Dissertation Survey - Main Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Carbon Farming Practices in the UK

[A_W2000]

Hi everyone,
I am a final year Harper Adams student studying BSc (Hons) AgriBusiness. I was wondering if it is possible if any agricultural landowners or farm managers can take 10 minutes to complete my dissertation survey on the main drivers and barriers to the adoption of carbon farming practices in the UK.

Any responses will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Alex

Main Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Carbon Farming Practices in the UK is closed

harper-adams.onlinesurveys.ac.uk

 

[Boysground]

Survey falls down at the first post. My education is not covered. HND Ag Seale Hayne.

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[Ffermer Bach]

Survey falls down at the first post. My education is not covered. HND Ag Seale Hayne.

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I took HND to be a Degree!

 

[topground]

The introduction to the survey suggests the academics haven’t a clue what carbon farming is.
It appears to me to be the sort of scam similar to the way the trade in derivatives and sub prime mortgages developed before it crashed the world economy. No one dare question the substance behind the sham for fear of appearing to be out of touch or stupid.
I am happy to be perceived as out of touch or stupid so for my benefit
@ AW-2000 please set out in simple English what you think carbon farming practices means in the grass roots world of livestock farming.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I need to read through the whole survey before I start to answer.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

My question is, how will the comments be analysed (will you be using content analysis) or will they be added as an appendix? Will you be using quotes? And do we get to see the finished results?

 

[Agrivator]

In question six: what do you mean by income? Is it sales, gross output, turnover, profit, net income, private drawings etc....

 

[Boysground]

I took HND to be a Degree!

I think I will go PhD

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[DaveGrohl]

Well that’s 10 mins of my life I’m never getting back. I only made it to the end to see what they were saying about methane and nitrous oxide. They didn’t actually bother in spite of teasing that they were going to.

Q10 is just offensive in every way. Are you
A. A climate change denier?
B. Believe in climate change but are unsure ish?

What sort of question starts with "do you believe in climate change"? It’s happening, get over it. It’s always happened and always will. Christ knows how you’re gonna turn a terrible set of survey questions into money though. Good luck with that. Avoid.

 

[DaveGrohl]

In question six: what do you mean by income? Is it sales, gross output, turnover, profit, net income, private drawings etc....

They switch to turnover immediately after for no apparent reason

 

[melted welly]

Hi everyone,
I am a final year Harper Adams student studying BSc (Hons) AgriBusiness. I was wondering if it is possible if any agricultural landowners or farm managers can take 10 minutes to complete my dissertation survey on the main drivers and barriers to the adoption of carbon farming practices in the UK.

Any responses will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Alex

Main Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Carbon Farming Practices in the UK is closed

harper-adams.onlinesurveys.ac.uk

One of the man barriers is the justified suspicion that the only ones destined to make any money from this will be the “accredited form fillers” who wear red trousers and schoffel body warmers.

Carbon footprinting in its current form is a load of shite. The models were designed for factories, not farms.

Can you explain why the carbon associated to my inputs counts in my emissions, yet my outputs feature nowhere in the sequestered column?

I’m apparently responsible for my inputs as I’m ultimate consumer, yet also responsible for my outputs despite them leaving the farm as produce containing carbon in a stable form. They could be buried and returned to the earth, but other parties trade them on for profit.

 

[Agrivator]

They switch to turnover immediately after for no apparent reason

But even the term 'turnover' has little meaning in farming.

If I sell 100 fat cattle a year at £1500, my turnover could be construed as £150,000.

But, even if none dies, I have to buy 100 store cattle to replace them at £1000, so my turnover would more realistically be just £50,000.

 

[A_W2000]

My question is, how will the comments be analysed (will you be using content analysis) or will they be added as an appendix? Will you be using quotes? And do we get to see the finished results?

The answers to the multiple-choice questions will be analysed using statistical analysis.

Some results of the survey will be added in the appendix as a reference point for the reader.

Written answers may be used as quotations to be used a recommendations for further research or oversights within this research such as barriers that were not listed in the multiple-choice question. Comments that are made in multiple survey responses can be used within the statistical analysis if there are enough of them.

The paper will not be published but I believe the paper can be sent to those who request it after the dissertation is marked.

Hope this helps!

 

[A_W2000]

In question six: what do you mean by income? Is it sales, gross output, turnover, profit, net income, private drawings etc....

Apologies, I understand there might be a little confusion in that question.

This question was written to determine how much of the farmer's personal income came from farming. This was added as it helps to describe the personal stake the farmer has and how much it effects their decision making on carbon farming.

