Discovering and characterizing farm households’ resilience under water scarcity

Maleksaeidi, Hamideh; Karami, Ezatollah; Zamani, Gholam Hossein; Rezaei-Moghaddam, Kurosh; Hayati, Dariush; Masoudi, Masoud

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“…At the farm level, resilience refers to the ability of farms to adapt to climatic, social, and market shocks [8]. This ability of farms to adapt can be improved through internal and external interventions [9], and tapping into farmer characteristics which facilitate self-organization and innovative problem-solving [10].…”

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Determinants of Farm Resilience to Climate Change: The Role of Farmer Entrepreneurship and Value Chain Collaborations

2020

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The concept of resilience gained traction in academic, policy, and development discourse in recent years, yet its conceptualization and application at the farm level has received little attention. For instance, recent policy recommendations present farm resilience as a silver bullet in dealing with agricultural risks and uncertainty, and in achieving sustainable agri-food systems. Yet, the question of what determines farm resilience in a smallholder farming set-up remains fuzzy. To address this knowledge gap, we firstly develop a novel conceptual framework based on determinants of farm resilience and farmer adaptive capacity as a pathway through which farm resilience is strengthened. The emphasis on adaptive capacity responds to a conceptual weakness inherent in studies that present socio-ecological systems as static systems. Secondly, based on a literature review, we propose mechanisms through which farmer entrepreneurship, membership in farmer organization, and farmer–buyer relationships may influence farmer adaptive capacity and thereby farm resilience. Based on our conceptual understanding of the determinants of farm resilience, we recommend approaches that augment farmer entrepreneurship, support farmer organizations, and strengthen farmer–buyer relationships.

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Determinants of Farm Resilience to Climate Change: The Role of Farmer Entrepreneurship and Value Chain Collaborations

2020

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“…Similar methodological approaches have been used in the literature to classify farms [40,41]. Some studies are based on adaptation to water scarcity [15,20,42], but there is a lack of research on water usage efficiency. Table 2 presents a brief description of the main variables measured in the study in order to provide a profile of the family farms.…”

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How to Improve Water Usage Efficiency? Characterization of Family Farms in A Semi-Arid Area

Piedra‐Muñoz

Godoy-Durán

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2017

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Water scarcity in Spain is partly due to poor management of this resource in the agricultural sector. The main aim of this study is to present the major factors related to water usage efficiency in farming. It focuses on the Almería coast, southeast Spain, which is one of the most arid areas of the country, and in particular, on family farms as the main direct managers of water use in this zone. Many of these farms are among the most water efficient in Spanish agriculture but this efficiency is not generalized throughout the sector. This work conducts a comprehensive assessment of water performance in this area, using on-farm water-use, structural, socio-economic, and environmental information. Two statistical techniques are used: descriptive analysis and cluster analysis. Thus, two groups are identified: farms that are less and farms that are more efficient regarding water usage. By analyzing both the common characteristics within each group and the differences between the groups with a one-way ANOVA analysis, several conclusions can be reached. The main differences between the two clusters center on the extent to which innovation and new technologies are used in irrigation. The most water efficient farms are characterized by more educated farmers, a greater degree of innovation, new irrigation technology, and an awareness of water issues and environmental sustainability. The findings of this study can be extended to farms in similar arid and semi-arid areas and contribute to fostering appropriate policies to improve the efficiency of water usage in the agricultural sector.

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“…Nos territórios comunitários, apesar de prevalecer o bem comum sobre o individual, se observam agricultores que têm iniciativas individuais e implementam sistemas de produção agropecuários que geram maiores benefícios econômicos, dos quais uma parte se reinveste na melhoria da irrigação. Isto ocorre, porque em territórios com escassez da água existe maior reflexão da realidade, abertura a novas experiências, atenção e esmero em suas ações (MALEKSAEIDI et al, 2016). Portanto, frente a cenários de risco os usuários da água geram conhecimento, sendo um elemento da resiliência individual, e considerada variável endógena do subsistema.…”

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“…Os critérios da sustentabilidade, resiliência e autogestão ajudarão a compreender a dinâmica que as organizações implementam na gestão e manejo da irrigação (BERKES; ROSS, 2013).A análise da resiliência nas organizações comunitárias responsáveis pela gestão e manejo da irrigação pode ser feita em dois níveis: resiliência dos produtores agrícolas e resiliência da organização. Os agricultores que enfrentam fenômenos naturais como as secas e as mudanças nas políticas e regulamentos socioculturais e socioeconômicos, são capazes de assumir novos desafios, melhorando sua capacidade no acesso a crédito, a tecnologias, a conhecimentos e a informações do mercado(MALEKSAEIDI et al, 2016). Além disso, a aplicação deste tipo de ações aumenta a eficiência de uso da água.O conceito de resiliência nas organizações de irrigadores permite analisar como os sistemas organizacionais mudam, aprendem, se adaptam e persistem no tempo (Figura 9).…”

