Enhancing the adaptive capacity of the resource users in natural resource management

Hagmann, J.; Chuma, E.

doi:10.1016/s0308-521x(01)00098-1

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“…This means that construction work is not finalized at once, and can be adjusted according to experiences or issues in the scheme. Strengthening facilitated processes of engagement and learning at multiple levels could enhance the iterative cycle needed for the participatory design approach (Hagmann and Chuma 2002;Lefore 2015).…”

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Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Aarnoudse¹,

Closas²,

Lefore³

2018

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Working PapersThe publications in this series record the work and thinking of IWMI researchers, and knowledge that the Institute's scientific management feels is worthy of documenting. This series will ensure that scientific data and other information gathered or prepared as a part of the research work of the Institute are recorded and referenced. Working Papers could include project reports, case studies, conference or workshop proceedings, discussion papers or reports on progress of research, country-specific research reports, monographs, etc. Working Papers may be copublished, by IWMI and partner organizations.Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMIIWMI's mission is to provide evidence-based solutions to sustainably manage water and land resources for food security, people's livelihoods and the environment. IWMI works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a tangible impact on poverty reduction, food security and ecosystem health.

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Section: The Conceptmentioning

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Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Aarnoudse¹,

Closas²,

Lefore³

2018

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“…The existence of uncertainty and surprise as well as their unpredictable nature (Funtowicz and Ravetz, 1993;Folke et al, 2003) requires a continuous learning process that attunes to new information by reformulating hypotheses and models, and understanding activity implementation as experiments (Westley, 2002;Hagmann and Chuma, 2002). For example, there could be different interpretations as to the cause of an animal disease such as calf scour, leading to different assumptions on how to best tackle the disease.…”

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Adaptiveness to enhance the sustainability of farming systems. A review

Darnhofer

Bellon²,

Dedieu³

et al. 2010

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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-During the last decade the context in which farmers must manage their farm has changed rapidly, and often with little warning. Dramatic price swings for agricultural commodities, more stringent quality requirements, new environmental regulations, the debates surrounding genetically modified crops, extreme climatic events, the demand for energy crops, the revision of the Common Agricultural Policy and the consequences of the financial crisis all create uncertainty regarding future threats and potentials. During such turbulent times, a one-sided focus on efficient production is no longer enough. Farmers also need to be able to cope with unexpected events and to adapt to new developments. Based on a literature review, we identify three strategies that strengthen the adaptive capacity of a farm: learning through experimenting and monitoring its outcomes, ensuring a flexible farm organisation to increase the options for new activities by the farm family, and diversifying to spread risks and create buffers. Implementing these strategies enlarges the farmer's room to manoeuvre and allows identifying transition options. These options do not depend only on the farm itself, but also on the farmer's ability to mobilise external resources and to engage in collective action. Change is then no longer seen as a disturbance, but as a trigger for the reorganisation of resources, and for the renewal of the farm organisation and activities. Implementing these strategies comes at a cost, so that farmers need to tackle the inevitable trade-offs between efficiency and adaptability. However, unless farmers master this challenge they cannot ensure the sustainability of their farms.adaptive farm management / adaptive capacity / evolutionary approach / complex adaptive systems

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“…Measures of adaptive capacity from various fields include livelihood diversification and mobility (Ellis 2000, Adger et al 2002), levels of social, cultural, economic, human, and natural capital (Berkes and Folke 1998, Carney 1998, Lemos et al 2013, institutional and governance processes and arrangements (Ostrom 1999, Armitage and Plummer 2011, Berman et al 2012), a culture of learning (Hagmann and Chuma 2002), redundancy of function in organizations (Staber and Sydow 2002), access to resources (Scoones 1998), diversity of resource dependence (Bailey and Pomeroy 1996), supportive public policies and institutions (Kalikoski et al 2010), leadership and resources (Hill 2013), and levels of income and social stability (O'Garra 2007). Adger (2003) argued that adaptive capacity is directly linked to social capital, which can be defined as relationships built on trust, networks, and reciprocity, and the resultant willingness and ability of groups to act collectively.…”

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The capacity to adapt?: communities in a changing climate, environment, and economy on the northern Andaman coast of Thailand

Bennett¹,

Dearden²,

Murray³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. The health and productivity of marine ecosystems, habitats, and fisheries are deteriorating on the Andaman coast of Thailand. Because of their high dependence on natural resources and proximity to the ocean, coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to climate-induced changes in the marine environment. These communities must also adapt to the impacts of management interventions and conservation initiatives, including marine protected areas, which have livelihood implications. Further, communities on the Andaman coast are also experiencing a range of new economic opportunities associated in particular with tourism and agriculture. These complex and ongoing changes require integrated assessment of, and deliberate planning to increase, the adaptive capacity of communities so that they may respond to: (1) environmental degradation and fisheries declines through effective management interventions or conservation initiatives, (2) new economic opportunities to reduce dependence on fisheries, and (3) the increasing impacts of climate change. Our results are from a mixed methods study, which used surveys and interviews to examine multiple dimensions of the adaptive capacity of seven island communities near marine protected areas on the Andaman coast of Thailand. Results show that communities had low adaptive capacity with respect to environmental degradation and fisheries declines, and to management and conservation interventions, as well as uneven levels of adaptive capacity to economic opportunities. Though communities and households were experiencing the impacts of climate change, especially storm events, changing seasons and weather patterns, and erosion, they were reacting to these changes with limited knowledge of climate change per se. We recommend interventions, in the form of policies, programs, and actions, at multiple scales for increasing the adaptive capacity of Thailand's coastal communities to change. The analytical and methodological approach used for examining adaptive capacity could be easily modified and applied to other contexts and locales.

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Enhancing the adaptive capacity of the resource users in natural resource management

Cited by 54 publications

References 1 publication

Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Water user associations: a review of approaches and alternative management options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Adaptiveness to enhance the sustainability of farming systems. A review

The capacity to adapt?: communities in a changing climate, environment, and economy on the northern Andaman coast of Thailand

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