ABSTRACT

In 2018, two studies were conducted by Canada’s Parliament on the connections between climate change and agriculture. Links between grazing management and climate change adaptation and mitigation are included in the testimonies gathered during these studies but the resulting final reports are silent on the topic. Analysis of 112 parliamentary files revealed insights on (1) the knowledge about grazing management that was omitted from the two final reports, (2) the social contexts that informed the processes of hearing testimonies and developing the reports, and (3) the underlying ideologies and normative assumptions reflected in these studies. Overall, the current state of policy regarding climate change and agriculture emphasizes technical, scientific, and expensive solutions, and as a result, the benefits of grazing management are overlooked. We argue transformations toward sustainable, climate adaptive agriculture require an ongoing examination of how political structures, knowledge hierarchies, and underlying ideologies inform and narrow policy outcomes.

摘要

2018年，加拿大议会针对气候变化与农业之间的关系进行了两项研究。在这些研究期间收集的证词中包括放牧管理与气候变化适应和减缓之间的联系，但最终报告对此没有提及。对112份议会档案的分析揭示了以下方面的见解：（1）两次最终报告中都忽略了有关放牧管理的知识；（2）为听证会和报告的制定过程提供了信息的社会环境；以及（3）潜在的意识形态这些研究中反映出的规范性假设。总体而言，有关气候变化和农业的当前政策状态强调技术，科学和昂贵的解决方案，因此，放牧管理的好处被忽略了。