Harvesting resilience: Tribal home-gardens as socio-ecological solutions for climate change adaptation and sustainable development in a protected area

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 445, С. 141174 - 141174

Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Complementing or co-opting? Applying an integrative framework to assess the transformative capacity of approaches that make use of the term agroecology

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 156, С. 103748 - 103748

Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2024

The paper discusses the increasing use of term agroecology in scientific literature and how its meanings vary different contexts. However, key issue is not understandings per se, but whether various interpretations align with intrinsic systemic transformative meaning. To address this, presents an integrative framework to assess approaches that agroecology, distinguish between enabling disabling interpretations. applied yield- non-yield-oriented (sustainable intensification, conservation agriculture, organic farming regenerative farming), revealing concerns hijacking or co-opting through (1) simplification, (2) false equivalence (3) confusion. prevent and/or respond – necessarily intentional - process neutralization potential we propose a combination accountability regulatory efforts, education collaboration protect integrity principles it represents as well ensure just contribution for (re-)shaping agri-food systems.

Язык: Английский

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Innovation and technology for achieving resilient and inclusive rural transformation

Global Food Security, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 44, С. 100827 - 100827

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Agroecological approaches to sustainable development

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8

Опубликована: Ноя. 21, 2024

Agroecology has emerged as a fundamental paradigm for developing innovative solutions to major global concerns such food security, biodiversity loss, and climate change. The core subject of conservation emphasizes agroecology’s role in the preservation native species, pollinators, beneficial creatures through practices agroforestry, cover crops, decreased chemical inputs. Agroecological principles polyculture, crop diversity, integrated pest control help improve security by increasing stability nutrition. encourages carbon sequestration, soil health, greenhouse gas reductions, resulting climate-resilient farming systems. literature review revealed that no article thoroughly discusses all critical hitting challenges, change, single study can be addressed using agroecological principles. This attempts make connection between numerous challenges may solved techniques order facilitate sustainable growth while protecting environment. examines benefits incorporating methodologies into agriculture, with an emphasis on agroecosystem resilience, improving socioeconomic circumstances smallholder farmers, rural livelihoods, local communities, contributing change mitigation. It provides complete concepts their advantages, making it excellent guide policymakers, academics, practitioners who is working build resilient system. emerges light hope, boosting agricultural output also environment, ultimate goal achieving harmonious cohabitation mankind natural world.

Язык: Английский

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A Scoping Review of Food Systems Governance Frameworks and Models to Develop a Typology for Social Change Movements to Transform Food Systems for People and Planetary Health

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(4), С. 1469 - 1469

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2024

Effective governance is essential to transform food systems and achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Different political ideologies paradigms inhibit or drive social change movements. This study examined how has been described. Thereafter, we reviewed graphic frameworks models develop a typology for civil society actors catalyze movements people planet. The scoping review involved (1) formulating research questions; (2) developing search strategy identify evidence from four English-language electronic databases reports, 2010–2023; (3–4) selecting, analyzing, synthesizing into narrative review. Results yielded 5715 records, 36 sources were selected that described depicted purpose, scale, ideology, paradigm, discourse, principles, governance, democracy. Evidence was used with distinct (i.e., neoliberal, reformist, progressive, radical); maintain, reform, transition, transform); discourses enterprise, security, justice, sovereignty); types of multistakeholder, shared, self); democracy representative, participatory, deliberative). proof-of-concept could be applied examine agents use advocacy activism strengthen sustainable diets, regenerative systems, planetary health.

Язык: Английский

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A Systematic Review of Agroecology Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change Impacts on Smallholder Crop Farmers’ Livelihoods in South Africa

Climate, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(3), С. 33 - 33

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2024

This systematic review identified the prevalence, effectiveness, and potential benefits of agroecology strategies in promoting sustainable agriculture practices implemented by smallholder crop farmers South Africa. The carried out a comprehensive literature search across various academic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Web science. relevant studies were screened selected based on predetermined inclusion criteria where total 262 articles extracted reduced to 30 for this review. Data synthesised classify patterns trends adoption elements. results obtained from study highlights identification specific such as indigenous varieties, conservation agriculture, intercropping, agroforestry, drought-tolerant water management strategies. These outcomes demonstrated insights into prevalence different applied Furthermore, determined reported benefits, increased resilience, improved soil fertility, enhanced use efficiency. assessed available evidence studies. contributes better understanding African. can inform policymakers, researchers, developing appropriate enhance agricultural practices.

