Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt

Building policy coherence is significant in governing natural resources, especially in a changing climate and growing population. Designing and implementing coherent climate-adaptive water productivity policies through holistic and integrated knowledge could manage the growing demand for food and wa...

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Autores principales: Eldabbagh, Fayrouz, Brouziyne, Youssef
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148785
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author Eldabbagh, Fayrouz
Brouziyne, Youssef
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description Building policy coherence is significant in governing natural resources, especially in a changing climate and growing population. Designing and implementing coherent climate-adaptive water productivity policies through holistic and integrated knowledge could manage the growing demand for food and water, and sustain small-scale farmers' livelihoods and economies, which is the aim of this research. This study focuses on the analysis of power dynamics and the social network that evolves around the control of information and technical assistance that shape policy narratives. Results showed that donors and financial institutions are the primary powers to control and organize knowledge and technical assistance linked to soil-water conservation especially when it’s combined with mobilizing relevant funds. Many smallholder farmers still adopt traditional patterns of cultivation due to the siloed knowledge gaps in the extension services of governmental entities, the unreachability of extension services, the lack of trust in their guidance, and the absence of innovations’ scalability. Building integrated extension services between ministries, by providing equal and suitable financial packages. This would be feasible by managing the coordination with financial institutions, monetary and nonmonetary incentives, and building on existing farmers’ collective organizations and farmers’ pioneers to enable a sociological transition to water productivity.
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spelling CGSpace1487852025-10-26T12:51:04Z Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt Eldabbagh, Fayrouz Brouziyne, Youssef water productivity agrifood systems land nexus approaches policy coherence extension systems government financial institutions innovation smallholders farmers Building policy coherence is significant in governing natural resources, especially in a changing climate and growing population. Designing and implementing coherent climate-adaptive water productivity policies through holistic and integrated knowledge could manage the growing demand for food and water, and sustain small-scale farmers' livelihoods and economies, which is the aim of this research. This study focuses on the analysis of power dynamics and the social network that evolves around the control of information and technical assistance that shape policy narratives. Results showed that donors and financial institutions are the primary powers to control and organize knowledge and technical assistance linked to soil-water conservation especially when it’s combined with mobilizing relevant funds. Many smallholder farmers still adopt traditional patterns of cultivation due to the siloed knowledge gaps in the extension services of governmental entities, the unreachability of extension services, the lack of trust in their guidance, and the absence of innovations’ scalability. Building integrated extension services between ministries, by providing equal and suitable financial packages. This would be feasible by managing the coordination with financial institutions, monetary and nonmonetary incentives, and building on existing farmers’ collective organizations and farmers’ pioneers to enable a sociological transition to water productivity. 2024 2024-06-30T10:27:17Z 2024-06-30T10:27:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148785 en Open Access EDP Sciences Eldabbagh, Fayrouz; Brouziyne, Youssef. 2024. Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt. BIO Web of Conferences, 109:01038. (Conference on Water, Agriculture, Environment and Energy (WA2EN2023)) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202410901038]
spellingShingle water productivity
agrifood systems
land
nexus approaches
policy coherence
extension systems
government
financial institutions
innovation
smallholders
farmers
Eldabbagh, Fayrouz
Brouziyne, Youssef
Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt
title Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt
title_full Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt
title_fullStr Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt
title_short Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt
title_sort supporting water food land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in egypt
topic water productivity
agrifood systems
land
nexus approaches
policy coherence
extension systems
government
financial institutions
innovation
smallholders
farmers
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148785
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