Prepare a shortened version of your Final Paper (at least four pages) by including the following:
Introduction paragraph and thesis statement you developed for your Week 3 Assignment.
Background information of the global societal issue you have chosen.
Brief argument supporting at least two solutions to the global societal issue.
Conclusion paragraph.
Must document any information used from at least five scholarly sources in APA style
***Please use the attached week 3 assignment to build this draft. The approved thesis statement and intro paragraph are included in the attachment. Please incorporate the references and add any additional as needed.
Introduction, Thesis Statement, And Annotated Bibliography
Ashley Payne
University of Arizona Global Campus
Professor Dariush Azimi-Garakani
GEN 499 General Education Capstone
22 March 2022
Introduction
There is no doubt that climate change is a severe danger to farmers across the globe due to how meteorological conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall impact agriculture. Researchers have observed significant adverse changes in climate, and it is reasonable to assume that these changes will continue to occur if measures are not taken. Climate change also increases the need for farmers and the agriculture industry to adopt a unified approach to combat the issue because of the likely climate consequences. Furthermore, farmers may need to consider the potential advantages of a cropping system that adapts to shifting climates. Therefore, farmers must focus more on the systematic changes in resource allocation that need to be addressed, such as the diversification of production systems and alternative livelihoods. Based on the difficulties that climate change has brought about and the solutions required to manage them, this paper attempts to explain how the farming industry might better adapt to these changes. Enhancing sustainable farming is a critical strategy for increasing food production while adjusting to climate change.
Annotation 1:
Luqman, M., Mehmmod, M. U., Ashraf, S., Yaseen, M., & Ashraf, I. (2021). VULNERABILITY OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN RELATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR COPING STRATEGIES: CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 31(5). http://www.thejaps.org.pk/docs/2021/05/21.pdf
As part of his climate change study, Luqman used a quantitative cross-sectional design to examine farmers’ sensitivity to climate change. The two districts are studied by conducting face-to-face interviews and analyzing descriptive data. Luqman attempts to ascertain the farmers’ views on climate change. To cope with climate change, farmers have to be more vulnerable. Many factors contribute to this susceptibility. To guarantee that the second objective and aspect analysis requirements are met, the author uses the Principal Component Analysis to determine the means and standard deviations of the responses. The goal is to reduce the number of factors contributing to farmers’ increased sensitivity to climate change. As a result of this research, the entire variation and many people’s reliance on agriculture are linked to subsistence farming, poor crop yields, and marketing issues. Even though farmers aren’t considered to be in a position to deal with climate change and lessen their vulnerability, the author also discusses effects of climate change such as rising heat and irregular rainfall despite farmers’ limitations in dealing with the issue. To guarantee that most crops can withstand climate changes, the government must take the lead. The information in this source is valuable because it emphasizes the importance of encouraging farmers to adopt climate-smart practices.
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Meyer, J. & Andersen J. (2021) climate farming practices. The key to reversing climate change could be right under our feet: Retrieved From. Mother earth news.
The author provides an overview of current climate farming techniques. There are several environmental concerns associated with current farming and gardening practices. According to environmental protection organizations, agricultural practices have been linked to 10% of the global carbon emissions and excessive nitrogen runoff from conventional and organic fertilizers, as well as substandard contouring. The activities that deplete the topsoil of essential nutrients and reduce the amount of arable land available for farming and the food’s nutritional value have been acknowledged. Soil erosion is also becoming worse, and the United States claims that this is contributing to a decrease in global food yields. Traditional and organic farmers are more likely to develop large, single-crop fields because of the emphasis on outcomes in modern-day agriculture. Monoculture farming, for example, has been shown to need a greater reliance on the soil’s nutrients. The author lists the climate farming principles that must be maintained. Animals are included in the growing process to minimize topsoil disturbance, and strategic planting of neighboring crops is also included. Much work is being done on soil improvement, erosion, and water control strategies. Climate change mitigation requires both cleaning up the present atmosphere and ensuring that future emissions are limited since converting additional gardens to models might alter the environment in a way that limits negative impacts.
