3 Ecoagriculture Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, and Poverty Reduction at a Landscape Scale

Scherr, Sara J.; McNeely, J. A.; Shames, Seth; Galizzi, Paolo; Herklotz, A.

doi:10.1515/9780823293186-007

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“…Other common obstacles from the companies' side to participating in landscape activities include a lack of in-depth understanding of the inter-connections between commercial operations and natural resources [62], inadequate employee skills to manage such landscape-level risks [59], difficulties in making commitments with potential implications on internal business decisions, time and resource limitations, as well as anticipated risks related to data sharing and progress monitoring [63]. Equally, landscape managers may find it difficult to mitigate power imbalances or lack skills in business-style communication, further hampering effective business engagement [57].…”

Section: Private Sector Engagement At the Landscape-scalementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participation of larger business actors can create co-funding opportunities and attract public-private collaborations [58]. Water management is a typical channel to form company partnerships at a landscape scale [63], but public-private partnerships (PPP) in the irrigation sector are still relatively new [98]. For a private company to commit funding to an irrigation scheme, it needs to assess the financial viability of the investment, where the value of the final agricultural output is key [100].…”

Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Incentives for companies to join such landscape-level ventures include addressing operational risks created by water shortages and climate change, which may require collective action across the landscape [63]. In the case of a shared critical resource such as water, landscape-scale collaboration can help companies improve community relations and mitigate related conflicts [63]. In the case of contract farming of commercial crops, a company is directly motivated to secure farmers' access to a reliable water supply to guarantee the agreed delivery of agricultural produce [100].…”

Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of the key characteristics of landscape investments is that they are synergistic, benefiting several objectives simultaneously [58,63]. Depending on the specific objectives for the Kalomo District, improved water security has the potential to contribute to forest conservation through reduced reliance on charcoal production, food security and crop productivity, human and animal health, and increased climate change adaptation capacity, among others.…”

Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing the Potential for Private Sector Engagement in Integrated Landscape Approaches: Insights from Value-Chain Analyses in Southern Zambia

Upla¹,

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Agricultural and forested landscapes in Africa are changing rapidly in response to socio-economic and environmental pressures. Integrated landscape approaches provide an opportunity for a more holistic and coordinated resource management strategy through the engagement of multiple stakeholders. Despite their influence as landscape actors, participation of private businesses in such initiatives has thus far been limited. This study focuses on the Kalomo District in southern Zambia, which provides an example of a rural landscape characterized by high levels of poverty, low agricultural productivity, and widespread deforestation and forest degradation. The study applied a value-chain analysis approach to better understand how the production of four locally important commodities (maize, tobacco, cattle, and charcoal) impacts land use, local livelihoods, and environmental objectives in this landscape, focusing on the role and influence of private sector actors. Data were collected through focus group discussions and key informant semi-structured interviews. Qualitative content analysis was employed to analyze the data and contextualize the findings. Results indicate three key potential entry points for increased private sector engagement: (1) improving water security for smallholders; (2) empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as private sector actors; and (3) collective planning for sustainable landscape activities with deliberate measures to involve private sector actors. We discuss options for optimizing benefits from the identified entry points.

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Section: Private Sector Engagement At the Landscape-scalementioning

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Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Entry Point 1: Improving Water Security For Smallholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Agroecology: scientific and technological challenges for agriculture in the 21st century in Latin America

Argüello¹

2015

Agron. colomb.

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In the first section of this article, an analysis is presented of the evolution of agroecology as a scientific discipline starting with its establishment in the third decade of the twentieth century and with an emphasis on the contributions of the different disciplines as well as the local knowledge and the most significant theoretical developments since its inception. Agroecology as a science has been emerging incrementally through knowledge obtained from disciplinary contributions although it is distinguished from its parent disciplines through the integration of these disciplines and work that occurs across scales. Such research leads to a broader understanding of the associated problems and their solutions, which are characterized by an integrative approach in which disciplinary information is collected and processed to resolve problems on greater scales. The second part of the article starts by establishing five challenges of agriculture in Latin America that can be significantly improved through contributions from agroecological science. These challenges could be achieved by taking into account agroecology as a science, practice and social movement; where the agroecology as a practice will act as a functional interface to the others. To achieve these challenges, five main topics have emerged including the reductionism or holistic research approach, the scale of the planning and analysis unit, concretizing discussions on sustainability, quality management and producers organization strengthening; each of these topics is discussed.

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An Elephant Corridor in a fragmented conservation landscape: Preventing the isolation of Mount Kenya National Park and National Reserve

Nyaligu¹,

Weeks²

2013

PARKS

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Increasing human population, land fragmentation, fencing and the spread of agricultural development around the lower slopes of Mount Kenya are progressively isolating the fauna and flora of Mount Kenya National Park and National Reserve. The consequence of this fragmentation around the mountain is a reduction in the total area available for wildlife and disruption to movements of large mammals between the mountain and the grassland/savannah habitats of the surrounding plains. The disappearance of two large mammals from the forest ecosystem over the past three decades, the Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), can in part be attributed to the isolation of upland forest habitats preventing occasional movements of wildlife from lowlands where they are more common. A 14 km strip of land on the north-western section of the Mountain has been developed to help mitigate this isolation. The strip has recently been secured as a habitat and migratory pathway to the north for wildlife within the 2,000 km 2 ecosystem. Using the Elephant Corridor on Mount Kenya as a case example, the authors highlight issues and theoretical considerations that have led many scientists, planners and conservation managers to recognize the importance of maintaining connectivity for species, communities and ecological processes within rapidly fragmenting conservation landscapes. The principle argument is that connectivity can be achieved for wildlife species and communities by managing the entire landscape mosaic through appropriate habitats such as corridors.

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3 Ecoagriculture Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, and Poverty Reduction at a Landscape Scale

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Assessing the Potential for Private Sector Engagement in Integrated Landscape Approaches: Insights from Value-Chain Analyses in Southern Zambia

Assessing the Potential for Private Sector Engagement in Integrated Landscape Approaches: Insights from Value-Chain Analyses in Southern Zambia

Agroecology: scientific and technological challenges for agriculture in the 21st century in Latin America

An Elephant Corridor in a fragmented conservation landscape: Preventing the isolation of Mount Kenya National Park and National Reserve

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