I hope this clears it up a bit.

 

[A_W2000]

Well that’s 10 mins of my life I’m never getting back. I only made it to the end to see what they were saying about methane and nitrous oxide. They didn’t actually bother in spite of teasing that they were going to.

Q10 is just offensive in every way. Are you
A. A climate change denier?
B. Believe in climate change but are unsure ish?

What sort of question starts with "do you believe in climate change"? It’s happening, get over it. It’s always happened and always will. Christ knows how you’re gonna turn a terrible set of survey questions into money though. Good luck with that. Avoid.

I apologise if you find this question offensive. Many of the questions were designed for comparison to previous studies on the subject. This question in particular was written for a comparison to a research study that was carried out in Australia. The option for 'I do not believe that climate change is happening' is included in case some respondents do believe that. If you would like I can provide you with the Australian research study so you can see the basis of the question.

I again apologise for the lack of noting methane and nitrous oxide in the questions further on in the survey. The questions were designed to answer certain research questions, but I can take your notes into account for recommendations for further research. The mention of them in the introduction was just to help give a partial definition of carbon farming to assist those who knew little about the subject in answering the final questions.

 

[DaveGrohl]

I apologise if you find this question offensive. Many of the questions were designed for comparison to previous studies on the subject. This question in particular was written for a comparison to a research study that was carried out in Australia. The option for 'I do not believe that climate change is happening' is included in case some respondents do believe that. If you would like I can provide you with the Australian research study so you can see the basis of the question.

I again apologise for the lack of noting methane and nitrous oxide in the questions further on in the survey. The questions were designed to answer certain research questions, but I can take your notes into account for recommendations for further research. The mention of them in the introduction was just to help give a partial definition of carbon farming to assist those who knew little about the subject in answering the final questions.

No offence, but I’ve yet to see one of these surveys that ask what most would consider good or insightful questions. They’re invariably badly-worded questions at best or baffling-worded at worst. I can’t work out what said students are trying to achieve really if the questions are odd. I just assume you want a certain answer for pre-conceived ideas which you‘re probably not going to get if you ask proper questions. This makes the questionnaire pointless ultimately.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Apologies, I understand there might be a little confusion in that question.

This question was written to determine how much of the farmer's personal income came from farming. This was added as it helps to describe the personal stake the farmer has and how much it effects their decision making on carbon farming.

I hope this clears it up a bit.

What is carbon farming for a start? And why do you think farmers aren’t farming carbon every single day of their lives?

 

[topground]

The introduction to the survey suggests the academics haven’t a clue what carbon farming is.
It appears to me to be the sort of scam similar to the way the trade in derivatives and sub prime mortgages developed before it crashed the world economy. No one dare question the substance behind the sham for fear of appearing to be out of touch or stupid.
I am happy to be perceived as out of touch or stupid so for my benefit
@ AW-2000 please set out in simple English what you think carbon farming practices means in the grass roots world of livestock farming.

Bump @A_W2000

 

[wanton dwarf]

I’m apparently responsible for my inputs as I’m ultimate consumer, yet also responsible for my outputs despite them leaving the farm as produce containing carbon in a stable form. They could be buried and returned to the earth, but other parties trade them on for profit.

Quite.

If you delayed the consumption of said Carbon you could claim "Additionality" and hence gain "Carbon Credits".

It's quite a nice little scam they have going - the ultimate product having no tangible goods yet having a perceived value which can even be bartered for.

 

[A_W2000]

The introduction to the survey suggests the academics haven’t a clue what carbon farming is.
It appears to me to be the sort of scam similar to the way the trade in derivatives and sub prime mortgages developed before it crashed the world economy. No one dare question the substance behind the sham for fear of appearing to be out of touch or stupid.
I am happy to be perceived as out of touch or stupid so for my benefit
@ AW-2000 please set out in simple English what you think carbon farming practices means in the grass roots world of livestock farming.

Hi topground,

Carbon farming really just refers to practices that intend to sequester carbon at a higher rate than classical farming practices. I do believe that all farmers sequester large amounts of carbon in their operations but in this case I refer to carbon farming as going beyond that. These practices can create further income from selling credits but that is not a direct part of it.

I understand for livestock farmers the opportunities are more limited than other operations, e.g. arable farming. However, there are methods through feed and manure management as well as managing grazing land to act as a more effective carbon sink.

I hope that helps a bit, please let me know if you have any further questions.