{"id":6345,"date":"2022-11-30T10:31:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6345"},"modified":"2022-11-30T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:34:17","slug":"iowa-learning-farms-webinar-reaching-and-engaging-with-women-landowners-on-conservation","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/event\/iowa-learning-farms-webinar-reaching-and-engaging-with-women-landowners-on-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Reaching and Engaging with Women Landowners on Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec. 7 presentation features\u00a0Cornell University\u2019s Wendong Zhang discussing the importance of including women landowners when addressing conservation and water quality<\/b><\/p>\n

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Ames, Iowa<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Iowa Learning Farms<\/a>\u00a0(ILF)\u00a0conservation webinar taking place Dec. 7 at noon CST will feature\u00a0Wendong Zhang, assistant professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics, Cornell University<\/a>. Zhang conducts research and extension programs regarding the U.S. farmland market, agricultural water quality initiatives and Chinese agricultural practices. His survey of women landowners in Iowa provides numerous insights into conservation practice priorities among a group owning nearly half of the farmland in Iowa.<\/p>\n

Iowa Learning Farms is an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach conservation and water quality education program.<\/p>\n

In the webinar, \u201cWhat Women Landowners Want to Know About Conservation,\u201d Zhang will draw on the responses to a 2021 survey to illustrate which conservation topics owner-operator and absentee landowners care about. He will also share the findings regarding preferences for how, where and when to receive educational programming on conservation topics. Additionally, Zhang will discuss the underrepresentation and under participation of women landowners in extension programming and agricultural data collection, and the impact of missing this influential group can have on the implementation of conservation practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have found that different approaches to outreach and education of landowners are necessary to meet the needs and preferences that are somewhat dependent on age and whether a landowner operates the farm or not,\u201d said Zhang. \u201cFor all landowners, and most particularly for women landowners, our survey results indicate that the best approach is a mixed-mode which encompasses newsletters, e-newsletters, webinars, and in-person educational meetings offered at a variety of times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participants are encouraged to ask questions of the presenters. People from all backgrounds and areas of interest are encouraged to join.<\/p>\n

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