Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh
We describe a research-for-development (R4D) strategy developed to address how investments and interventions in agricultural intensification as a means to achieve community development can be designed to be more socially inclusive and equitable. We draw on results from a 5-year project – Promoting s...
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| author | Roth, Christian H. Cosijn, Michaela Carter, Lucy Chakraborty, Arnab Das, Mahanambrota Hamilton, Serena H. Jana, Alak Kumar Lim-Camacho, Lilly Majumdar, Subrata Merritt, Wendy S. Mishra, Pulak Mishra, Rajeshwar Nidumolu, Uday Rahman, Md Wakilur Ray, Dhananjay Williams, Liana J. |
| author_browse | Carter, Lucy Chakraborty, Arnab Cosijn, Michaela Das, Mahanambrota Hamilton, Serena H. Jana, Alak Kumar Lim-Camacho, Lilly Majumdar, Subrata Merritt, Wendy S. Mishra, Pulak Mishra, Rajeshwar Nidumolu, Uday Rahman, Md Wakilur Ray, Dhananjay Roth, Christian H. Williams, Liana J. |
| author_facet | Roth, Christian H. Cosijn, Michaela Carter, Lucy Chakraborty, Arnab Das, Mahanambrota Hamilton, Serena H. Jana, Alak Kumar Lim-Camacho, Lilly Majumdar, Subrata Merritt, Wendy S. Mishra, Pulak Mishra, Rajeshwar Nidumolu, Uday Rahman, Md Wakilur Ray, Dhananjay Williams, Liana J. |
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| description | We describe a research-for-development (R4D) strategy developed to address how investments and interventions in agricultural intensification as a means to achieve community development can be designed to be more socially inclusive and equitable. We draw on results from a 5-year project – Promoting socially inclusive and sustainable agricultural intensification in West Bengal (India) and southern Bangladesh (SIAGI). We reflect on a major pivot in the project’s strategy, from being primarily research-driven to placing community concerns and priorities at the centre with a shift towards Ethical Community Engagement (ECE). This became the foundational framework which guided the definition and undertaking of all subsequent activities – including a rethink of methods and concepts to develop tools and frameworks fit for purpose and local context, and inculcating a culture of reflexivity and mutual learning in the project. We show that creating the conditions for true participation, where project beneficiaries and non-government organizations are equal partners alongside researchers and government actors, and for co-learning using the ECE framework, sets the foundations for increased and potentially enduring social inclusion in agricultural intensification. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1318032025-10-26T12:56:30Z Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh Roth, Christian H. Cosijn, Michaela Carter, Lucy Chakraborty, Arnab Das, Mahanambrota Hamilton, Serena H. Jana, Alak Kumar Lim-Camacho, Lilly Majumdar, Subrata Merritt, Wendy S. Mishra, Pulak Mishra, Rajeshwar Nidumolu, Uday Rahman, Md Wakilur Ray, Dhananjay Williams, Liana J. climate change food systems deltas food security agriculture We describe a research-for-development (R4D) strategy developed to address how investments and interventions in agricultural intensification as a means to achieve community development can be designed to be more socially inclusive and equitable. We draw on results from a 5-year project – Promoting socially inclusive and sustainable agricultural intensification in West Bengal (India) and southern Bangladesh (SIAGI). We reflect on a major pivot in the project’s strategy, from being primarily research-driven to placing community concerns and priorities at the centre with a shift towards Ethical Community Engagement (ECE). This became the foundational framework which guided the definition and undertaking of all subsequent activities – including a rethink of methods and concepts to develop tools and frameworks fit for purpose and local context, and inculcating a culture of reflexivity and mutual learning in the project. We show that creating the conditions for true participation, where project beneficiaries and non-government organizations are equal partners alongside researchers and government actors, and for co-learning using the ECE framework, sets the foundations for increased and potentially enduring social inclusion in agricultural intensification. 2024-01-18 2023-09-08T11:40:33Z 2023-09-08T11:40:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131803 en Open Access Oxford University Press Roth, C.H. et al. 2023. Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh, Community Development Journal, bsad005, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsad005. |
| spellingShingle | climate change food systems deltas food security agriculture Roth, Christian H. Cosijn, Michaela Carter, Lucy Chakraborty, Arnab Das, Mahanambrota Hamilton, Serena H. Jana, Alak Kumar Lim-Camacho, Lilly Majumdar, Subrata Merritt, Wendy S. Mishra, Pulak Mishra, Rajeshwar Nidumolu, Uday Rahman, Md Wakilur Ray, Dhananjay Williams, Liana J. Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh |
| title | Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh |
| title_full | Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh |
| title_short | Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh |
| title_sort | overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from india and bangladesh |
| topic | climate change food systems deltas food security agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131803 |
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