Cultural Lock-in and Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Case of Dairy/Beef Farmers in Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4445896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rob J F Burton (0000-0001-6911-9999, Ruralis – Institute for Rural and Regional Research University Centre Dragvoll N‐7491 Trondheim Norway), Maja Farstad (0000-0002-2170-4475, Ruralis – Institute for Rural and Regional Research University Centre Dragvoll N‐7491 Trondheim Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-39 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soru.12277 |
| OpenAlex | W2980401602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 58 |
Meeting targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture will require the implementation of effective mitigation measures. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently recognised that to succeed we need to understand more about the conditions within which mitigation measures are applied, and for this, they note, we need insights from social science disciplines including sociology. We addressed this knowledge gap by using the concept of path-dependency and lock-in to explore barriers to change in dairy/beef systems in Norway. A qualitative survey of 29 farms found that changing parenting, recreational and spousal role expectations are driving farmers towards intensification (and thus higher emissions) in order to purchase milking robots, which, in turn, provide increased time for the expected role changes. Structural change is thus predominantly directed towards farm continuity which is making it increasingly difficult to meet mitigation targets in the future. The study illustrates how mitigation measures might be made more effective by understanding and addressing the broader cultural/structural environment within which farmers and their families operate
Agriculture · Business · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Natural resource economics · Order (exchange) · Political science · Recreation · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Organic Food and Agriculture
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| Citations per year | 3,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |