Transforming the food system: are farmers ready to take phosphorus stewardship action?

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dc.contributor.authorOrtega, Julia Martin
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorTyllianakis, Emmanouil
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Aine
dc.contributor.authorCamargo-Valero, Miller Alonso
dc.contributor.authorCordell, Dana
dc.contributor.authorDoody, Donnacha G.
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Kirsty J.
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Brent
dc.contributor.authorRothwell, Shane A.
dc.contributor.authorShahvi, Shervin
dc.contributor.authorSherry, Erin
dc.contributor.authorSpears, Bryan M.
dc.contributor.authorWithers, Paul J.A.
dc.date.acceptance2024-10-14
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-30T14:22:45Z
dc.date.available2024-10-30T14:22:45Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-28
dc.descriptionopen access article
dc.description.abstractEnsuring global food security while halting ecosystem degradation is arguably one of the most fundamental current challenges. As a key component of fertilisers for which there is no substitute, phosphorus plays a central role in this challenge. Food production systems are critically vulnerable to phosphorus supply disruptions and price spikes, while high phosphorus-inefficiencies drive the greatest global threat to waters through diffuse pollution. Transformation to a more phosphorus sustainable and efficient system inevitably necessitates transition at the farm level, leading to the critical question of whether farmers are ready for such transition. This paper examines the relationship between the farmers’ perceived adaptive capacity and farm-level actions that can enable a positive phosphorus transition. We innovatively apply a second-generation psycho-social mobilisation approach to adaptive capacity (based on personal experience, place attachment, competing concerns, household dynamics, and risk attitudes) and establish its relation to an extended framework of phosphorus stewardship action, using Structural Equation Modelling in a UK-wide survey. Our results confirm that the second-generation approach provides a more nuanced approximation to the understanding of farmers’ adaptive capacity than traditional (first-generation) approaches (five capitals: human, natural, physical, financial, and social), allowing a more dynamic understanding and a more robust assessment of adaptive capacity. Beyond our specific results for the UK (which demonstrate relatively high levels of farmers’ readiness to adapt and promising predisposition to do so, if supported), our research illustrates how this framework can be used to identify priority actions to enhance farmers’ uptake of phosphorus stewardship actions more generally.
dc.funderESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
dc.funder.otherN/A
dc.identifier.citationMartin-Ortega, J., Wolf, L., Tyllianakis, E., Jacobs, B., Anderson, A., Camargo-Valero, M., Cordell, D., Doody, D., Ross, K.J., Rothwell, S.A. and Shahvi, S., (2024) Transforming the food system: are farmers ready to take phosphorus stewardship action?. Environmental Science and Policy, 162, 103930
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103930
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2086/24435
dc.peerreviewedYes
dc.projectidGrant No. BB/R005842/1
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAdaptive capacity
dc.subjectDiffuse pollution
dc.subjectFertilisers
dc.subjectStructural equation modelling
dc.titleTransforming the food system: are farmers ready to take phosphorus stewardship action?
dc.typeArticle

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