Empowering through entitlement? The micro-politics of food access in rural Maharashtra, India

Rai, Pronoy; Smucker, Thomas A.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.04.002

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“…First, powering in climate adaptation often comes from policies that either fail to include puzzling as an approach of deliberation or failure to contextualize the social and political causes of vulnerability (i.e., access to entitlements, social welfare schemes; see Rai and Smucker 2016), thus reinforcing asymmetrical power relations between differently situated actors at multiple scales of governance (Nagoda and Nightingale 2017;Eriksen et al 2015;Vij et al 2018). To implement effective adaptation measures, the policy domains in Bangladesh and India must both power and puzzle.…”

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Powering and puzzling: climate change adaptation policies in Bangladesh and India

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Ishtiaque

2020

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South Asia is a region uniquely vulnerable to climate-related impacts. Climate change adaptation in India and Bangladesh evolves using powering and puzzling approaches by policy actors. We seek to answer the question: how do powering and puzzling approaches influence the climate change adaptation policy design and implementation processes in Bangladesh and India? We adopted two strategies to collect and analyze data: semistructured interviews and discourse analysis. We found that adaptation policymaking is largely top-down, amenable to techno-managerial solutions, and not inclusive of marginalized actors. In Bangladesh, power interplays among ministerial agencies impair the policy implementation process and undermine the success of puzzling. Local-scale agencies do not have enough authority or power to influence the overall implementation processes occurring at higher scales of governance. The powering of different actors in Bangladesh is visible through a duality of mandates and a lack of integration of climate adaptation strategies in different government ministries. The powering aspect of India's various adaptation policies is the lack of collective puzzling around the question of differentiated vulnerability by axes of social difference. Paradoxically, India has a puzzling approach of hiding behind the poor in international negotiations. Moving forward, both countries should strive to have more inclusive and equitable adaptation policymaking processes that enable the participation of marginalized populations and represent their anxieties and aspirations. Identifying policy-relevant insights from South Asia using the powering and puzzling approaches can foster adaptation policy processes that facilitate empowerment, the missing piece of the adaptation policymaking puzzle.

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Powering and puzzling: climate change adaptation policies in Bangladesh and India

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2020

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“…In this case, young farmers' participation can be further enhanced, considering Taylor and Grieken's (2015) statement that participation is an important component in generating self-reliance in the empowerment process. The participation of farmers is expected to have an impact on welfare as Rai and Smucker (2016) stated that participation is a means of empowering farmer communities to improve their welfare. Moreover, individual participation is an important element to increase the capacity of society towards the importance of technology.…”

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Accelerating Farmers’ Regeneration of Chili Farmers in Garut District, West Java, Indonesia

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Kusnady²,

Maryani³

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1. Introduction Agriculture remained a reliable sector in rural communities, because of its role as a source of employment for livelihoods and its capacity to reduce unemployment, especially for rural youth. However, this did not attract the interest of rural youth to engage in agriculture. According to the results of the study, there are several causes for the lack of youths' motivation and participation in agricultural development. Effendy, L (2017) reported that lack of youth's participation caused lack of youth's interest in agriculture. This situation was strengthened by the results of the KRKP study (2016), which explained that 54 percent of horticultural farmers' children and 63 percent children of rice farmers were not interested in agriculture. Some of the reasons are; lack of land access and assets, low income, lack of agricultural knowledge or education, and inadequate infrastructure (Ningsih and Sjaf 2019). This condition was also thought to be the cause of the low participation of rural youth in agricultural activities. The participation of youths with age ranged 18-24 years was 31 percent, while those youth in 25-35 years were 25 percent. Considering these issues, efforts to regenerate farmers are needed. Garut District is an important supplier of vegetable products in West Java, especially chili. According to the Head of Department of Agriculture of Garut District (2018) from May to June 2018 period, the productions of Bird's eye chili pepper in the Districts of Banyuresmi and Sampireng were 2,607 tons and 2,502 tons and chili peppers were 8,319 tons and 9,095 tons, respectively. Based on this situation, the Head of Department of Agriculture of Garut District is optimistic that Garut District can supply 30-40 percent of Jabodetabek's chili needs. Some sub-districts as the largest chili production center is presented in the following table:

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“…Sementara Minyak sawit sudah menjadi kebutuhan publik sebagai bahan baku sejumlah produk turunan. Bagaimana hubungan mikro politik yang ada dalam hal transfer teknologi dalam mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi bagi masyarakat, pengalaman beberapa kasus negara berkembang, pembangunan masyarakat pedesaan dilakukan dalam bentuk program pemerintah, mampu memperluas ruang partisipasi (Rai & Smucker, 2016). Hicks et al (2013), menulis bagaimana pentingnya menyeimbangkan berbagai perspektif pemangku kepentingan untuk partisipasi.…”

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Pasang Surut Politik dan Sejarah Isu Kebijakan Sawit di Riau

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Artikel ini bertujuan menemukan konteks politik sejarah pasang surut isu kebijakan sawit di Riau dengan mengambil fokus masa awal reformasi 2000-2010. Latar belakangnya pergulatan politik aktor dalam sejarah isu kebijakan sawit sejak kolonial hingga awal reformasi Indonesia termasuk di Riau. Argumentasinya adalah akumulasi pasang surut isu politik sawit, terjadi pada awal reformasi. Pertanyaannya, bagaimana pasang surut interaksi politik aktor tersebut berlangsung di Riau? Dalam menjawab pertanyaan dipakai teori dan metode analisis modern political economy Jeffry Frieden. Pasang surut politik terkait isu kebijakan sawit terjadi sejak diterapkan UU.No.32/tahun 2009 dan UU.No.25/ tahun 1999. Dalam era rezim ORBA tuntutan politik hanya dilakukan para politisi di DPRD dan Birokrasi lokal. Sepanjang tahun 2000-2010, aktor lokal yang melakukan aksi memperjuangkan isu sawit spektrumnya semakin melebar, ada banyak aktor lokal dalam batas tertentu bersifat pasif kemudian menjadi viral. Masa transisi politik ini diungkapkan melalui fakta munculnya sejumlah aktivis masyarakat sipil, teknokrat dan pemerintah. Ada aktor pemerintah bersikap setuju, menolak dan setuju dengan usulan. Para aktor memiliki strategi, taktik, dan kiat dalam berkoalisi sesuai dengan posisinya. Dalam konteks politik lokal pluralistik seperti inilah, pasang surut politik lokal isu kebijakan sawit terjadi sebagai hasil interaksi aktor lokal dan nasional.

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Empowering through entitlement? The micro-politics of food access in rural Maharashtra, India

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

Powering and puzzling: climate change adaptation policies in Bangladesh and India

Powering and puzzling: climate change adaptation policies in Bangladesh and India

Accelerating Farmers’ Regeneration of Chili Farmers in Garut District, West Java, Indonesia

Pasang Surut Politik dan Sejarah Isu Kebijakan Sawit di Riau

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