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Changes to California alfalfa production and perceptions during the 2011-2017 drought

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العنوان: Changes to California alfalfa production and perceptions during the 2011-2017 drought
المؤلفون: Alida Cantor, Bethani Turley, Charles Cody Ross, Mathern Glass
المصدر: The Professional geographer : the journal of the Association of American Geographers. 74(4)
سنة النشر: 2023
مصطلحات موضوعية: Geography, Planning and Development, Earth-Surface Processes
الوصف: California experienced a severe multi-year drought stretching from 2011-2017, significantly reducing surface water supply for ecosystems, agriculture, and humans, and prompting coordinated conservation efforts. Given that agriculture is the largest consumptive use of water in the state, one anticipated response to a severe drought would be to decrease production of low-value, high-water-use crops such as alfalfa. In this paper we use a multi-methods approach to examine both spatial distribution and public perceptions of alfalfa production in California over the course of the 2011-2017 drought. We find that while California alfalfa production did decline at the state level, it persisted and even increased in specific areas of the state. We also find that alfalfa persisted even though discourses and understandings that were critical of alfalfa production emerged in public forums during this time. We situate these findings within a broader context of California's water management system, which meant that in practice, infrastructure and water rights allocation practices left many growers with little incentive to change growing practices even in the face of serious meteorological drought.
تدمد: 0033-0124
2011-2017
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::91f7289599cf7e141f0f651d8e0f290c
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36338439
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....91f7289599cf7e141f0f651d8e0f290c
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:00330124
20112017