Critical Systems of Learning and Innovation Competence for Addressing Complexity in Transformations to Agricultural Sustainability

Pant, Laxmi Prasad

doi:10.1080/21683565.2013.833157

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“…First, they have different worldviews and approaches to change. In the CARICOM, a command and control paradigm (evolving from the plantation institution) has informed the formal agriculture and food institutions of government (Pant 2013). This production paradigm is based on assumptions that include a stable environment where resource flows can be controlled and nature will return to equilibrium (Wilby and Dessai 2010).…”

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Addressing food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean through domestic smallholder farming system innovation

2015

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Smallholder farmers are key actors in addressing the food and nutrition insecurity challenges facing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), while also minimizing the ecological footprint of food production systems. However, fostering innovation in the region's smallholder farming systems will require more decentralized, adaptive, and heterogeneous institutional structures and approaches than presently exist. In this paper, we review the conditions that have been undermining sustainable food and nutrition security in the Caribbean, focusing on issues of history, economy, and innovation. Building on this discussion, we then argue for a different approach to agricultural development in the Small Island Developing States of the CAR-ICOM that draws primarily on socioecological resilience and agricultural innovation systems frameworks. Research needs are subsequently identified, including the need to better understand how social capital can facilitate adaptive capacity in diverse smallholder farming contexts; how formal and informal institutions interact in domestic agriculture and food systems to affect collaboration, co-learning, and collective action; how social actors might better play bridging and linking roles that can support mutual learning, collaboration, and reciprocal knowledge flows; and the reasons underlying past innovation failures and successes to facilitate organizational learning.

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“…Case study Country Long et al (2016) Climate-smart agriculture Multi-country (The Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy) Pant (2014) Food security strategies Multi-country (Nepal, India) Prasad (2016) System of Rice Intensification (SRI) India Randelli and Rocchi (2017) Food industry Italy Sixt et al (2018) Rainfed agriculture Jordan Turner et al (2017) Community for change in agriculture New Zealand Van Mierlo et al (2013) Poultry The Netherlands farmers). While Long et al (2016) focused on the diffusion of technological innovations (see CSA), Pant (2014) criticised the focus on technological innovation in food security strategies. By analysing the cases of Nepal and India, he argues that "The competence challenges of developing countries to make use of available agricultural resources are ecological, technological and learning-oriented in nature" (p. 340); therefore, "Technological innovation is necessary but not sufficient to achieve food security" (p. 336).…”

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Transition heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions

Bilali

2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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The agro-food system needs a genuine sustainability transition to achieve sustainable food and nutrition security in the face of climate change, population growth, ecosystem degradation and increasing resource scarcity. Agro-food sustainability transitions refer to transformation processes needed to move towards sustainable agriculture and food systems. There is a broad range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks that have been used to understand and promote transition towards sustainability. These include the multi-level perspective (MLP) on socio-technical transitions, transition management (TM), strategic niche management (SNM), technological innovation system (TIS) and social practice approach (SPA). The paper analyses the use of these heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions. A search carried out in March 2018 on Scopus yielded 791 documents, and 127 research articles underwent a systematic review. Results show that more than three-fifths of research papers dealing with sustainability transitions in agriculture, food processing, distribution and consumption use at least one of the five heuristic frameworks (MLP, TM, SNM, TIS and SPA). The MLP is the most prominent framework in research on agro-food sustainability transitions, followed by TM, SPA, SNM and then TIS. Nevertheless, MLP is increasingly complemented with frameworks that focus on humanrelated and social factors (SPA), management and governance (TM, SNM) or agency and interactions between actors (TIS) in sustainability transitions processes. Therefore, the paper makes the case for more integration of transition frameworks in order to better nurture and foster transitions towards sustainable agro-food systems.

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“…One remarkable observation in this context is that some authors speak of alternative farming practices as 'technologies' or 'technological innovations' [74,75] and describe these practices as the solution to the environmental degradation problem. This idea represents a strong contrast to the political discourse, where the term, 'technologies', is rather associated with production methods that enhance production output of industrialized farms, for example, a high degree of mechanisation.…”

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What is Sustainable Agriculture? Critical Analysis of the International Political Discourse

2018

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The concepts, 'sustainable development' and 'sustainable agriculture', have been shaped by both political discourses of the United Nations and scientific discourses. Using critical discourse and content analysis, we trace the meaning of 'sustainable agriculture' in both international political and in scientific discourses to examine and identify key elements of the representation of sustainable agriculture. We found that the meanings of the concept of sustainable agriculture vary markedly: International political actors primarily produce discourses on sustainable development in agriculture and on sustainable agricultural intensification. Scientists tend to emphasise issues of environmental management. Based on our findings, we highlight the differences in the meaning of sustainable agriculture between the political and scientific discourses and attempt to explain them. In addition, discursive gaps are shown that have the potential to hinder the systematic operationalization of 'sustainable agriculture', such as the integration of a social dimension of sustainable agriculture.

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Critical Systems of Learning and Innovation Competence for Addressing Complexity in Transformations to Agricultural Sustainability

Cited by 26 publications

References 65 publications

Addressing food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean through domestic smallholder farming system innovation

Addressing food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean through domestic smallholder farming system innovation

Transition heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions

What is Sustainable Agriculture? Critical Analysis of the International Political Discourse

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