Strengthening Social Capital for Adaptive Governance of Natural Resources: A Participatory Learning and Action Research for Bylaws Reforms in Uganda

Sanginga, Pascal C.; Kamugisha, Rick; Martin, Adrienne

doi:10.1080/08941920802653513

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“…Particularly, a better contact with extension workers, active participation in extension programme and strong social relation demonstrate how much SF benefitted from bridging social capital. This type of social capital provides a means for farmers to access a wider information network, technical support and resources (Leonard 2004;Cramb 2005;Sanginga et al 2010). Similarly, farmers with more experience in IFM are more aware to spontaneously implement stone bunds integrated with more fertilizer, compost and manure using knowledge obtained from different sources.…”

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How farmers’ characteristics influence spontaneous spreading of stone bunds in the highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Girar Jarso woreda

Abi

Kessler

Oosterveer

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Environ Dev Sustain

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This study aims to identify key differences between farmers who spontaneously implement stone bunds (i.e. farmers implementing stone bunds by their own initiative) and farmers who do not. Data were collected in the Girar Jarso woreda in the central highlands of Ethiopia, through a household survey with 80 farmers: 40 with spontaneously implemented stone bunds and 40 without. Independent samples t test, principal component analysis and regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Results show that five key-factors explain differences between the two groups of farmers: (1) readiness to change, (2) available resources, (3) social capital, (4) type of family, and (5) commitment. These factors together explain 73% of the variance in the data set and show that particularly characteristics related to the farmer's intrinsic motivation play a crucial role to spontaneously implement and integrate stone bunds into the farming system. Furthermore, results show that young farmers are most committed to soil conservation: they are often intrinsically motivated dynamic farmers who are ready to change their future and improve productivity and food security. The study suggests that government extension programmes should therefore focus more on these young and dynamic farmers and foster their readiness to change. This implies that extension workers and government officials should better understand the crucial role of farmers' intrinsic motivation when dealing with sustainable land management, and also reformulate extension strategies and messages. This is particularly important when developing a scaling-up strategy that helps to sustainably increase agricultural production and achieve food security of small-holder farmers in Ethiopia.

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How farmers’ characteristics influence spontaneous spreading of stone bunds in the highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Girar Jarso woreda

Abi

Kessler

Oosterveer

et al. 2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…In the context of AG of SESs, many if not most scholars approach the concept in terms of a vision for sustainability (e.g., Folke et al 2005, Sanginga et al 2010) and more specifically, as a "precondition for the emergence of sustainable development" (Clark and Clarke 2011:314). Brunner and colleagues refer to the goal of AG as pursuing a "common interest" amongst stakeholders and public involved in resource management (Brunner et al 2002, 2005, Lynch and Brunner 2010, while Olsson et al (2007) discuss AG in the context of maintaining "the capacity of complex and dynamic ecosystems to generate services for human well-being."…”

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A decade of adaptive governance scholarship: synthesis and future directions

Chaffin¹,

Gosnell²,

Cosens³

2014

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ABSTRACT. Adaptive governance is an emergent form of environmental governance that is increasingly called upon by scholars and practitioners to coordinate resource management regimes in the face of the complexity and uncertainty associated with rapid environmental change. Although the term "adaptive governance" is not exclusively applied to the governance of social-ecological systems, related research represents a significant outgrowth of literature on resilience, social-ecological systems, and environmental governance. We present a chronology of major scholarship on adaptive governance, synthesizing efforts to define the concept and identifying the array of governance concepts associated with transformation toward adaptive governance. Based on this synthesis, we define adaptive governance as a range of interactions between actors, networks, organizations, and institutions emerging in pursuit of a desired state for social-ecological systems. In addition, we identify and discuss ambiguities in adaptive governance scholarship such as the roles of adaptive management, crisis, and a desired state for governance of social-ecological systems. Finally, we outline a research agenda to examine whether an adaptive governance approach can become institutionalized under current legal frameworks and political contexts. We suggest a further investigation of the relationship between adaptive governance and the principles of good governance; the roles of power and politics in the emergence of adaptive governance; and potential interventions such as legal reform that may catalyze or enhance governance adaptations or transformation toward adaptive governance.

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“…Particularly, a better contact with extension workers, active participation in extension program and strong social relation demonstrate how much SF benefitted from bridging social capital. This type of social capital provides a means for farmers to access a wider information network, technical support and resources (Leonard, 2004;Cramb, 2005;Sanginga et al, 2010). Similarly, farmers with more experience in IFM are more aware to spontaneously implement stone bunds integrated with more fertilizer, compost and manure using knowledge obtained from different sources.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Bylaws serve to prevent and manage conflicts within the community (Sanginga et al, 2010), and to protect implemented SLM practices (Teshome et al, 2016b). They also facilitate addressing specific problems at the community level (Sanginga et al, 2010), and motivate community members to participate and work together in the formulation and implementation of SLM practices (Yirga et al, 2014;Leta et al, 2018). This implies that using a mix of voluntary instruments (learning, skills training, information exchange, etc.)…”

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Exploring the scaling-up of sustainable land management in the Central highlands of Ethiopia

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Strengthening Social Capital for Adaptive Governance of Natural Resources: A Participatory Learning and Action Research for Bylaws Reforms in Uganda

Cited by 24 publications

References 20 publications

How farmers’ characteristics influence spontaneous spreading of stone bunds in the highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Girar Jarso woreda

How farmers’ characteristics influence spontaneous spreading of stone bunds in the highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Girar Jarso woreda

A decade of adaptive governance scholarship: synthesis and future directions

Exploring the scaling-up of sustainable land management in the Central highlands of Ethiopia

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