Over the last 30 years, Tanzania has taken different policy approaches towards the conservation of forests. Intriguingly, from the earlier integrated conservation and development approach to the ‘newer’ green economy,…
Green Transformations, Charcoal and Social Justice in Rural East-Central Tanzania
Kenya’s Youth Agricultural Livelihoods and the Land–Water–Environment Nexus
This paper elucidates the extent to which the proposition for greening youth livelihoods is plausible by examining how young farmers navigate the land–water–environment nexus. The main question addressed here is ‘to what extent does the land–water–environment nexus influence (and, indeed, is influenced by) youth agricultural livelihoods?’
Sustainability transformations in complex systems: a political economy perspective
By Hubert Schmitz and Ian Scoones Chapter in Global Challenges, Governance, and Complexity: Applications and Frontiers, edited by Victor Galaz Read this chapter Making the world more sustainable is the…
Agricultural policy-making in Kenya: why must smallholder farmers’ agency be made central?
Policy Brief, Relational Pathways project Smallholder farming in Kenya is key to the country’s food security and economy. Small farms account for 75% of the total agricultural output. Yet smallholder…
Transformative spaces in the making: key lessons from nine cases in the Global South
Laura Pereira, Niki Frantzeskaki, Aniek Hebinck, Lakshmi Charli-Joseph, Scott Drimie, Michelle Dyer, Hallie Eakin, Diego Galafassi, Timos Karpouzoglou, Fiona Marshall, Michele-Lee Moore, Per Olsson, J. Mario Siqueiros-García, Patrick van Zwanenberg…
How deep is incumbency? A ‘configuring fields’ approach to redistributing and reorienting power in socio-material change
This paper examines a variety of theories bearing on ‘socio-material incumbency’ and explores methodological implications. The aim is to develop a systematic general approach, which builds on strengths and mitigates…
Herding through uncertainties – principles and practices : exploring the interfaces of pastoralists and uncertainty : results from a literature review
This paper assesses the practices and strategies pastoral communties adopt in responding to the stresses and shocks generated by the uncertainties that surround them, with a view to understand and appreciate the underpinning inspiring principles.
Herding through uncertainties – regional perspectives : exploring the interfaces of pastoralists and uncertainty : results from a literature review
Lessons from pastoralists, we argue, may help others working in other domains to develop more effective responses to uncertain contexts. Following Prof. Scoones’ papers What is uncertainty and why does it matter?, this is one of two papers developed with a view to analyse and reflect on the interfaces and interrelationships between pastoral societies, the uncertainties that embed their livelihoods, and the related coping/adaptive principles, strategies, and practices.
Irrigating Zimbabwe after land reform: The potential of farmer-led systems
Farmer-led irrigation is far more extensive in Zimbabwe than realised by planners and policymakers. This paper explores the pattern of farmer-led irrigation in neighbouring post-land reform smallholder resettlement sites in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo district.
Young people and land in Zimbabwe: livelihood challenges after land reform
This article explores the livelihood challenges and opportunities of young people following Zimbabwe’s land reform in 2000. The article explores the life courses of a cohort of men and women, all children of land reform settlers, in two contrasting smallholder land reform sites.