A gendered ecosystem services approach to identify novel and locally-relevant strategies for jointly improving food security, nutrition, and conservation in the Barotse Floodplain

Carmona, Natalia Estrada; Attwood, Simon; Cole, Steven M.; Remans, Roseline; DeClerck, Fabrice

doi:10.1080/14735903.2020.1787618

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“…Finally, the success of the FGD in capturing varietal diversity depends on the level of engagement and participation of the farmers, regardless of the sex, cast, and socioeconomic and marital status. In some cases, women and men tended to use different parts of the landscapes and cultivated or managed plants for different purposes (e.g., household consumption or income) [46][47][48]. In our study, women's participation was low in some regions due to their time limitation due to childcaring and other home-caring activities, indicating that some crops important for household consumption or other uses may be particularly underrepresented in these areas.…”

Section: Varietal Diversitymentioning

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Varietal Threat Index for Monitoring Crop Diversity on Farms in Five Agro-Ecological Regions in India

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Our knowledge about the status of agrobiodiversity on farms is still very limited. While several studies to assess the crop genetic diversity on farms have been undertaken, there are no systematic documentation and monitoring practices for varietal diversity in space and time. Achievement of the agrobiodiversity Aichi Target 13, established under the Biodiversity Strategy Plan 2011–2020, have failed due to the lack of existing data on varietal diversity at country, regional and global levels. Here, we propose a method for calculating the Varietal Threat Index using the four-cell analysis (FCA) participatory methodology at different geographical scales to monitor changes in the varietal diversity on farms and to compare between areas. We tested the method with datasets collected from the UN-Environment GEF project implemented in India, in which data on crop and varietal diversity were collected across seven states in India, covering five agroecological regions. Results showed that landraces are still commonly grown in the study sites, especially in the central and western regions, and that more than 50% of landraces are considered threatened, suggesting that conservation interventions are required to prevent large-scale genetic erosion. A long-term monitoring framework for varietal diversity in India is proposed.

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Section: Varietal Diversitymentioning

confidence: 59%

Varietal Threat Index for Monitoring Crop Diversity on Farms in Five Agro-Ecological Regions in India

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“…Ensuring sufficient access for all, with attention to local cultures, inclusive decision-making, and empowerment are necessary for acting on these synergies and ensuring that socio-economic and biodiversity goals are met together (action 6, Table 1). 10,[117][118][119] This requires integrated, spatial and systemic planning, careful inclusive governance to optimize and reallocate use of natural resources and activities, and to identify strategies for sharing the required space for nature with people. Implementing these paradigms will require transformations away from using GDP as a measure of development and values that promote overconsumption and toward approaches that are in balance with natural systems.…”

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“…The floodplain is primarily inhabited by the semi-nomadic Lozi people, with an average population density of approximately 17 per km 2 . They rely on flood-driven agriculture, fishing, cattle grazing and commercial use of vegetation as their main source of livelihood [41]. During the wet season, they migrate from the floodplain itself to higher ground surrounding the floodplain [42].…”

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RadWet: An Improved and Transferable Mapping of Open Water and Inundated Vegetation Using Sentinel-1

2023

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Mapping the spatial and temporal dynamics of tropical herbaceous wetlands is vital for a wide range of applications. Inundated vegetation can account for over three-quarters of the total inundated area, yet widely used EO mapping approaches are limited to the detection of open water bodies. This paper presents a new wetland mapping approach, RadWet, that automatically defines open water and inundated vegetation training data using a novel mixture of radar, terrain, and optical imagery. Training data samples are then used to classify serial Sentinel-1 radar imagery using an ensemble machine learning classification routine, providing information on the spatial and temporal dynamics of inundation every 12 days at a resolution of 30 m. The approach was evaluated over the period 2017–2022, covering a range of conditions (dry season to wet season) for two sites: (1) the Barotseland Floodplain, Zambia (31,172 km2) and (2) the Upper Rupununi Wetlands in Guyana (11,745 km2). Good agreement was found at both sites using random stratified accuracy assessment data (n = 28,223) with a median overall accuracy of 89% in Barotseland and 80% in the Upper Rupununi, outperforming existing approaches. The results revealed fine-scale hydrological processes driving inundation patterns as well as temporal patterns in seasonal flood pulse timing and magnitude. Inundated vegetation dominated wet season wetland extent, accounting for a mean 80% of total inundation. RadWet offers a new way in which tropical wetlands can be routinely monitored and characterised. This can provide significant benefits for a range of application areas, including flood hazard management, wetland inventories, monitoring natural greenhouse gas emissions and disease vector control.

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A gendered ecosystem services approach to identify novel and locally-relevant strategies for jointly improving food security, nutrition, and conservation in the Barotse Floodplain

Abstract: (2020) A gendered ecosystem services approach to identify novel and locally-relevant strategies for jointly improving food security, nutrition, and conservation in

Cited by 9 publications

References 53 publications

Varietal Threat Index for Monitoring Crop Diversity on Farms in Five Agro-Ecological Regions in India

Varietal Threat Index for Monitoring Crop Diversity on Farms in Five Agro-Ecological Regions in India

Achieving a nature- and people-positive future

RadWet: An Improved and Transferable Mapping of Open Water and Inundated Vegetation Using Sentinel-1

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