Meanings, materials and competences of area-wide weed management in cropping systems

October 10th, 2023

This paper uses Social Practice Theory (SPT) as a framework to understand how cropping land managers engage with the practices of AWWM, and what the drivers and barriers are to their participation.

Area-wide collaboration across private and public property boundaries can enhance the management of weeds and minimise the spread of herbicide resistance. Yet we know little about the practices individual land managers engage in to achieve area-wide weed management (AWWM). This paper uses Social Practice Theory (SPT) as a framework to understand how cropping land
managers engage with the practices of AWWM, and what the drivers and barriers are to their participation.

Campbell, R., Height, K., Hawkes, G., Graham, S., Schrader, S., Blessington, L., & McKinnon, S. (2023). Meanings, materials and competences of area-wide weed management in cropping systems. Agricultural Systems, 212, 103776. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGSY.2023.103776