Agricultural trade publications and the 2012 Midwestern U.S. drought: a missed opportunity for climate risk communication

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dc.contributor.authorChurch, Sarah P.
dc.contributor.authorHaigh, Tonya
dc.contributor.authorWidhalm, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorGarcia de Jalon, Silvestre
dc.contributor.authorBabin, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorCarlton, J. Stuart
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Michael
dc.contributor.authorFagan, Katie
dc.contributor.authorKnutson, Cody L.
dc.contributor.authorProkopy, Linda S.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-05T11:33:05Z
dc.date.available2016-12-05T11:33:05Z
dc.date.issued2016-11
dc.description.abstractThe Midwestern United States experienced a devastating drought in 2012, leading to reduced corn and soybean yields and increased instances of pests and disease. Climate change induced weather variability and extremes are expected to increase in the future, and have and will continue to impact the agricultural sector. This study investigated how agricultural trade publications portrayed the 2012 U.S. Midwestern drought, whether climate change was associated with drought, and whether these publications laid out transformative adaptation measures farmers could undertake in order to increase their adaptive capacity for future climate uncertainty. We performed a content analysis of 1000 media reports between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2014, sampled from ten agricultural trade publications. The results lead us to suggest that trade publications’ 2012 U.S. Midwestern drought discussion lacked information that would allow farmers and agricultural advisors to assess climate change risk and subsequent potential adaptive management strategies. Agricultural risk from climate change is very real, and farmers will need to adapt. The agricultural trade publications studied missed an opportunity to convey risk from climate change and the transformative adaptation practices necessary for a sustainable and resilient agricultural system.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationChurch SP, Haigh T, Widhalm M, et al., Agricultural trade publications and the 2012 Midwestern U.S. drought: a missed opportunity for climate risk communication. Climate Risk Management, Volume 15, 2017, Pages 45-60en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2212-0963
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2016.10.006
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11078
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial Amplification of Risk Frameworken_UK
dc.subjectRisk perceptionen_UK
dc.subjectClimate changeen_UK
dc.subjectDroughten_UK
dc.subjectAgricultureen_UK
dc.subjectFarm magazinesen_UK
dc.titleAgricultural trade publications and the 2012 Midwestern U.S. drought: a missed opportunity for climate risk communicationen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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