Silvia Secchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1676854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silvia Secchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Secchi |
| SIGNATURE | SECCHI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0095-0789 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unpacking women farmers
Who is an American farmer? Who counts in American agriculture
The most recent changes in the US Census of Agriculture (CoA) have caused substantial increases in the number of farmers. At the same time, by including lifestyle and residential operations, the CoA also obfuscates the degree of consolidation in the agricultural sector. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the issues associated with the current CoA classifications by outlining their historical trajectory since 1974, when the current definition…
Compounded extraction
The concept of agro-extractivism was developed by scholars of Latin America to characterize socio-ecological processes of dispossession and the commodification of human and nonhuman nature by colonial and capitalist actors. Here, I use it to understand the process of white settlement in the US Heartland in the nineteenth century. With the state of Iowa as the case study, I analyze how the creation of the state's infrastructure, from railroads to …
The role of conservation in United States’ agricultural policy from the Dust Bowl to today
The Marginalization of the Environment in Agricultural Policy
From its inception, US settler agriculture has used extractive and unsustainable practices. Farm bill agricultural conservation policy since the 1930s has been based on largely ineffective approaches unable to address the environmental problems caused by agriculture. Conservation policies have consistently had both income support and environmental purposes, and have been largely countercyclical: conservation funding decreases when crop and livest…
Death by a Thousand Cuts”
Freshwater systems are complex social-ecological systems (SES) impacted by multiple activities within watershed boundaries beyond their shorelines. Since many of these systems provide important ecosystem services, are threatened, and are managed by complex governance structures, there is a need for empirical work to understand how social setting and interactions between stakeholders impact governance. This study assesses conservation stakeholders…
The political economy of unsustainable lock-ins in North American commodity agriculture
In this commentary, I argue that in North America, the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer is due to institutional and technological lock-ins, which are the result of historical policies with deep roots in an agricultural system focused on increasing production of commodities with disregard for their full social costs. Further, excessive fertilizer use is integral to production systems that have disconnected crop and livestock production to …
Complying with conservation compliance? An assessment of recent evidence in the US Corn Belt
Conservation provisions of US farm bills since 1985 have been aimed at mitigating negative environmental impacts of US agriculture. One of the long term goals has been to protect against soil erosion, with a focus specifically on highly erodible land (HEL). Conservation Compliance (CC) mandates that, in order to receive federal subsidies, farmers who plant annual crops on HEL must implement a conservation plan, with practices such as rotating cro…
The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean
Constraints on farmer adaptability in the Iowa-Cedar River Basin
Human consumption as an invasive species management strategy. A preliminary assessment of the marketing potential of invasive Asian carp in the US
The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean
The role of conservation in United States’ agricultural policy from the Dust Bowl to today
Human consumption as an invasive species management strategy. A preliminary assessment of the marketing potential of invasive Asian carp in the US
Who is an American farmer? Who counts in American agriculture
The most recent changes in the US Census of Agriculture (CoA) have caused substantial increases in the number of farmers. At the same time, by including lifestyle and residential operations, the CoA also obfuscates the degree of consolidation in the agricultural sector. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the issues associated with the current CoA classifications by outlining their historical trajectory since 1974, when the current definition…
Constraints on farmer adaptability in the Iowa-Cedar River Basin
Human consumption as an invasive species management strategy. A preliminary assessment of the marketing potential of invasive Asian carp in the US
Constraints on farmer adaptability in the Iowa-Cedar River Basin
Complying with conservation compliance? An assessment of recent evidence in the US Corn Belt
Conservation provisions of US farm bills since 1985 have been aimed at mitigating negative environmental impacts of US agriculture. One of the long term goals has been to protect against soil erosion, with a focus specifically on highly erodible land (HEL). Conservation Compliance (CC) mandates that, in order to receive federal subsidies, farmers who plant annual crops on HEL must implement a conservation plan, with practices such as rotating cro…
The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean
The political economy of unsustainable lock-ins in North American commodity agriculture
In this commentary, I argue that in North America, the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer is due to institutional and technological lock-ins, which are the result of historical policies with deep roots in an agricultural system focused on increasing production of commodities with disregard for their full social costs. Further, excessive fertilizer use is integral to production systems that have disconnected crop and livestock production to …
Death by a Thousand Cuts”
Freshwater systems are complex social-ecological systems (SES) impacted by multiple activities within watershed boundaries beyond their shorelines. Since many of these systems provide important ecosystem services, are threatened, and are managed by complex governance structures, there is a need for empirical work to understand how social setting and interactions between stakeholders impact governance. This study assesses conservation stakeholders…
The role of conservation in United States’ agricultural policy from the Dust Bowl to today
The Marginalization of the Environment in Agricultural Policy
From its inception, US settler agriculture has used extractive and unsustainable practices. Farm bill agricultural conservation policy since the 1930s has been based on largely ineffective approaches unable to address the environmental problems caused by agriculture. Conservation policies have consistently had both income support and environmental purposes, and have been largely countercyclical: conservation funding decreases when crop and livest…
Who is an American farmer? Who counts in American agriculture
The most recent changes in the US Census of Agriculture (CoA) have caused substantial increases in the number of farmers. At the same time, by including lifestyle and residential operations, the CoA also obfuscates the degree of consolidation in the agricultural sector. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the issues associated with the current CoA classifications by outlining their historical trajectory since 1974, when the current definition…
Compounded extraction
The concept of agro-extractivism was developed by scholars of Latin America to characterize socio-ecological processes of dispossession and the commodification of human and nonhuman nature by colonial and capitalist actors. Here, I use it to understand the process of white settlement in the US Heartland in the nineteenth century. With the state of Iowa as the case study, I analyze how the creation of the state's infrastructure, from railroads to …
Unpacking women farmers
Geography (9 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Agricultural Economics and Policy (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 works) · Natural resource economics (4 works)