Agroecology and Grassland Intensification in the Caribbean

Maryline, Boval; Bellon, Stéphane; Guy, Alexandre

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-06016-3_6

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“…Food systems are complex socio-ecological systems, with food insecurity reinforcing food system vulnerability [ 12 ]. Interventions designed to adapt SIDS food systems towards food security have a long history, and include school feeding programs [ 13 – 15 ], nutrition education programs [ 16 , 17 ], agricultural education and extension services [ 18 ], capacity building [ 19 ], community gardening initiatives [ 20 ], the formation of agricultural co-operatives [ 21 , 22 ], the development of improved crop and livestock varieties [e.g., Samoa Agriculture Competitiveness Enhancement Project (SACEP) [ 23 ], the Central American and Caribbean Crop Improvement Alliance (CACCIA) [ 24 ], and the Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CARDI)] [ 25 ], investments in storage, transport and processing infrastructures (e.g., the Barbados/ Guyana Food Terminal [ 26 ]), the development of water conservation [ 27 ] and low input food production techniques including agroecological approaches [ 28 , 29 ], amongst many others.…”

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Understanding the links between human health, ecosystem health, and food systems in Small Island Developing States using stakeholder-informed causal loop diagrams

Guariguata,

Hickey,

Murphy

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Globalized food systems are a major driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in society. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are particularly sensitive to the negative effects of rapid environmental change, with many also exhibiting a heavy reliance on food imports and high burdens of nutrition-related disease, resulting in calls to (re)localize their food systems. Such a transition represents a complex challenge, with adaptation interventions in one part of the food system contingent on the success of interventions in other parts. To help address this challenge, we used group model-building techniques from the science of system dynamics to engage food system stakeholders in Caribbean and Pacific SIDS. Our aim was to understand the drivers of unhealthy and unsustainable food systems in SIDS, and the potential role that increased local food production could play in transformative adaptation. We present two causal loop diagrams (CLDs) considered helpful in designing resilience-enhancing interventions in local food systems. These CLDs represent ‘dynamic hypotheses’ and provide starting points that can be adapted to local contexts for identifying food system factors, understanding the interactions between them, and co-creating and implementing adaptation interventions, particularly in SIDS. The results can help guide understanding of complexity, assist in the co-creation of interventions, and reduce the risk of maladaptive consequences.

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Understanding the links between human health, ecosystem health, and food systems in Small Island Developing States using stakeholder-informed causal loop diagrams

Guariguata,

Hickey,

Murphy

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Tropical grasslands: A pivotal place for a more multi-functional agriculture

Boval¹,

Angeon²,

Rudel³

2016

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Tropical grasslands represent a pivotal arena for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in the coming decades. The abundant ecosystem services provided by the grasslands, coupled with the aversion to further forest destruction, makes sustainable intensification of tropical grasslands a high policy priority. In this article, we provide an inventory of agricultural initiatives that would contribute to the sustainable intensification of the tropical grassland agro-ecosystem, and we recommend a shift in the scientific priorities of animal scientists that would contribute to realization of a more agro-ecological and multi-functional agriculture in the world's tropical grasslands.

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Agroecology and Grassland Intensification in the Caribbean

Cited by 2 publications

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Understanding the links between human health, ecosystem health, and food systems in Small Island Developing States using stakeholder-informed causal loop diagrams

Understanding the links between human health, ecosystem health, and food systems in Small Island Developing States using stakeholder-informed causal loop diagrams

Tropical grasslands: A pivotal place for a more multi-functional agriculture

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