A modelling and participatory approach for enhancing learning about adaptation of grassland-based livestock systems to climate change

Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

“…seeking diversity and building social cohesion, trust and joint commitment) are better tailored to support learning and increase adaptive capacity of individuals and communities. Our findings also support other studies which have shown that brokering roles is important in facilitating linkages among various actors, as they try to respond to the needs of farmers and to emerging issues in a community (Minh et al, 2010;Duru et al, 2012;Johnson et al, 2012;Bartels et al, 2013;Bos et al, 2013).…”

“…The literature on social learning has proposed a myriad of indicators and it is difficult to determine which of these is relevant to use. Second, there is limited understanding of how to attribute the impacts of social learning configurations to changes in outcomes or whether adaptive capacity has increased because of social learning (Bos et al, 2013;Duru et al, 2012;Henly-Shepard et al, 2015;Webler et al, 2016). It has proven to be particularly challenging to assess social learning in terms of improvements in relationships and levels of participation in a governance system (Egunyu & Reed, 2015).…”

“…2 Design of the learning configuration -Group composition -Democratic structure -Facilitation requirements -Diverse participation (Daniels & Walker, 2001); (Mostert et al, 2007); (Jones et al, 2010); (Johnson et al, 2012); (Dana & Nelson, 2012); (Shaw & Kristjanson, 2014); (Webler et al, 2016 (Rist et al, 2006); (Duru et al, 2012); (Mishra et al, 2013); (Shaw & Kristjanson, 2014). (Mostert et al, 2007); (Muro & Jeffrey, 2008); (Janjua et al, 2010); (Johnson et al, 2012); (Mishra et al, 2013); (Yuen et al, 2013); .…”

“…Therefore, interest in social learning as a part of the response to the challenges of climate change adaptation has grown significantly in recent years (Ensor & Harvey, 2015). Many social and technical interventions have been designed to support and increase farmer's adaptive capacity to deal with climate change (Bloch et al, 2016;Duru et al, 2012;Johnson et al, 2012;Mishra et al, 2013;Raymond & Cleary, 2013). For example, introducing agronomic crop management has increased local farmers' capacity to adapt to drought in Thailand through enhancing crop and water productivity along with soil fertility with relatively low input-use (Mishra et al, 2013).…”

An Overview of Mitigation and Adaptation Needs and Strategies for the Livestock Sector

“…In such a case, local agrometeorological and agronomic/livestock production support programs may be helpful. For example, Duru et al (2012) [33] found that holding adaptation strategy workshops for stakeholders increases credibility when introducing adapted livestock systems. They argue workshops improve producer understanding of presented options and researcher understanding of real-world practice concerns, both enhancing adaptation.…”