Doctoral Dissertation Research: Assessing Rural Farmers' Soil Management Practices

博士论文研究：评估农村农民的土壤管理实践

• 批准号: 2049491
• 负责人: Flora Lu
• 金额: $ 2.52万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2049491&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Assessing; Rural

Agricultural nitrate pollution and subsequent contamination of freshwater resources pose a major threat to human health. High levels of nitrates in drinking water are often attributed to poor nutrient management practices on farms, where fertilizers leach into regional water supplies. Agricultural scientists have widely investigated soil management practices that can reduce nitrate pollution; however, effective practices remain underutilized among farmers. This project, which supports the training of a graduate student in anthropological methods, uses theoretical insights from economic anthropology to investigate the factors that affect farmers’ amenability to various soil management practices and implications for nitrate losses to freshwater resources. This doctoral dissertation research focuses on farmers’ soil management practices among rural residential communities exposed to nitrates in drinking water. Specifically, it asks: how are agricultural soils managed when the people applying fertilizers are also those most exposed to nitrate-contaminated drinking water? To answer this question, the researcher will interview and work alongside farmers, shadow farmer assistance providers, and observe public meetings related to regional water quality. Findings will illustrate how environmental inequality intersects with socioeconomic mobility and community support to offer a deeper understanding of how communities of farmers negotiate the costs and benefits of resource management.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

农业硝酸盐污染和随后的淡水资源污染对人类健康构成了重大威胁。饮用水中高水平的硝酸盐通常归因于农场的营养管理差，肥料进入了区域供水。农业科学家广泛研究了可以减少硝酸盐污染的土壤管理实践。但是，在农民中，有效的做法仍未得到充分利用。该项目支持培训人类学方法的研究生，它利用经济人类学的理论见解来调查影响农民对各种土壤管理实践的不适率的因素，以及对硝酸盐对淡水资源的损失的影响。这项博士学位论文研究的重点是农村居民在饮用水中暴露于硝酸盐的农村居民中的土壤管理实践。具体来说，它问：当施肥的人们也是最暴露于硝酸盐污染的饮用水的人时，如何管理农业土壤？为了回答这个问题，研究人员将与农民，影子农民援助提供商一起采访和工作，并观察与区域水质有关的公开会议。调查结果将说明环境不平等与社会经济流动性和社区支持如何相交，以更深入地了解农民社区如何谈判资源管理的成本和收益。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来审查Criteria，通过评估来诚实地通过评估来诚实地支持。