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Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya

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Title Assessing farmers’ perception for resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya
 
Creator Morimoto, Y.
Maundu, P.
Mijatovic, D.
Bergamini, N.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
 
Subject farmers
risk
resilience
assessment
 
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.
 
Date 2015
2016-02-02T10:36:16Z
2016-02-02T10:36:16Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier 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
978-92-808-4562-4
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70253
https://satoyama-initiative.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SITR-v1-web.pdf.pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format p. 096-106
application/pdf
 
Publisher United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability