Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture: a review paper based on two case studies

Baudron, Frédéric; Corbeels, Marc; Monicat, François

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0174-8_6

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“…The management practices conducted on many IP lands, including indigenous community conserved areas and sacred sites, contribute to pollution buffering and nutrient cycling (Ulrich et al 2016; Hill et al 2019). Moreover, the abandonment of these indigenous traditional management practices might result in increasing levels of pollution (Baudron et al 2009). Examples on how IPs contribute to limit pollution include the maintenance of traditional management systems that make no use of chemical products, as well as those that include remediation techniques to restore polluted areas.…”

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A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Fernández‐Llamazares

Garteizgogeascoa

Basu

et al. 2020

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n = 686 studies), we present the current state of knowledge on: 1) the exposure and vulnerability of IPs to pollution; 2) the environmental, health, and cultural impacts of pollution upon IPs; and 3) IPs' contributions to prevent, control, limit, and abate pollution from local to global scales. Indigenous peoples experience large burdens of environmental pollution linked to the expansion of commodity frontiers and industrial development, including agricultural, mining, and extractive industries, as well as urban growth, waste dumping, and infrastructure and energy development. Nevertheless, IPs are contributing to limit pollution in different ways, including through environmental monitoring and global policy advocacy, as well as through local resistance toward polluting activities. This work adds to growing evidence of the breadth and depth of environmental injustices faced by IPs worldwide, and we conclude by highlighting the need to increase IPs' engagement in environmental decision-making regarding pollution control. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:324-341.

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A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Fernández‐Llamazares

Garteizgogeascoa

Basu

et al. 2020

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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“…Over time, the popularity of CA in the US grew due to increased viability of crop farming as an enterprise, availability of low-cost inputs and equipment, farmer involvement in co-innovation, and the USA government's adoption of policies that promoted CA (Brown et al, 2018). From the US, CA spread to South America, particularly Brazil, among large-scale farmers, and later to small-scale farmers in the 1990s (Baudron, Corbeels, Monicat, & Giller, 2009;Brown et al, 2018). Currently, efforts have focused on expanding CA among smallholder farmers in SSA and South Asia (Palm et al, 2014;Pittelkow et al, 2015).…”

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“…CA also enhances soil fertility (Baudron et al, 2009;Makate, Makate, & Mango, 2017;Nyanga, Johnsen, & Kalinda, 2012;Palm et al, 2014;Ward et al, 2018) and reduces soil erosion (Baudron et al, 2009;Johansen, Haque, Bell, Thierfelder, & Esdaile, 2012;Makate et al, 2017;Palm et al, 2014;Pittelkow et al, 2015;Ward et al, 2018). It is associated with increased water infiltration and retention, enabling efficient use of the available water for crop production (Baudron et al, 2009;Makate et al, 2017;Palm et al, 2014;Pittelkow et al, 2015;Ward et al, 2018). CA curbs siltation and recharges aquifers (Giller, Witter, Corbeels, & Tittonell, 2009), and there is evidence that it contributes to carbon sequestration and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Govaerts et al, 2009;Palm et al, 2014).…”

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Gender and conservation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Wekesah

Mutua

Izugbara

2019

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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Conservation agriculture (CA) involves the practice of concurrent minimum tillage, permanent soil cover using crop residue, and crop rotation. Evidence indicates that CA increases agricultural productivity, reduces farming labour requirements, and improves soil quality. While CA is practised in several African contexts, little is known about its interaction with gender. This review synthesized knowledge on the interplay of gender and CA in sub-Saharan Africa. The review highlighted the relative neglect of gender issues in research on CA in SSA. Existing research was limited both in quantity and to a few countries in the region. There was also little critical focus on gender as a social phenomenon: a few of the studies conceptualized gender in terms of the socially constructed roles of men and women while the majority framed it in terms of the sexual categories of male and female. Compared to men, and due largely to gendered barriers, including lack of access to land; machinery; inputs; extension services; and credit facilities, women farmers adopted CA less and disadopted it more. CA increased women's incomes, labour involvement, household food security, as well as risks for land and crop dispossession by men when farming becomes lucrative. It also increased workloads, employment opportunities and health risks for women. CA positively altered gender relations, boosting women's participation in agricultural decision-making at the household level. Deliberately enlisting women as beneficiaries; working with men to advance their understanding of women's needs in agriculture; and offering agricultural inputs directly to women are some strategies that enhanced women's participation in CA. Gaps in current research on gender and CA include: critical focus on and understanding of gender as a social construct in relation to CA; the long-term impacts on CA for gender relations, incomes for men and women, and women's empowerment; the sustainability of strategies for supporting gendered participation in CA; and the dynamics of gendered access to local farmland markets for CA.

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“…There exists a well‐defined gradient in agricultural activity in the study area where agriculture intensifies from Angwa towards Mushumbi (Baudron et al ., , ; Tambara et al ., ). Thus, there is an increase in average area under cultivation per household, labour per cultivated area and quantity of inorganic inputs and number of crops grown.…”

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“…() and Baudron et al . (, ). Sites were stratified into two zones: agricultural area (Zone 1) and natural woodland (Zone 2).…”

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From natural woodlands to cultivated land: diversity of fruit‐feeding butterflies and beetles in the mid‐Zambezi valley, northern Zimbabwe

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We tested the effect of cultivation on butterfly (Nymphalidae: Charaxes) and beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) species richness and abundance along a cultivation intensification gradient. Results showed significant differences in species richness and abundance between natural woodlands and cultivated landscapes with larger differences in areas of high cultivation intensity. The results indicate that natural woodland clearing for cultivation purposes has negative impacts on arthropod diversity, a situation more severe in highly intensified cultivated areas. Our results imply that mosaics of different land-use units, each in a different phase of clearancecultivation-abandonment-recovery-clearance cycle could counter the negative effects of cultivation intensity on arthropod diversity. RésuméNous avons testé les effets des cultures sur la richesse et l'abondance d'espèces de papillons (Nymphalidae, Charaxes) et de coléoptères (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) le long d'un gradient de culture toujours plus intensive. Les résultats montrent des différences significatives dans la richesse et de l'abondance des espèces entre les forêts naturelles et les paysages cultivés, les plus grandes différences se situant dans les zones les plus intensivement cultivées. Ils indiquent aussi que la coupe des forêts naturelles pour y pratiquer des cultures a des impacts négatifs sur la diversité des arthropodes, une situation encore lus grave dans les zones où les cultures sont plus intensives. Nos résultats signifient que des mosaïques d'unités territoriales ayant un usage différent, chacune se trouvant à une phase différente du cycle coupe -mise en culture -abandon -rétablissement -coupe, pourraient contrer les effets négatifs de l'intensité des cultures sur la diversité des arthropodes.

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Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture: a review paper based on two case studies

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Gender and conservation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

From natural woodlands to cultivated land: diversity of fruit‐feeding butterflies and beetles in the mid‐Zambezi valley, northern Zimbabwe

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