Contribution of Agroforestry to Farmers Wellbeing in Forest Enclave, Edo State, Nigeria

Ojedokun, C.A.; Ugege, B.H.; Kolade, R.I.; Tunde-Francis, A.A.; Odediran, FA

doi:10.4314/jasem.v24i8.9

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“…This builds on existing literature suggesting that perceptions of nature impact on uptake of sustainable farming practices (Piñeiro et al 2020), food security (Akinnifesi et al 2010), and well-being (Hartig et al 2014), and so do socioeconomic conditions (Bashir and Schilizzi 2013;Kassie et al 2013;Reyes-García et al 2016). There is less evidence on the effects that agroecology uptake has on food security (Altieri et al 2012) or on well-being (Miller et al 2020;Ojedokun et al 2020). However, the association between food security and human well-being is well established (Frongillo et al 2017).…”

Section: Modelling Approachmentioning

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Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania

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Sallu

Loveridge

et al. 2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Millions of people rely on nature-rich farming systems for their subsistence and income. The contributions of nature to these systems are varied and key to their sustainability in the long term. Yet, agricultural stakeholders are often unaware or undervalue the relevance of those contributions, which can affect decisions concerning land management. There is limited knowledge on how farming practices and especially those that build more strongly on nature, including agroecological practices, may shape farmers’ livelihoods and well-being. We aim to determine the effect that farmer perception of contributions from nature, socioeconomic conditions, and farming practices, have on outcomes related to food security and human well-being. We conducted 467 household surveys in an agricultural growth corridor in rural Tanzania, which is also essential for nature conservation due to its high biodiversity and its strategic location between several protected areas encompassing wetland, forest, and grassland habitats. Results show that implementing more agroecological practices at farm scale has a positive effect on farmer well-being in the study landscape. Results also indicate that higher awareness of benefits from nature, as well as engagement with agricultural extension services, are associated with higher number of agroecological practices applied in the farm. This research confirms the relevance of capacity-building initiatives to scale up the uptake of agroecological practices in the tropics. It also shows, using empirical evidence, that farming practices taking advantage of nature’s contributions to people can positively affect food security and human well-being, even when those practices complement conventional ones, such as the use of synthetic inputs. Understanding the impact of agroecological farming on the well-being of smallholder farmers in the tropics paves the way for policy and program development that ensures global food demands are met in a sustainable way without compromising the well-being of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

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Section: Modelling Approachmentioning

confidence: 79%

Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania

Milheiras

Sallu

Loveridge

et al. 2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…While there is a rich literature on the positive links between agroforestry practices and several ecosystem services, such as soil fertility, drought resistance or biological pest control (e.g., Tscharntke et al, 2011), empirical evidence attempting to connect agroforestry practices directly to well-being (e.g., Ojedokun et al, 2020) is scarce. The link between crop yield and material well-being may be intuitive, yet other aspects of well-being BOX 2 | Assessing human well-being in forest-agricultural landscapes.…”

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A Framework to Assess Forest-Agricultural Landscape Management for Socioecological Well-Being Outcomes

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Sallu

Marshall

et al. 2022

Front. For. Glob. Change

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Global demand for agricultural products continues to grow. However, efforts to boost productivity exacerbate existing pressures on nature, both on farms and in the wider landscape. There is widespread appreciation of the critical need to achieve balance between biodiversity and human well-being in rural tropical crop production landscapes, that are essential for livelihoods and food security. There is limited empirical evidence of the interrelationships between natural capital, the benefits and costs of nature and its management, and food security in agricultural landscapes. Agroforestry practices are frequently framed as win-win solutions to reconcile the provision of ecosystem services important to farmers (i.e., maintaining soil quality, supporting pollinator, and pest control species) with nature conservation. Yet, underlying trade-offs (including ecosystem disservices linked to pest species or human-wildlife conflicts) and synergies (e.g., impact of ecosystem service provision on human well-being) are seldom analysed together at the landscape scale. Here, we propose a systems model framework to analyse the complex pathways, with which natural capital on and around farms interacts with human well-being, in a spatially explicit manner. To illustrate the potential application of the framework, we apply it to a biodiversity and well-being priority landscape in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania, a public-private partnership for increasing production of cash and food crops. Our framework integrates three main dimensions: biodiversity (using tree cover and wildlife as key indicators), food security through crop yield and crop health, and climate change adaptation through microclimate buffering of trees. The system model can be applied to analyse forest-agricultural landscapes as socio-ecological systems that retain the capacity to adapt in the face of change in ways that continue to support human well-being. It is based on metrics and pathways that can be quantified and parameterised, providing a tool for monitoring multiple outcomes from management of forest-agricultural landscapes. This bottom-up approach shifts emphasis from global prioritisation and optimisation modelling frameworks, based on biophysical properties, to local socio-economic contexts relevant in biodiversity-food production interactions across large parts of the rural tropics.

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Contribution of Agroforestry to Farmers Wellbeing in Forest Enclave, Edo State, Nigeria

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Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania

Agroecological practices increase farmers’ well-being in an agricultural growth corridor in Tanzania

A Framework to Assess Forest-Agricultural Landscape Management for Socioecological Well-Being Outcomes

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