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BAITSI K. PODISI(PHD)
_RESEARCH & ADVISORY SERVICES THEMATIC COORDINATOR,_
_CENTER FOR COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR
SOUTHERN AFRICA (CCARDESA) SECRETARIAT_
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-------- Original Message --------
SUBJECT:
[paepard] Misunderstanding conservation agriculture: Challenges in
promoting, monitoring and evaluating sustainable farming
DATE:
2019-07-17 14:14
FROM:
"Francois Stepman" <fstepman@gmail.com>
TO:
"Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research
for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II)" <PAEPARD@dgroups.org>
REPLY-TO:
"Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research
for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II)" <PAEPARD@dgroups.org>
Dear Colleagues,
Please find below a free link to our new paper in _Environmental Science
& Policy_ evaluating how we track the adoption of climate-resilient and
sustainable farming.
The study analyzes common measures used to understand the adoption of
farming best practices, using the case of conservation agriculture
adoption by commercial grain farmers in South Africa. It raises concerns
about how CA is promoted, monitored and evaluated, identifying
tendencies that are likely to lead simultaneously to the underestimation
of the challenges of agricultural extension and climate risk
communication, and to the overestimation of their success. These may
jeopardize CA's potential as a climate change adaptation strategy,
providing illusory progress that may itself disincentivize further
substantive efforts towards sustainability and climate resilience.
Using the following link, the paper may be downloaded for free until 10
Aug 2019: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZG4Y5Ce0rVuvX
Findlater KM, Kandlikar M, Satterfield T (2019). Misunderstanding
conservation agriculture: Challenges in promoting, monitoring and
evaluating sustainable farming. _Environmental Science & Policy_.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.027
KEYWORDS: Conservation agriculture; Sustainable agriculture; Climate
change adaptation; Climate resilience; South Africa
Please reach out by any of the methods listed below if you wish to
discuss or cannot access the PDF.
Kind regards,
Kieran
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KIERAN FINDLATER, PHD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES [5])
& School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA [6])
University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC / Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tel: +1 778 987 0100 | Email: k.findlater@alumni.ubc.ca
ResearchGate: @Kieran_Findlater [7] | Twitter: @FindlaterKM [8]
Website: www.kieranfindlater.com [9]
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Findlater et al. 2019 - Misunderstanding CA_Fig 1.png
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BAITSI K. PODISI(PHD)
_RESEARCH & ADVISORY SERVICES THEMATIC COORDINATOR,_
_CENTER FOR COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR
SOUTHERN AFRICA (CCARDESA) SECRETARIAT_
_Plot 4701 Station Exit Road_
_Private Bag 00357, Gaborone_
_Botswana. _
Tel: +267 3914991/7
_Email: bpodisi__@ccardesa.org_
[1]| [2]| [3] | [4]
_For sharing and accessing regional agricultural information, visit the
CCARDESA Southern African Agricultural Information and Knowledge System
(SAAIKS) http://www.ccardesa.org/saaiks-knowledge-hub_ +267 3914997 Ext
211
Fax +267 316 7211
-------- Original Message --------
SUBJECT:
[paepard] Misunderstanding conservation agriculture: Challenges in
promoting, monitoring and evaluating sustainable farming
DATE:
2019-07-17 14:14
FROM:
"Francois Stepman" <fstepman@gmail.com>
TO:
"Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research
for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II)" <PAEPARD@dgroups.org>
REPLY-TO:
"Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research
for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II)" <PAEPARD@dgroups.org>
Dear Colleagues,
Please find below a free link to our new paper in _Environmental Science
& Policy_ evaluating how we track the adoption of climate-resilient and
sustainable farming.
The study analyzes common measures used to understand the adoption of
farming best practices, using the case of conservation agriculture
adoption by commercial grain farmers in South Africa. It raises concerns
about how CA is promoted, monitored and evaluated, identifying
tendencies that are likely to lead simultaneously to the underestimation
of the challenges of agricultural extension and climate risk
communication, and to the overestimation of their success. These may
jeopardize CA's potential as a climate change adaptation strategy,
providing illusory progress that may itself disincentivize further
substantive efforts towards sustainability and climate resilience.
Using the following link, the paper may be downloaded for free until 10
Aug 2019: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZG4Y5Ce0rVuvX
Findlater KM, Kandlikar M, Satterfield T (2019). Misunderstanding
conservation agriculture: Challenges in promoting, monitoring and
evaluating sustainable farming. _Environmental Science & Policy_.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.027
KEYWORDS: Conservation agriculture; Sustainable agriculture; Climate
change adaptation; Climate resilience; South Africa
Please reach out by any of the methods listed below if you wish to
discuss or cannot access the PDF.
Kind regards,
Kieran
--
KIERAN FINDLATER, PHD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES [5])
& School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA [6])
University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC / Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tel: +1 778 987 0100 | Email: k.findlater@alumni.ubc.ca
ResearchGate: @Kieran_Findlater [7] | Twitter: @FindlaterKM [8]
Website: www.kieranfindlater.com [9]
You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community
Platform for African - European Partnership in Agricultural Research for
Development Phase II (PAEPARD II) [10].
View this contribution on the web site [11]
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Phase II (PAEPARD II).
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[4] http://www.twitter.com/ccardesaa
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[7] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kieran_Findlater
[8] https://twitter.com/FindlaterKM
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