Jennifer Blesh
Biographic Data
| ID | 133415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Blesh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Blesh |
| SIGNATURE | BLESH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3807-2352 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Increasing crop rotation diversity with cover crops builds climate resilience on farms
Farms in the US Midwest are experiencing disruptive heavy rainfall during the spring planting window and more intense droughts during the summer growing season. Recent analyses of field experiments suggest that increasing crop rotational complexity (RC) builds resilience to climate change, especially when rotations include overwintering cover crops that assimilate and retain nutrients and increase organic matter inputs to soil. However, evidence …
The state of agroecology in Brazil: An indicator-based approach to identifying municipal “bright spots”
Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a pathway for agricultural transformation that can mitigate environmental harms and improve social equity. Yet, the lack of broad-scale assessments that track agroecological indicators in distinct contexts has been identified as a challenge to scaling agroecology out and up. Here, we identify and assess indicators of agroecology based on the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 10 Elements of Agroecology a…
Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification
Cover Crop Champions: Linking Strategic Communication Approaches with Farmer Networks to Support Cover Crop Adoption
We conducted a case study of the 2017 Cover Crop Champions cohort to understand how the program changes farmers’ perceptions of cover crops and helps them overcome structural constraints to their adoption. Based on semi-structured interviews and document review, we found that the program changed the attitudes and behavior of farmers through two key mechanisms. First, Champions were trained in new communication methods, including the use of simple…
The impact of agricultural interventions can be doubled by using satellite data
Development pathways toward “zero hunger”
Pathways to agroecological management through mediated markets in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Agroecology, as a social movement and scientific discipline, applies ecological principles to the design and management of agricultural systems to improve environmental outcomes and livelihoods for farmers and rural communities. However, little research to date has assessed the policy mechanisms that could facilitate increased adoption of agroecological management practices. We investigated if and how public food procurement programs that provide…
Food Sovereignty and Fome Zero: Connecting Public Food Procurement Programmes to Sustainable Rural Development in Brazil
The global discourse on food sovereignty suggests several mechanisms for improving food security and agricultural livelihoods, including redistributive land reform and restructuring of markets to improve food distribution and access. In Brazil, the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) social welfare programme has created innovative links between public nutrition and food security programmes and rural development initiatives through mediated market support for…
Brasilience: Assessing Resilience in Land Reform Settlements in the Brazilian Cerrado
Transitions to agroecological farming systems in the Mississippi River Basin: Toward an integrated socioecological analysis
Nature's matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty
In Nature's matrix, Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer and Angus Wright convincingly argue that preserving the wealth of global biodiversity will not be as simple as setting aside land for conservati
Transitions to agroecological farming systems in the Mississippi River Basin: Toward an integrated socioecological analysis
Development pathways toward “zero hunger”
Food Sovereignty and Fome Zero: Connecting Public Food Procurement Programmes to Sustainable Rural Development in Brazil
The global discourse on food sovereignty suggests several mechanisms for improving food security and agricultural livelihoods, including redistributive land reform and restructuring of markets to improve food distribution and access. In Brazil, the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) social welfare programme has created innovative links between public nutrition and food security programmes and rural development initiatives through mediated market support for…
The impact of agricultural interventions can be doubled by using satellite data
Brasilience: Assessing Resilience in Land Reform Settlements in the Brazilian Cerrado
Nature's matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty
In Nature's matrix, Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer and Angus Wright convincingly argue that preserving the wealth of global biodiversity will not be as simple as setting aside land for conservati
Nature's matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty
In Nature's matrix, Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer and Angus Wright convincingly argue that preserving the wealth of global biodiversity will not be as simple as setting aside land for conservati
Transitions to agroecological farming systems in the Mississippi River Basin: Toward an integrated socioecological analysis
Brasilience: Assessing Resilience in Land Reform Settlements in the Brazilian Cerrado
Pathways to agroecological management through mediated markets in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Agroecology, as a social movement and scientific discipline, applies ecological principles to the design and management of agricultural systems to improve environmental outcomes and livelihoods for farmers and rural communities. However, little research to date has assessed the policy mechanisms that could facilitate increased adoption of agroecological management practices. We investigated if and how public food procurement programs that provide…
Food Sovereignty and Fome Zero: Connecting Public Food Procurement Programmes to Sustainable Rural Development in Brazil
The global discourse on food sovereignty suggests several mechanisms for improving food security and agricultural livelihoods, including redistributive land reform and restructuring of markets to improve food distribution and access. In Brazil, the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) social welfare programme has created innovative links between public nutrition and food security programmes and rural development initiatives through mediated market support for…
The impact of agricultural interventions can be doubled by using satellite data
Development pathways toward “zero hunger”
Cover Crop Champions: Linking Strategic Communication Approaches with Farmer Networks to Support Cover Crop Adoption
We conducted a case study of the 2017 Cover Crop Champions cohort to understand how the program changes farmers’ perceptions of cover crops and helps them overcome structural constraints to their adoption. Based on semi-structured interviews and document review, we found that the program changed the attitudes and behavior of farmers through two key mechanisms. First, Champions were trained in new communication methods, including the use of simple…
The state of agroecology in Brazil: An indicator-based approach to identifying municipal “bright spots”
Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a pathway for agricultural transformation that can mitigate environmental harms and improve social equity. Yet, the lack of broad-scale assessments that track agroecological indicators in distinct contexts has been identified as a challenge to scaling agroecology out and up. Here, we identify and assess indicators of agroecology based on the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 10 Elements of Agroecology a…
Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification
Increasing crop rotation diversity with cover crops builds climate resilience on farms
Farms in the US Midwest are experiencing disruptive heavy rainfall during the spring planting window and more intense droughts during the summer growing season. Recent analyses of field experiments suggest that increasing crop rotational complexity (RC) builds resilience to climate change, especially when rotations include overwintering cover crops that assimilate and retain nutrients and increase organic matter inputs to soil. However, evidence …
Agriculture (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (6 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Food security (4 works)