White Paper on barriers to soil health practices of rice cultivation in Japan – Translator job
White Paper on barriers to soil health practices of rice cultivation in Honshu, Japan (may limit to a smaller regional area). Providing much needed historical, cultural, economic, agricultural, geographic, and topographical contexts, discuss how farmers are subsidized and incentivized to focus on monocultures of rice varieties that emphasize taste and reliability instead of soil health or nutritional value. Modern rice cultivation policies and the higher market values of conventional rice varieties have farmers prioritizing yield and profitability over soil health, which exacerbates reluctance to adopt no-input farming, natural farming, or aquatic animal integration techniques despite centuries of such practices on non-rice agricultural areas. Furthermore, pervasive fertilizer residues remain in many soils stymieing efforts to shift to, and convince farmers of, adoption of no-input farming methods. Agricultural and academic partnerships currently see the overall ecological benefits (including soil health, water health and resource management, biodiversity benefits, and climate change mitigation benefits) of switching to System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in tandem with natural farming methods; there are communities focusing on transitioning to such practices already. Politically, the lack of robust support and monitoring of sustainable practices complicates widespread movement on this subject. However, meeting the historically and culturally essential demand for rice has tens of thousands of part-time, albeit disproportionately aging, farmers cultivating this staple crop on small farm plots. Balancing economic incentives, ease of transition to SRI, policy support, education, and relying heavily on the nation’s culturally strong social cohesion, The One Village, One Product movement can be given new life and directed toward important rice cultivation communities with success and recognition driving the practice elsewhere.
White Paper Requirements:
~3,000 words
Table of contents (not included in word count)
A reference list (in APA format)
Include:
-The factors that promote reliance on practices that degrade soil health
-Key historical events and/or considerations
-Federal and state level policies
-Purchaser organization and behavior (can include large distributor to individual end-users)
-Economic factors that perpetuate reliance on practices that degrade soil health
-Educational and cultural considerations and gaps in scientific knowledge
-Include biotic and abiotic factors such as climate, precipitation, common pest problems, and soil types
-An analysis of the types of practices that would improve soil health and why
-Reforms to policies and other actions that would increase adoption rates of soil health practices as supported by evidence
-Supporting evidence for each recommendation
Hourly Range: $50.00-$130.00
Posted On: April 23, 2024 22:36 UTC
Category: Academic & Research Writing
Skills:White Paper, Report, Research Papers, English, Writing, Fact-Checking
Country: United States
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