Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya
In order to understand farmers’ perceptions of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), a participatory field assessment was conducted in Kenya. A tool developed by the United Nations University- Institute of Advanced Studies and Bioversity International was u...
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United Nations University
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70253 |
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| author | Morimoto, Y. Maundu, P. Mijatović, Dunja Bergamini, N. Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. |
| author_browse | Bergamini, N. Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. Maundu, P. Mijatović, Dunja Morimoto, Y. |
| author_facet | Morimoto, Y. Maundu, P. Mijatović, Dunja Bergamini, N. Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. |
| author_sort | Morimoto, Y. |
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| description | In order to understand farmers’ perceptions of resilience
in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes
(SEPLS), a participatory field assessment was conducted in
Kenya. A tool developed by the United Nations University-
Institute of Advanced Studies and Bioversity International
was used to elucidate the range of perceptions of risk
faced by five communities living in different agro-ecological
and socio-economic conditions. This paper presents
the practical process of carrying out assessments at the
community level and also lessons learned while testing
the toolkit. The process of using SEPLS indicators was
confirmed valuable in: 1) identifying local perceptions of
threats in landscape resilience, the perception differences
in various community landscapes, major causes of
threats and community efforts toward mitigation, 2)
improving awareness through stimulating discussions
with participants, and 3) providing a perspective on
future directions and encouraging local innovations and
potential interventions in response to negative trends. The
discussions were considered vital in creating social capital
for landscape governance, community ownership of the
process and identifying potential interventions. A few areas
of the tool were found wanting and some amendments
have been advanced for consideration. |
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| id | CGSpace70253 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publishDateRange | 2015 |
| publishDateSort | 2015 |
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| spelling | CGSpace702532025-12-08T10:29:22Z Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya Morimoto, Y. Maundu, P. Mijatović, Dunja Bergamini, N. Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. farmers risk resilience assessment In order to understand farmers’ perceptions of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), a participatory field assessment was conducted in Kenya. A tool developed by the United Nations University- Institute of Advanced Studies and Bioversity International was used to elucidate the range of perceptions of risk faced by five communities living in different agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions. This paper presents the practical process of carrying out assessments at the community level and also lessons learned while testing the toolkit. The process of using SEPLS indicators was confirmed valuable in: 1) identifying local perceptions of threats in landscape resilience, the perception differences in various community landscapes, major causes of threats and community efforts toward mitigation, 2) improving awareness through stimulating discussions with participants, and 3) providing a perspective on future directions and encouraging local innovations and potential interventions in response to negative trends. The discussions were considered vital in creating social capital for landscape governance, community ownership of the process and identifying potential interventions. A few areas of the tool were found wanting and some amendments have been advanced for consideration. 2015 2016-02-02T10:36:16Z 2016-02-02T10:36:16Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70253 en Open Access application/pdf United Nations University Morimoto, Y.; Maundu, P.; Mijatovic, D.; Bergamini, N.; Eyzaguirre, P. (2015) Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya. In: Enhancing knowledge for better management of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) (Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1). UNU-IAS and IGES (eds.) United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability. p. 096-106 ISBN: 978-92-808-4562-4 |
| spellingShingle | farmers risk resilience assessment Morimoto, Y. Maundu, P. Mijatović, Dunja Bergamini, N. Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya |
| title | Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya |
| title_full | Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya |
| title_short | Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya |
| title_sort | assessing farmers perception for resilience of socio ecological production landscapes in central and eastern kenya |
| topic | farmers risk resilience assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70253 |
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