“There are significant knowledge gaps in Canadian Prairie producers’ perspectives of barriers to individual Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) and to regenerative agriculture as a whole. Producer engagement facilitated by the Food Water Wellness Foundation (FWWF) has given Prairie producers opportunities to share the specific challenges and barriers they have encountered in their efforts to adopt regenerative agriculture. Clearly identifying and understanding producers’ perspectives on these barriers is essential to appropriately addressing barriers and increasing the adoption of regenerative agriculture in the Canadian Prairies.
This report aims to identify key barriers to the adoption of regenerative agriculture from the perspectives of agricultural producers from the three Prairie provinces of Canada: Alberta (AB), Saskatchewan (SK), and Manitoba (MB). Detailed, descriptive Prairie producer responses from multiple FWWF engagement sessions are compiled and presented alongside findings from a scan of current literature studying producer perspectives on adoption barriers. The end result is a unique reference work that synthesizes literature findings with a large body of authentic, richly detailed producer perspectives, highlights key knowledge gaps and barriers to adoption, and presents recommendations for future direction. “