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“…Folke, Colding eBerkes (2003) propõe que o estudo da resiliência das organizações seja dirigido em quatro aspectos que estão intimamente relacionados: i) as desestabilizações, entendidas como distúrbios que desestabilizam o "status quo", são forças essenciais na transformação de sistemas complexos, ii) diversidade, que fornece fontes de respostas adaptativas. As organizações têm uma interação no território com outras em escala espacial:: comunidade, localidade, regionais, nacionais e globalmente, neste contexto, as organizações comunitárias de irrigação têm o desafio de se envolver em novas realidades e manter as identidades locais sem isolar-se do contexto global, iii) conhecimento, permite o acesso à informação, a vivência de experiências e os processos de aprendizagem geram conhecimento que é adquirido e compartilhado na comunidade ao longo do tempo(MALEKSAEIDI et al, 2016), o qual forma o talento humano para a adoção de novas tecnologias na gestão da irrigação(HUNECKE et al, 2017), e iv) a autoorganização, utiliza a memória do sistema (sua história de transformações) como parte do processo de sua renovação e reorganização, sendo uma forma de exercício da autonomia.Figura 9. Ações de resiliência em organizações de irrigação Para manter sistemas de irrigação comunitários sustentáveis, as organizações implementam critérios que contribuem à resiliência individual e comunitária através da implementação de ações como: a tecnificacão da irrigação, manutenção das estruturas organizativas fortalecidas bem como das relações de escalas e o uso de indicadores de eficiência técnica nos sistemas de irrigação.…”

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Modelo dinâmico para a gestão e manejo sustentável de sistemas de irrigação comunitários, no marco do Bom Viver: estudo do caso na bacia do Rio Pisque

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Dynamic model for the management and sustainable operation of community irrigation systems, within the framework of Good Living: a case study in the Pisque River basin The availability of water supplied to agriculture is reduced by the effects of the changes in the hydrological cycle and population growth. This fact puts at risk the sustainability of the community irrigation systems. Therefore, irrigation users stablish strategies that allow overcome new realities. However, the policies, management and operation of irrigation are done considering the hydrology, hydraulics, sociology, and economics separately. In this sense, the purpose of this work was to study the social, environmental, economic, and cultural interrelationships that occur in the community irrigation systems. In addition, this research analyses the community's water management approach established in Ecuador`s Constitution of 2008 focusing in the Good Living framework, which conceptually tries to reach sustainability and improve the use of water in agriculture. The study was conducted in 13 community irrigation systems at the Pisque river basin, located in the highlands in Ecuador. The methodology consisted in the systems dynamics which allows to evaluate complex systems in a qualitative and quantitative way. The participation of the community was a key element and different tools were applied such as field observations, interviews, ethnography, focus groups, and assessments of water flow and volume used in agricultural production. This study shows that community irrigation is conceived as an integrated system composed by nature, the community, and infrastructure. Within this system, the irrigation users form resilient organizations and the modernization of irrigation is a strategy to reduce water losses and increase agricultural productivity. The indicators technical efficiency and economic productivity of water were evaluated in three production systems: milk, flower production in protected environments, and family's diversified agriculture. The results demonstrate that flower production is the most efficient. The technification of the irrigation systems improves agriculture but also causes changes in the socio-cultural behavior, the environment, and the socioeconomic relationships within the community. Thus, the model for the operation and a sustainable management of the community irrigation systems considers these local realities, and it is formed by three subsystems: nature, land use and community. Each subsystem has exogenous and endogenous variables that intervene in the sustainability of the irrigation systems. Social variables inherent to community were incorporated in the model structure which allowed identifying and understanding the behavior of the causalities in nature and water and land productivity. Therefore, solutions to problems are addressed in an integral way considering the principles of sustainability and Good Living, as fundamentals of the community's water management approach.

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Discovering and characterizing farm households’ resilience under water scarcity

Cited by 26 publications

References 49 publications

Determinants of Farm Resilience to Climate Change: The Role of Farmer Entrepreneurship and Value Chain Collaborations

Determinants of Farm Resilience to Climate Change: The Role of Farmer Entrepreneurship and Value Chain Collaborations

How to Improve Water Usage Efficiency? Characterization of Family Farms in A Semi-Arid Area

Modelo dinâmico para a gestão e manejo sustentável de sistemas de irrigação comunitários, no marco do Bom Viver: estudo do caso na bacia do Rio Pisque

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