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An Interview with Toensmeier, E. (n.d) Carbon Farming: A Solution To Climate Change. Retrieved From: Journal of International Affairs (JIA)
Toensmeier discusses the need for farmers to react to climate change by altering their farming practices. Soil regeneration and carbon farming are the subjects of the first question. Soil regeneration may be aided by increasing the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil’s organic matter and perennial biomass both above and below the ground. In an interview, the author emphasized the need to adapt to a changing environment and find out how to keep a farm afloat through extended droughts. Climate change is also causing storms to be more severe and the weather to be more unpredictable. The concept of mitigation may be enhanced by lowering the emissions produced. According to the author, many varied answers to climate change may be found via soil regeneration. Using this source, we can better understand how the agricultural industry, government, and the private sector work together to find a carbon farming solution that will allow agriculture to better adapt to a changing climate.
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Datta, P., & Behera, B. (2022). Assessment of adaptive capacity and adaptation to climate change in the farming households of Eastern Himalayan foothills of West Bengal, India. Environmental Challenges, 100462. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010022000221
Datta goes into detail on how climate change has affected India’s agricultural industry. Farmers are being urged to take necessary measures to reduce the negative impacts by adopting preventative or restorative measures. According to the author’s point of view, farmers with greater adaptability are better able to cope with the quick climate changes. Because of this, it is necessary to have a thorough knowledge of the elements that influence farmers’ adaptive ability, which is essential for effectively directing adaptation and capacity-building activities. Research on the adaptive capacity of farm families has been conducted as part of the research on sustainable livelihoods frameworks (SLF). To determine the relative importance of various metrics, we turned to the analytical Hierarchy. Many families with little adaptation ability left their land uncultivated.
In contrast, most families with moderate and high adaptation capability varied their agricultural techniques or changed from traditional staple cereals to more minor water-intensive income crops. Because of their differing levels of natural, physical, and financial capital, farmers in this area have diverse adaptive capacities. However, the allocation of assets varied considerably between the settlements. Therefore, climate change adaptation and agricultural welfare are of fundamental significance in India. The source addresses the need for sustainable policy actions driven by the adaptive capability to facilitate adequate transformation.
Annotation 5:
Meyer, J. (2021). Make the Transition to a Climate Farm. Put soil-friendly practices on your farm and reap the rewards of sustainable land management. Retrieved From: Mother earth news
Meyer discusses the need to implement soil-friendly measures on farms to enjoy the benefits of long-term land management. Premature and generative agriculture’s time-tested approach, climate farming, has been discovered. Keep in mind that while dealing with the changeover, the most important thing is to guarantee that the method and your property can evolve through experimentation. Principles are required to promote suitable application while transitioning a sugarcane field into vegetable beds with little tilling. Ten percent of all greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to agriculture, yet the agricultural business has mainly avoided the task of reducing atmospheric carbon. Soil deterioration is occurring over the globe, and contemporary agricultural methods are a significant factor. Tilling and fertilizer overuse are two examples of intensive farming practices that hurt the environment while limiting food output. Farmers adjusting to climate change by recognizing the period of disruption on agricultural business as usual with climate farming and boosting the move into the leading industry by mitigating climate change are aided by this source of information.
References:
Datta, P., & Behera, B. (2022). Assessment of adaptive capacity and adaptation to climate change in the farming households of Eastern Himalayan foothills of West Bengal, India. Environmental Challenges, 100462.
Luqman, M., Mehmmod, M. U., Ashraf, S., Yaseen, M., & Ashraf, I. (2021). VULNERABILITY OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN RELATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR COPING STRATEGIES: CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 31(5).
Meyer, J. (2021). Make the Transition to a Climate Farm. Put soil-friendly practices on your farm and reap the rewards of sustainable land management. Retrieved From: Mother earth news
Meyer, J. & Andersen J. (2021) climate farming practices. The key to reversing climate change could be right under our feet: Retrieved From. Mother earth news.
Toensmeier, E. (n.d) Carbon Farming: A Solution To Climate Change. Retrieved From: Journal of International Affairs (JIA)
