A scoping review of research funding for small-scale farmers in water scarce regions

Ricciardi, Vincent; Wane, Abdrahmane; Sidhu, Balsher Singh; Godde, Cécile; Solomon, Divya; McCullough, Ellen; Diekmann, Florian; Porciello, Jaron; Jain, Meha; Randall, Nicola; Mehrabi, Zia

doi:10.1038/s41893-020-00623-0

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“…Shrinking farm sizes limit opportunities for management adaptations and more stringent food safety standards limit the ability of smallholder farmers to enter expanding markets as these standards create new knowledge requirements, additional investments and stronger linkages between producers and buyers ( Humphrey, 2017 ). The literature has extensively covered the impacts of climate change on crop enterprises in mixed systems, and to a lesser extent, the impacts on livestock enterprises ( Thornton and Herrero, 2015 ), although the focus has often been on yields rather than livelihood outcomes or other sustainability dimensions ( Ricciardi et al, 2020 ). However, relatively little is known about how crop-livestock interactions may be affected or offer buffering capacity to help smallholders adapt to climate change ( Thornton and Herrero, 2015 ).…”

Section: Vulnerability Of Livestock-based Socio-economic Systemsmentioning

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Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Godde

Mason-D’Croz

Mayberry

et al. 2021

Global Food Security

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The potential impacts of climate change on current livestock systems worldwide are a major concern, and yet the topic is covered to a limited extent in global reports such as the ones produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In this article, we review the risk of climate-related impacts along the land-based livestock food supply chain. Although a quantification of the net impacts of climate change on the livestock sector is beyond the reach of our current understanding, there is strong evidence that there will be impacts throughout the supply chain, from farm production to processing operations, storage, transport, retailing and human consumption. The risks of climate-related impacts are highly context-specific but expected to be higher in environments that are already hot and have limited socio-economic and institutional resources for adaptation. Large uncertainties remain as to climate futures and the exposure and responses of the interlinked human and natural systems to climatic changes over time. Consequently, adaptation choices will need to account for a wide range of possible futures, including those with low probability but large consequences.

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Section: Vulnerability Of Livestock-based Socio-economic Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Godde

Mason-D’Croz

Mayberry

et al. 2021

Global Food Security

286

110

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“…Access to irrigation technologies can both directly and indirectly improve nutritional well-being ( 111 ). Greater agricultural yields can increase a household's income, allowing individuals to purchase more (diverse) food ( 112 ). Further, irrigation technologies that produce clean water (e.g., desalination) can function as multiple-use water systems, meaning individuals can use the expanded water supply for other household needs, like water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) activities that ensure the safe handling and preparation of foods ( 2 ).…”

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Water Security and Nutrition: Current Knowledge and Research Opportunities

Miller

Workman

Panchang

et al. 2021

Advances in Nutrition

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Water is an essential nutrient that has primarily been considered in terms of its physiological necessity. But reliable access to water in sufficient quantities and quality is also critical for many nutrition-related behaviors and activities, including growing and cooking diverse foods. Given growing challenges to water availability and safety, including climate change, pollution, and infrastructure degradation, a broader conceptualization of water and its diverse uses is needed to sustainably achieve global nutrition targets. Therefore, we review empirical and qualitative evidence describing the linkages between water security (the reliable availability, accessibility, and quality of water for all household uses) and nutrition. Primary linkages include water security for drinking, food production and preparation, infant and young child feeding, and limiting exposure to pathogens and environmental toxins. We then identify knowledge gaps within each linkage and propose a research agenda for studying water security and nutrition going forward, including the concurrent quantification of both food and water availability, accessibility, use, and stability. By making explicit the connections between water security and nutritional well-being, we aim to promote greater collaboration between the nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. Interdisciplinary policies and programs that holistically address the water–nutrition nexus, versus those that focus on water and nutrition independently, are likely to significantly advance our ability to ensure equitable access to healthy foods and safe water for all.

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“…Research on the performance of farm-level interventions also tends to privilege yield and production metrics over other socioecological dimensions, such as farmer livelihoods or well-being (cf. Ricciardi et al, 2020). There is therefore a need to systematically assess synergies and trade-offs across the multiple services and outcomes provided by agricultural landscapes (c.f.…”

Section: Challenges In Making Agroecological Practices "Legible" In Agricultural Assessment Frameworkmentioning

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Advancing food sovereignty through farmer-driven digital agroecology

Wittman

James

Mehrabi

2020

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H. Wittman, D. James, and Z. Mehrabi. 2020. Advancing food sovereignty through farmerdriven digital agroecology. Int. J. Agric. Nat. Resour. 235-248. Agroecology, as a science, practice, and social movement, has been posed as a potential pathway to revitalize global food systems through a shift towards social and ecological justice. Complex and diversified agroecological systems vary widely globally and have been poorly characterized by traditional agronomic assessments that often focus narrowly on income and yield over other socioecological dimensions such as farmer and worker well-being, dietary diversity, environmental impacts and biodiversity conservation. In response, we propose an approach to the digital monitoring and assessment of agroecological practices that acknowledges and respects diverse contexts and improves power dynamics by centering the agency and biocultural knowledge of diverse farmers and communities. We describe a community-university partnership designed to develop a farmer-driven, open-access, and open-source digital tool for agroecological monitoring and certification. The farmer-scientist research team aims to chart a course for researchers to investigate how trade-offs among productive, sociocultural, economic, and/or environmental indicators might be minimized to enhance overall system sustainability across diverse contexts globally while also providing tools of use to agroecological farmers and their organizations, who can then autonomously capture (some of) the benefits of the digital agricultural revolution without ceding data sovereignty.

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A scoping review of research funding for small-scale farmers in water scarce regions

Cited by 33 publications

References 39 publications

Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

Water Security and Nutrition: Current Knowledge and Research Opportunities

Advancing food sovereignty through farmer-driven digital agroecology

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