Exclusions in inclusive programs: state-sponsored sustainable development initiatives amongst the Kurichya in Kerala, India

Suma, T. R.; Großmann, Kristina

doi:10.1007/s10460-016-9758-4

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“…Econ. benefits of empowering women in agriculture 201 agrobiodiversity through seed collection and preservation (Hosken, 2017;Suma & Grossmann, 2017). Finally, one study indicates a female land use preference for agroforestry (Villamor, Catacutan, Van Anh, & Thi, 2017), a source of household food consumption.…”

Section: Methods and Findingsmentioning

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Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and Evidence

Anderson

Reynolds

Biscaye

et al. 2020

The Journal of Development Studies

104

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Systematic reviews and meta-analyses generally focus on intervention impacts or outcomes. Less common, however, are reviews of the assumptions and theory underlying the pathways between intervention and outcome. We consider the hypothetical case for interventions to empower female farmers, either by prioritising women for new investments or re-allocating existing resources. Empowerment is defined as increased women's decision-making authority related to agricultural resources, management and production, and income. We hypothesise two avenues through which productivity or health benefits might arise: (i) eliminating female-male differences in, e.g. input access; or (ii) leveraging gendered risk, time, and social preferences leading women to differentially allocate resources. A review of evidence highlights the extent of support for the baseline, behaviour change, and economic benefit assumptions behind these hypothesised avenues. Findings suggest returns to investing in female farmers could be significant in various contexts but estimates of economic returns to empowering women in agriculture remain limited.

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Section: Methods and Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and Evidence

Anderson

Reynolds

Biscaye

et al. 2020

The Journal of Development Studies

104

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“…Examples include iKheti, Edible Routes, Homecrop, and Squarefoot farmers. States like Kerala have seen civic bodies initiate sustainable practices by providing kits and services to grow up to 30 vegetable varieties locally [44]. This trend is accompanied by a revival of, and search for, ecologically sound methods of farming that were embedded in traditional practices.…”

Section: Urban Farming As a Civic-ecology Initiativementioning

confidence: 99%

Managing Sustainable Transitions: Institutional Innovations from India

Chebrolu

Dutta

2021

Sustainability

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Despite the widespread disruptions of lives and livelihoods due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it could also be seen as a gamechanger. The post-pandemic recovery should address fundamental questions concerning our food systems. Is it possible to reset existing ecologically unsustainable production systems towards healthier and more connected systems of conscious consumers and ecologically oriented farmers? Based on three illustrative cases from different parts of India, we show how managing transitions towards sustainability require institutional innovations and new intermediaries that build agency, change relations, and transform structures in food systems. Lessons from three diverse geographies and commodities in India are presented: urban farming initiatives in Mumbai, conscious consumer initiatives in semi-urban Gujarat for pesticide-free mangoes, and resource-poor arid regions of Andhra Pradesh. Through these examples, we show that, beyond the technological solutions, institutional innovations such as urban community-supported farming models, Participatory Guarantee Schemes, and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) can enable sustainable transitions. Sustainable lifestyles in a post COVID-19 world, as the cases show, require collective experimentation with producers that go beyond changed consumer behaviour to transform structures in food systems.

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“…Evidence of the social and ecological results of access and allocation arrangements is mixed at best and commonly negative. Suma and Großmann (2017), for instance, show how initiatives for promoting sustainable development, social well-being and gender equality in Kerala, India, have partially worsened women's access to land and seeds. Programmes based on a logic of conserving biodiversity through decoupling local people from particular places, resources uses and practices tend to have particularly prominent impacts.…”

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Access and allocation in global biodiversity governance: a review

Coolsaet

Dawson

Rabitz³

et al. 2020

Int Environ Agreements

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Access and allocation is one of the five analytical themes of the science plan of the Earth System Governance (ESG) project. Concerns over access and allocation are at the core of struggles and conflicts brought about by the often ineluctable trade-offs related to biodiversity conservation and the global, national and local governance systems that aim to contribute to global biodiversity conservation. Access and benefit-sharing mechanisms, integrated conservation and development projects, payments for ecosystem services or community conservation programmes have all tried balancing environmental objectives with concerns for the allocation of natural resources and associated rights within society, and for access to basic human needs. As a contribution to this special issue on access and allocation, this paper aims to contribute to the analysis of the relevance of questions of access and allocation to ESG by providing an in-depth review of the literature on access and allocation in biodiversity conservation at different scales. We describe how the concepts of access and allocation have been used and conceptualized in the literature produced between 2008 and 2018, and we discuss the two key issues which dominate the literature (1) benefit-sharing; and (2) the role of local institutions. By drawing on the trends and evidence from the literature, we consider the lessons for the next generation of ESG scholars and draw out some key policy implications to be included in the debates on the post-2020 strategic plan for biodiversity.

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Exclusions in inclusive programs: state-sponsored sustainable development initiatives amongst the Kurichya in Kerala, India

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and Evidence

Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and Evidence

Managing Sustainable Transitions: Institutional Innovations from India

Access and allocation in global biodiversity governance: a review

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