Tag: Land
Domestication of Docynia indica in Vietnam
Gender Roles And Land Use Preferences-Implications To Landscape Restoration In Southeast Asia
This section discusses the roles that women play in agricultural production, as well as their land use choices and the implications of those choices on landscape restoration. Based on case studies from Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, we argue that the pathway to land restoration is influenced by the way that land is appreciated by direct stakeholders. Women, due to their increasingly productive roles, could become agents of either land degradation or restoration. Ignoring their specific needs may lead to unsuccessful implementations of land restoration programs. We recommend a greater emphasis on understanding gender-specific differences over land-use and land management practices as an entry point, followed by nuanced design and implementation of gender-responsive and gender-focused land restoration approaches and investments.
Agricultural crops suitability for Aceh Barat Distict
Tree farming was dominant in the west coast prior to tsunami, and that they promised not only sustainable livelihood, but also superior environmental protection. During the tsunami, considerable portion of this ‘green infrastructure’ was devastated and thus land suitability evaluation efforts is required for supporting the redesign and reconstruction. The objective of this research was to evaluate the land suitability of Aceh Barat District for tree crops and food crops.
Amazonie peruvienne: la perseverance de la famille Riquez
En 1992, Gregorio Riquez a quitté la haute jungle péruvienne pour Ucayali, province faiblement peuplée, située dans les basses terres très humides du Bassin amazonien. Au début, quand il a quitté ses montagnes, Gregorio voyait les basses terres de l’Amazonie comme une sorte d’Eldorado où les gens, pour peu qu’ils soient déterminés et durs à la tâche, ne pouvaient que réussir. Mais il n’a pas tardé à déchanter devant la difficulté de la besogne; et, même si ses lopins de terre étaient plus vastes que ceux qu’il cultivait auparavant, il a découvert qu’il était pratiquement impossible de survivre dans cet environnement, l’un des plus hostiles au monde. C’était arrivé à un point tel qu’avec sa femme, Julia Flores et leurs enfants, ils se sont très vite retrouvés au bord de la famine. Ils ont eu beau essarter, débroussailler, cultiver leur terre tant et plus, rien n’y a fait; ils devenaient de plus en plus pauvres. Ils regardaient, impuissants, les pluies torrentielles emporter la terre arable dans leurs flots. Mais le pire est arrivé avec la mort de deux de leurs enfants: leur fils de 13 ans, emporté par une maladie causée par les vers; et leur fille, un bébé de 8 mois, qui a succombé à la fièvre. Pour Monsieur Riquez, plus que la maladie, c’est surtout le manque d’argent et de médicaments qui a tué ses deux enfants.
Beyond coping mechanisms: adaptation of communities to climate change through landcare in East Africa
Africa particularly the SubSaharan region is among the most vulnerable groups to impacts of climate variability and change. Current debates have shifted emphasis from mitigating climate induced risks to preparing and adapting to the expected adverse effects. Adaptation is often thought of as coping mechanisms that poor communities use to deal with climate change. Despite low adaptive capacity, some communities have developed adaptation strategies to cope with climate variability and extreme events. Recent studies indicate that adaptation can and must go further. Results from Landcare experiences illustrate that communities have the capacity to not only cope with climate change events, but also adapt to the changing weather patterns by taking control of their resources. The Landcare approach enabled communities to address natural resource problems through collective action, partnership and sustainable management of natural resources to address issues of climate change. With access to information, technology options, capacity building, and institutional partnership, communities were able to better manage their resources.
Capacity building for the application of landcare towards enhanced democratic processes in natural resource management in Southern and Eastern Africa
ICRAF initiated the development of Landcare in Uganda in 2002 through the “African Grassroots Innovations for Livelihood and Environment (AGILE)” Project, funded by the Italian government.In South Africa, Landcare is implemented by central government with funding from the government of Australia. With support from the Australian-Aid Program, this project will build the capacityof country Landcare teams for wider application of the Landcare approach, to enhance democratic environmental governance in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.
Alternatives to Slash and Burn: summary report of phase I
During the first phase of the Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) project, we forme interdisiplinary teams involving scientists from national research institute, universities an NGO’s, as well as from international institutions. In the meantime the outcome of the early site selection process was reviewed on the basis of the guidelines for the characterization process. It was decided that fozr sites would be characterized in order to cover the various ecological zones and the major expected gradients within these zones. A project management structure was developed with a national steering committee to ensure linkages with national policies, a technical working group and a secretariat. Through a competitive mechanism partners were found for the various aspects of the characterization work. Two trainin courses/workshops were held to strengthen the scientific base of the work on carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions and on participatory rural appraisal methods. At the end oh Phase 1 a national workshop was held to review the results abtained and prepare plan for Phase
Biophysical properties of the conservation and sustainable management of belowground biodiversity (CSM-BGBD) project sites in Indonesia
The Conservation and Sustainable Management Belowground Biodiversity( CSM-BGBD) Project inIndonesia will be conducted in three benchmark areas in Sumatra Island. Two benchmarks Sumber Jayabenchmark (SJ) and Pakuan Ratu benchmark (PR) are located in Lampung Province, while the otherbenchmark will be located in Jambi Province (Figure 1). The Jambi benchmark also consisted of two sites, Rantau Pandan and Muara Kuamang. The benchmark areas represent the ecological zone of Sumatra Island, which consisted of mountainous, piedmont, peneplain and swampy areas. Sumber Jaya is located in the mountainous areas, while Rantau Pandan in the piedmont areas, both Muara Kuamang and Pakuan Ratu are located in peneplain region
Follow the innovation: transdisciplinary innovation research in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
Agricultural innovations produced by research projects without interaction with potential end users often fail to match the real-life complexities of local farmers. To overcome this lack of fit between scientifically generated innovations and local realities, the interdisciplinary research project’Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land and Water in the Region Khorezm, Uzbekistan’ initiated a participatory approach to innovation development and diffusion together with local stakeholders. From early 2008 until early 2011, selected agricultural innovations, developed by the project and identified as’plausible promises’, were tested jointly by teams of local farmers, water managers and researchers under real-life settings. This chapter outlines the transdisciplinary innovation research experience, coined’Follow the Innovation’ by the team. It discusses the challenges faced in this process of joint experimentation and learning as well as the lessons learnt with regard to the innovations and the participatory innovation processes.