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An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas

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Title An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas
 
Creator van Ginkel, Maarten
 
Contributor Sayer, Jeff
Sinclair, Fergus
Aw-Hassan, Aden A.
Bossio, Deborah
Craufurd, Peter
El Mourid, Mohamad
Haddad, Nasri
Hoisington, David
Johnson, Nancy
Velarde, Carlos León
Mares, Victor
Mude, Andrew
Nefzaoui, Ali
Noble, Andrew
Rao, Karuturi
Serraj, Rachid
Tarawali, Shirley
Vodouhe, Raymond
Ortiz, Rodomiro
 
Description More than 400 million people in the developing world depend on dryland agriculture for their livelihoods. Dryland agriculture involves a complex combination of productive components: staple crops, vegetables, livestock, trees and fish interacting principally with rangeland, cultivated areas and watercourses. Managing risk and enhancing productivity through diversification and sustainable intensification is critical to securing and improving rural livelihoods. The main biophysical constraints are natural resource limitations and degradation, particularly water scarcity and encroaching desertification. Social and economic limitations, such as poor access to markets and inputs, weak governance and lack of information about alternative production technologies also limit the options available to farmers. Past efforts to address these constraints by focusing on individual components have either not been successful or are now facing a declining rate of impact, indicating the need for new integrated approaches to research for development of dryland systems. This article outlines the characteristics of such an approach, integrating agro-ecosystem and livelihoods approaches and presents a range of empirical examples of its application in dryland contexts. The authors draw attention to new insights about the design of research required to accelerate impact by integrating across disciplines and scales.
 
Date 2016-02-14T07:17:54Z
2016-02-14T07:17:54Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/KPOF5HPP
Maarten van Ginkel, Jeff Sayer, Fergus Sinclair, Aden A. Aw-Hassan, Deborah Bossio, Peter Craufurd, Mohamad El Mourid, Nasri Haddad, David Hoisington, Nancy Johnson, Carlos León Velarde, Victor Mares, Andrew Mude, Ali Nefzaoui, Andrew Noble, Karuturi Rao, Rachid Serraj, Shirley Tarawali, Raymond Vodouhe, Rodomiro Ortiz. (8/11/2013). An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas. Food Security, 5, pp. 751-767.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4358
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Springer Verlag (Germany)
 
Source Food Security;5,(2013) Pagination 751-767