of racial inequities, which makes it difficult for well-meaning projects involving the same agencies to establish legitimacy in this community. We discuss how insights from research findings and research process have guided programmatic efforts to involve African American farmers in climate services and outline lessons that can inform similar initiatives seeking to work with under-represented groups. In the conclusions we propose that engagement of this community challenges climate services to fully embrace a "social justice" perspective and an understanding of science as transformative of society. © 2014 The Authors. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59077
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作者单位: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, 3111 Miller Plant Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602, United States; Department of Anthropology, Emory University, 1557 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States; Agricultural Education and Communication, University of Florida, Frazier Rogers Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States; Department of Biology, Penn State Brandywine, Media, PA 19063, United States; Brisbane Institute, Morehouse College, Westview Drive S.W., Atlanta, GA 30314, United States; Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, 2769 Church Street, East Point, GA 30344, United States; AgWeatherNet, Washington State University, 24106 North Bunn Road, Prosser, WA 99350, United States
Recommended Citation:
Furman C.,Roncoli C.,Bartels W.,et al. Social justice in climate services: Engaging African American farmers in the American South[J]. Climate Risk Management,2014-01-01,2