Effective alleviation of rural poverty depends on the interplay between productivity, nutrients, water and soil quality

Radosavljevic, Sonja; Haider, L. Jamila; Lade, Steven J.; Schlüter, Maja

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106494

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“…Analysis of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers in Limpopo shows that aspects of both soil, food, and water systems are important, and that these are linked together in several different ways (Radosavljevic et al, 2020;Rusere et al, 2020). For example, food insecurity arises as a combination of lack of education, job opportunities, mobility, health, demographic factors, and other socioeconomic factors (Oni et al, 2010;Ramos-Mejía et al, 2018).…”

Section: Cascading Environmental Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Services: A New Approach Toward Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Knight¹

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The physical environment provides resources and specific types of environmental services relevant to the maintenance of human livelihoods globally and with specific reference to sub-Saharan Africa, including soils, food, and water systems. Previous studies on the shared nexus of such resources commonly view these as self-contained systems operating independent of their physical contexts provided by landscape-scale geomorphology and its related processes. This study critically examines the viewpoints adopted by such nexus studies with specific reference to sub-Saharan Africa, arguing that these studies are reductive, considering only the shared disciplinary overlap (nexus) and not their wider contexts, and are based on only a limited understanding of the workings of physical systems. This study argues that considering the attributes of the physical landscape and its provision of environmental services provides a broader and scientifically-informed context for understanding of interlinked issues such as relationships between soil–food–water systems. Framing such “nexus” studies in this wider context can derive a better understanding of the connections between different elements such as soil, food, and water, amongst others, and with respect to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The concept of environmental services is therefore a more powerful tool to examine both the connections between physical and human environmental processes and properties in sub-Saharan Africa, and to address overarching environmental issues such as land degradation, soil erosion loss, water scarcity, and impacts of climate change.

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Section: Cascading Environmental Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Services: A New Approach Toward Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Knight¹

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…For many countries, this need to use and optimise the available resources is an especially sensitive matter when it affects human development and the possibility of creating growth opportunities in communities and societies with low quality of life or even high poverty levels, a situation that is more commonly found in rural contexts (Radosavljevic et al, 2020). In the last few decades, in the 38 countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), productivity increases have not meant an increase of the average salary for workers, which brings up the question of how to link productivity to a benefit for workers (Schwellnus et al, 2017).…”

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Conscious Firms: A Disruptive Productivity Model with Human Development at the Service of Stakeholders

Koponen

Álamo

2021

Progress in Ethical Practices of Businesses

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In the present, social awareness is found in the form of organisations being conscious. The existence of the entrepreneurial phenomenon is explained from the social roots of human behaviour. Without sociability, there is no firm and without awareness, there is no responsible firm. By deeply exploring a case study of a conscious firm awarded by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, this study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship and ethical and socially responsible business management. We offer a theory and a productive model with human development that fosters entrepreneurship and makes it possible to build ethical interactions between the firm and the stakeholders. The methodology used is qualitative with a humanistic approach and presents the hypothesis that, if conscious firms want to have high productive performance, they must empower the worker in a way that turns them into entrepreneurs of their own work. The most important conclusion of this work is that conscious firms must have a productivity model that combines two processes: sustainable economic growth and comprehensive human development. We also suggest theoretical and practical implications for the consolidation of ethical advancements in the business world.

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“…В первую очередь это относится к животноводству и первичной переработке сельскохозяйственного сырья. Согласно исследованиям [9][10][11][12][13], организация экологически приемлемого природопользования играет важную роль для обеспечения уровня и качества жизни в сельских регионах. Поэтому оптимизация распределения ресурсов, используемых в сельском хозяйства,важный элемент управленческого подхода.…”

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Механизмы Устойчивого Социально-Экономического Развития Региона Большого Алтая: Проблемы И Подходы

Енгоян¹

2020

Grand Altai Research &Amp; Education / Наука И Образование Большого Алтая

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Автор исследует управленческие подходы в целях устойчивого развития. В качестве рабочей гипотезы автор предлагает рассмотреть управленческие подходы, основанные на формировании и использовании механизмов окультуривание ландшафтов путем учета хозяйственной емкости территории. Под хозяйственной емкостью территории автор понимает возможность и способность социо-природных комплексов к восстановлению в экономически приемлемые сроки в допустимых экологических характеристиках. В качестве ключевых тезисов рассматриваются: 1) предотвращение дигрессии социо-природных комплексов и 2) повышение уровня и качества жизни населения. Одним из важных направлений в реализации этих тезисов является повышение эффективности в сфере обращения с отходами сельского хозяйства и одновременного решения задач диверсификации энергоснабжения путем формирования управленческих механизмов, способствующих развитию возобновляемой энергетики (переработка отходов сельского хозяйства с целью генерации тепла, электроэнергии и производства удобрений). Автор выделяет принципы, на которых должны основываться региональные управленческие подходы в целях устойчивого развития: 1) необходимость ретроспективного анализа влияния хозяйственной деятельности на социо-природные комплексы (включая опыт традиционного природопользования); 2) управленческий подход должен опираться на современные технологические решения в части ресурсосбережения; 3) на региональном уровне управления следует разработать релевантный комплекс показателей, характеризующий устойчивость социо-природных комплексов исследуемой территории; 4) окультуривание ландшафтов — ключевой элемент управленческого подхода, на который следует опираться при решении задач устойчивого развития. Согласно проведенным исследованиям, внедрение принципов управленческих подходов, основанных на окультуривании ландшафтов, позволяет учесть хозяйственную емкость территории, потенциал и скорость восстановления территориальных экосистем в зависимости от хозяйственной нагрузки и ее динамики.

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Effective alleviation of rural poverty depends on the interplay between productivity, nutrients, water and soil quality

Cited by 20 publications

References 47 publications

Environmental Services: A New Approach Toward Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Environmental Services: A New Approach Toward Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Conscious Firms: A Disruptive Productivity Model with Human Development at the Service of Stakeholders

Механизмы Устойчивого Социально-Экономического Развития Региона Большого Алтая: Проблемы И Подходы

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