Social innovation and climate adaptation: Local collective action in diversifying Tanzania

Rodima‐Taylor, Daivi

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.005

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“…This insight is consistent with the growing realisation of the significance of institutions in CCA research (Adger et al 2005;Inderberg & Eikeland 2009;Rodima-Taylor 2012). However, the institutional dimension of CCA is the least understood aspect of the challenge (Evans & Stevens 2009;Rodima-Taylor 2012;Rodima-Taylor et al 2012;Pradhan et al 2012). …”

Section: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Institutional LIsupporting

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“…Institutions provide leadership, facilitate negotiations, and create networks with other institutions such that external interventions can be systematically filtered, effectively absorbed, accepted, or refused (Agrawal 2008, Rodima-Taylor 2012. For example, a culture of solid community ties suggests an accommodating attitude for external interventions promoting communitybased management; but the reverse can be expected if individualism is the norm.…”

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“…This oversight also is observed in the general adaptation literature. Although scholars now are realising the significance of institutions in CCA research (Adger et al 2005;Inderberg & Eikeland 2009;Rodima-Taylor 2012), the institutional dimension of CCA remains the least understood aspect of the issue (Evans & Stevens 2009;Pradhan et al 2012;Rodima-Taylor 2012;Rodima-Taylor et al 2012). …”

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Examining the challenges in mainstreaming climate change adaptation into local land-use planning: The case of Albay, Philippines

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Mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) is an approach that links adaptation and sustainable development goals by integrating climate change information, concerns, and considerations into existing development planning, and policy-and decision-making processes. However, a gap exists in the operationalisation of mainstreaming, mainly because the tools and methodologies in mainstreaming neglect the institutional reforms needed in the approach. This thesis focused on mainstreaming CCA into local land-use planning, and asked "How can mainstreaming of CCA into local land-use planning be understood?" and "How can the challenges in the operationalisation of mainstreaming be overcome?" To answer these questions, a four-stage mixed methodology was devised and successfully applied in examining the challenges in mainstreaming CCA into local land-use planning in Albay,Philippines. Local land-use planning in Albay is a "critical case" because it presents evidence of institutional capacity for long-term adaptation to climate change, with indication of transformational opportunities for mainstreaming. The methodology applied the mixed method, case study, and scorecard approaches, and it involved triangulation by data technique (i.e., document review, interview, survey, and key informant consultations). By using this methodology, the research generated 20 quantitative "mainstreaming indicators" and produced qualitative assessments of the state-of-play and the challenges in local mainstreaming of CCA. Analyses revealed that (1) mainstreaming challenges exist within a spectrum, with barriers and opportunities for adaptation representing the extreme ends of this spectrum; (2) barriers can be overcome and can transcend into opportunities for mainstreaming CCA; (3) barriers can be classified according to varying levels of severity;and (4) barriers themselves are interconnected, but to differing degrees. Also, the research showed that mainstreaming operationalisation involves a network of interacting institutions and institutional arrangements that transcend across governance scales. Likewise, the challenges in mainstreaming CCA encompass a chain of interactions or interplays within the network (of institutions). Accordingly, overcoming mainstreaming challenges necessitates broad institutional reforms that go beyond the institutional setting where CCA is to be integrated. A deep understanding of these concerns can help scholars, practitioners, planners, and decision-makers anticipate the types of challenges to be encountered during the mainstreaming process; determine the severity of the impacts of these challenges; and formulate strategies that will overcome the challenges.iii iv Declaration by authorThis thesis is composed of my original work, and contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference has been made in the text. I have clearly stated the contribution by others to jointly-authored works that I have included in my thesis.

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“…The arrangement enabled farmers to have access to fertilizers for application on their farms, receive seeds to enable crop diversification, cultivate different crop varieties, and plant crops during the optimal planting period in preparing for the rains. Studies have shown that acting collectively through farmer groups reduces transaction costs and enables farmers to have access to market information, access to new technologies and compete more effectively with other large-scale farmers (Markelova, Meinzen-Dick, Hellin, & Dohrn, 2009;Rodima-Taylor, 2012;Rurinda, 2014). Though this is the case, Shiferaw, Hellin, and Muricho (2011) argue that for local markets, collective action is not necessary because individual farmers can sell locally.…”

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Enhancing adaptation to climate variability in the East African highlands: a case for fostering collective action among smallholder farmers in Kenya and Uganda

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There is an increasing recognition of the role of climate change adaptation among smallholder farmers in rain-fed agriculture in Africa. Collective action among smallholder farmers has been suggested as influencing local adaptation processes hence the need to evaluate its impact in different contexts. This paper provides evidence of collective action in enhancing local adaptation to climate variability. It determines the importance of different forms of collective action for enhancing adaptation. Through simple random sampling, a survey of 240 households in Embu County in Kenya and 200 households from Kapchorwa district of Uganda was undertaken. Focus-group discussions involving farmer groups and local government representatives were performed to triangulate information collected through the surveys. The results show a positive relationship between membership in farmer groups and adaptation to climate variability in both sites. Four main components of collective action were identified in Embu and these included the development of internal group capacities, assets mobilization and management, collective marketing, and management of human and natural capital. In Kapchorwa, the development of internal group capacities, risk spreading, and financial resources were significant. We argue that locallevel governance and institutional arrangements for collective action are critical for successful adaptation to climate variability.

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“…extension workers) also need to adjust their roles within the interventions and enhance their own policy capacity. Local governments and farmers' organizations as well as their institutions are critical in facilitating multistakeholder learning (Spielman et al, 2009), enhancing adaptive capacity in communities (Rodima-Taylor, 2012;Sterrett, 2011), and implementing or strengthening the adaptive strategies used (Eriksen & Selboe, 2012). The findings of this chapter showed that the adjustments in institutions and participation of agricultural departments at different levels and in agricultural cooperatives at the local level can contribute to the effectiveness of the social learning configuration, improve farmers' adaptive capacity, and upscale adaptation measures beyond the farming community.…”

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Social innovation and climate adaptation: Local collective action in diversifying Tanzania

Cited by 85 publications

References 16 publications

Examining the challenges in mainstreaming climate change adaptation into local land-use planning: The case of Albay, Philippines

Examining the challenges in mainstreaming climate change adaptation into local land-use planning: The case of Albay, Philippines

Enhancing adaptation to climate variability in the East African highlands: a case for fostering collective action among smallholder farmers in Kenya and Uganda

Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

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