Small Farmers’ Agricultural Practices and Adaptation Strategies to Perceived Soil Changes in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy DOI Creative Commons

Tiziana Floridia,

Julia Prakofjewa, Luigi Conte

et al.

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 2068 - 2068

Published: Nov. 16, 2024

Farmers have a pivotal responsibility in soil conservation: they can either preserve or deplete it through their choices. The of agriculture increases when practised delicate ecosystems, such as lagoonal ones. Venetian Lagoon islands, which are increasingly subjected to natural and anthropic subsidence, occasional flooding events (acqua alta), eustatic sea level rise, constantly exposed erosive processes that challenge farmers play with adaptive capability. This research was carried out on the islands Sant’Erasmo Vignole, most representative island Lagoon: almost exclusively rely agriculture, is nil other islands. empirical aimed explore farmers’ agricultural practices, perceptions changes, how adapt them. It fundamental for this study field involved direct human contact (through semi-structured interviews) data collection using qualitative methods analysis, integrating scientific non-scientific forms knowledge actors. final purpose demonstrate sustainability (valued potential depletion regeneration capability) practices adaptation strategies theoretical basis. Despite polycultural landscape (maintained by low-input farming systems), escaped from predominant oversimplification, Vignole also unsustainable including heavy mechanisation synthetic inputs. Coupled salinity exacerbated increasing drought periods, these contribute degradation increased salinity. reported strategies, zeroed, reduced, more conscious use machines, were guided need reduce negative impact changes productivity. Our revealed some them sustainable others (such irrigation contrast salinity). Participatory action needed support designing effective strategies.

Language: Английский

Small Farmers’ Agricultural Practices and Adaptation Strategies to Perceived Soil Changes in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy DOI Creative Commons

Tiziana Floridia,

Julia Prakofjewa, Luigi Conte

et al.

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 2068 - 2068

Published: Nov. 16, 2024

Farmers have a pivotal responsibility in soil conservation: they can either preserve or deplete it through their choices. The of agriculture increases when practised delicate ecosystems, such as lagoonal ones. Venetian Lagoon islands, which are increasingly subjected to natural and anthropic subsidence, occasional flooding events (acqua alta), eustatic sea level rise, constantly exposed erosive processes that challenge farmers play with adaptive capability. This research was carried out on the islands Sant’Erasmo Vignole, most representative island Lagoon: almost exclusively rely agriculture, is nil other islands. empirical aimed explore farmers’ agricultural practices, perceptions changes, how adapt them. It fundamental for this study field involved direct human contact (through semi-structured interviews) data collection using qualitative methods analysis, integrating scientific non-scientific forms knowledge actors. final purpose demonstrate sustainability (valued potential depletion regeneration capability) practices adaptation strategies theoretical basis. Despite polycultural landscape (maintained by low-input farming systems), escaped from predominant oversimplification, Vignole also unsustainable including heavy mechanisation synthetic inputs. Coupled salinity exacerbated increasing drought periods, these contribute degradation increased salinity. reported strategies, zeroed, reduced, more conscious use machines, were guided need reduce negative impact changes productivity. Our revealed some them sustainable others (such irrigation contrast salinity). Participatory action needed support designing effective strategies.

Language: Английский

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