Commodity crops in biodiversity-rich production landscapes: Friends or foes? The example of cotton in the Mid Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

Baudron, Frédéric; Guerrini, Laure; Chimimba, Edmore; Chimusimbe, Edwin

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109496

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“…Additionally, cash crops can have benefits for nutrition security that staple crops do not provide, such as increasing income and therefore access to a more diverse range of foods 50 . Alongside increases in productivity of micronutrient-rich crops, cash crops will continue to form a crucial part of incomes, and without adequate planning, communities can adopt unsustainable alternative practises such as encroachment on protected areas through pastoral expansion 51 .…”

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Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa

Jennings,

Challinor,

Smith

et al. 2024

Nat Food

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Improving nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa under increasing climate risks and population growth requires a strong and contextualized evidence base. Yet, to date, few studies have assessed climate-smart agriculture and nutrition security simultaneously. Here we use an integrated assessment framework (iFEED) to explore stakeholder-driven scenarios of food system transformation towards climate-smart nutrition security in Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. iFEED translates climate–food–emissions modelling into policy-relevant information using model output implication statements. Results show that diversifying agricultural production towards more micronutrient-rich foods is necessary to achieve an adequate population-level nutrient supply by mid-century. Agricultural areas must expand unless unprecedented rapid yield improvements are achieved. While these transformations are challenging to accomplish and often associated with increased greenhouse gas emissions, the alternative for a nutrition-secure future is to rely increasingly on imports, which would outsource emissions and be economically and politically challenging given the large import increases required.

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Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa

Jennings,

Challinor,

Smith

et al. 2024

Nat Food

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“…Since this study was conducted, major changes have occurred in the study area driven largely by the collapse of the cotton sector (Baudron et al, 2022). Many farming households have invested more in cultivation of small grains such as sorghum and millet, and have expanded their livestock herds especially with small ruminants.…”

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Wetlands in drylands: Use and conflict dynamics at the human–wildlife interface in Mbire District, Zimbabwe

Matema

Eilers²,

Zijpp

2022

Afr J Ecol

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Wetlands in drylands are important resources for agriculture and wildlife, but competition may result in human-wildlife conflict. We sought to understand conditions under which people and wildlife sharing wetlands in drylands may coexist. We applied track counts in riverine wetlands in the dry and wet season (n = 36 days) using belt transects, focus group discussions (n = 3), key informant interviews (n = 26), a household socio-economic survey (n = 180) and secondary data analysis to study humanwildlife interactions in a community-based wildlife management area in Zimbabwe.Twenty-six wildlife species that used riverine wetlands were identified. High population density and riverine agriculture -with access to cattle and ploughs enabling cultivation of larger fields -limited wildlife access to wetlands. Seasonality, drought, water availability and soil fertility, aggravated by limited alternative livelihood opportunities and lack of political will to control cropping and settlement in wetlands, were drivers of conflict. Hence, models based on population pressure and resource availability are insufficient to inform human-wildlife conflict mitigation. Strategies that undercut rent-seeking behaviour are needed to enable human-wildlife coexistence.Concerted action among stakeholders including linking wildlife conservation benefits to compliance with wetland-use regulations, water-user committees, water provisioning and labour-saving technologies in uplands, livelihood diversification and incentivised production of drought-tolerant crops are recommended.

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Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming

Daum

Baudron

Birner

et al. 2023

Biological Conservation

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Commodity crops in biodiversity-rich production landscapes: Friends or foes? The example of cotton in the Mid Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

Cited by 4 publications

References 46 publications

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa

Wetlands in drylands: Use and conflict dynamics at the human–wildlife interface in Mbire District, Zimbabwe

Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming

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