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Crop diversity is central to traditional risk management practices on the Andean Altiplano and may find renewed importance in adapting to climate change. This study explored the role of crop diversity in farmers’ adaptation actions in eight Aymara communities on the northern Bolivian Altiplano. U...


Meldrum, G.Mijatovic, D.Rojas, W.Flores, J.Pinto, M.Mamani, G.Condori, E.Hilaquita, D.Gruberg, H.Padulosi, S.[Climate change and crop diversity: farmers’ perceptions and adaptation on the Bolivian Altiplano]Climate change and crop diversity: farmers’ perceptions and adaptation on the Bolivian Altiplano
DeFries, R.Mondal, P.Singh, D.Agrawal, I.Fanzo, J.Remans, R.Wood, S.[Synergies and trade-offs for sustainable agriculture: nutritional yields and climate-resilience for cereal crops in Central India]Synergies and trade-offs for sustainable agriculture: nutritional yields and climate-resilience for cereal crops in Central India

There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now...


Rockström, JohanWilliams, J.Daily, G.Noble, A.D.Matthews, NathanielGordon, L.Wetterstrand, H.DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.Shah, M.Steduto, P.Fraiture, Charlotte deHatibu, N.Unver, O.Bird, JeremySibanda, Lindiwe MajeleSmith, J.[Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability]Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability

Climate change will create challenges for forest-dependent communities in Africa. Local institutions play an important role in fostering community resilience in the context of change. The resilience of a community is influenced by social learning that can happen as people meet together and share ...


Brown, H.C.P.Sonwa, D.J.[Diversity within village institutions and its implication for resilience in the context of climate change in Cameroon]Diversity within village institutions and its implication for resilience in the context of climate change in Cameroon
Autor: Guarnacci U

This paper applies social network analysis (SNA) as a methodology to investigate community resilience after the December 2004 tsunami and the March 2005 earthquake which struck both Nias and Aceh, Indonesia. Through the analysis, this research focuses on the urban and rural gradients and shows ho...


Guarnacci U[Joining the dots: Social networks and community resilience in post-conflict, post-disaster Indonesia]Joining the dots: Social networks and community resilience in post-conflict, post-disaster Indonesia

We examine two academic traditions that address the nature-society interface. These traditions are organized around two main concepts: social-ecological system and territoire. These traditions have grown independently and are rooted respectively in ecology and social geography. We show that they ...


Barreteau, OlivierGiband, D.Schoon, M.Cerceau, J.DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.Ghiotti, S.James, T.Masterson, V.Mathevet, R.Rode, S.Ricci, F.Therville, C.[Bringing together social-ecological system and territoire concepts to explore nature-society dynamics]Bringing together social-ecological system and territoire concepts to explore nature-society dynamics

The demand for gender analysis is now increasingly orthodox in natural resource programming, including that for small-scale fisheries. Whilst the analysis of social–ecological resilience has made valuable contributions to integrating social dimensions into research and policy-making on natural re...


Kawarazuka, NozomiLocke, CatherineMcDougall, CynthiaKantor, PaulaMorgan, Miranda[Bringing analysis of gender and social–ecological resilience together in small-scale fisheries research: Challenges and opportunities]Bringing analysis of gender and social–ecological resilience together in small-scale fisheries research: Challenges and opportunities

In the emerging literature on resilience in relation to food security, a growing number of studies stress the need to expand our analysis beyond conventional socio-economic factors such as assets or social capital, and to consider less tangible elements such as risk perception, self-efficacy or a...


Béné, ChristopheFrankenberger, TimothyGriffin, TiffanyLangworthy, MarkMueller, MonicaMartin, Stephanie[‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises]‘Perception matters’: New insights into the subjective dimension of resilience in the context of humanitarian and food security crises
Béné, ChristopheHeadey, DerekHaddad, LawrenceGrebmer, Klaus von[Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations]Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations

Northern Rangelands of Kenya have continued to grapple with management challenges largely due to a lack of understanding of the dynamics thereof. Eroding customary institutions and new institutional arrangements characterize the system suggesting that adaptation is taking place to cope with the c...


Kanyuuru, C.K.Mburu, J.Njoka, J.[Adaptation of institutional arrangements to management of Northern Rangelands of Kenya]Adaptation of institutional arrangements to management of Northern Rangelands of Kenya

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