Язык: Английский

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Fields of contestation and contamination: Maize seeds, agroecology and the (de)coloniality of agriculture in Malawi and South Africa

Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Farmer-managed seed systems and the conservation of agrobiodiversity are increasingly recognized as important components food sovereignty. In contrast, hybrid, genetically modified (GM), and, increasingly, gene-edited crops continue to be promoted by Green Revolution proponents a “climate smart” package that includes fertilizers, pesticides, purchased seeds, links global markets. Influencing laws policies support uptake modern crop varieties has been key entry point in many countries, facilitated networks foreign donors, philanthropists, governments, multinational companies. Using case South Africa, where GM have grown for several decades, we provide insights on implications Malawi, which passed Seed Act 2022, implicitly supporting crops. Both countries histories colonial agriculture with strong policy modern, hybrid maize, replacement (and displacement) local, open-pollinated maize varieties. studies revealed contamination smallholder fields systems. Through political ecology lens, explore how its cotechnologies were commodified Africa what African experiences adoption farming can tell us about challenges faced Malawian farmers. We reveal ongoing colonialities power, knowledge, being, nature shape character form both running counter needs agroecological farmers their ways knowing being. conclude envisioning reimagined, transformed decolonial approaches might look like continent, they contribute toward attainment sovereignty an future.

Язык: Английский

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Adaptive Responses and Resilience of Small Livestock Producers to Climate Variability in the Cruz Verde-Sumapaz Páramo, Colombia

Land, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(4), С. 499 - 499

Опубликована: Апрель 11, 2024

Enhanced anthropogenic climatic variability challenges small farmers. In the Sumapaz páramo (Colombia), higher irregularity in precipitation and temperature reduces quality of pasture cattle health. Data from surveys, semi-structured interviews, focus groups were analyzed to understand livestock farmers’ responses impacts variability. To estimate communities’ resilience páramo, we used capitals framework, Baseline Resilience Indicator for Communities (BRIC), cluster analysis. The most households aim reduce on production system, chiefly intensifying practices such as rotation paddocks, livelihood diversification, purchase grass, buying selling livestock. Interestingly, farmers did not recognize value types capital responding Results showed that use available physical, social, economic render farming system resilient. Our probit model estimated human are largest significant contributors capacity respond However, pre-existing non-climatic vulnerabilities also important. For example, poverty hinders using their income response place-based measurements this research easily understood applicable by local policy makers address increasing climate

Язык: Английский

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Cultivating climate resilience in California agriculture: Adaptations to an increasingly volatile water future

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 121(32)

Опубликована: Июль 29, 2024

California agriculture will undergo significant transformations over the next few decades in response to climate extremes, environmental regulation and policy encouraging justice, economic pressures that have long driven agricultural changes. With several local climates suited a variety of crops, periodically abundant nearby precipitation, public investments facilitated low-priced irrigation water, hosts one most diverse productive agroecosystems world. farms supply nearly half high-nutrient fruit, tree nut, vegetable production United States. Climate change impacts on productivity profitability are increasing forebode problems for standard practices, especially water use norms. We highlight many challenges confronts under through direct indirect biophysical conditions ecosystem services drive adaptations farm practices accessibility availability. In face clear conflicts among competing interests, we consider ongoing potential sustainable equitable solutions, with particular attention how technology can facilitate progress.

Язык: Английский

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The effect of sustainable agricultural practices on crop productivity in Ethiopia: insights from a meta-analysis

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 8

Опубликована: Янв. 29, 2025

Conventional agriculture harms the environment and threatens sustainability. To address these issues, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have become imperative. This study utilizes a meta-analysis approach to comprehensively assess empirical studies, investigate impact of SAPs on crop productivity, identify influencing factors, examine their temporal evolution. The findings reveal that (1) SAP adoption significantly positively influences with multiple exhibiting most substantial impact, followed by technology. Individuals who adopted achieved productivity was 980 kilograms per hectare higher than those did not. (2) Factors such as age, farm size, family livestock units, credit access, off-farm income, market distance, cooperative membership negatively affect whereas education extension services positive impact. (3) effects strengthen over time. strengthening variables time implies gradual increase in farmer awareness, access resources, SAPs, highlighting evolving role driving them. Accordingly, none past researchers identified any patterns productivity. Therefore, promoting prioritizing can offer farmers experience support, thereby enhancing Future initiatives should therefore combine interdisciplinary methods, technology, community involvement for ensuring SAP’s sustainability scalability.

Язык: Английский

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