Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh
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Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh
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Roth, Christian H.
Cosijn, Michaela Carter, Lucy Chakraborty, Arnab Das, Mahanambrota Hamilton, Serena H. Jana, Alak Kumar Lim-Camacho, Lilly Majumdar, Subrata Merritt, Wendy S. Mishra, Pulak Mishra, Rajeshwar Nidumolu, Uday Rahman, Md Wakilur Ray, Dhananjay Williams, Liana J. |
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climate change
food systems deltas food security agriculture |
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We describe a research-for-development (R4D) strategy developed to address how investments and interventions in agricultural intensification as a means to achieve community development can be designed to be more socially inclusive and equitable. We draw on results from a 5-year project – Promoting socially inclusive and sustainable agricultural intensification in West Bengal (India) and southern Bangladesh (SIAGI). We reflect on a major pivot in the project’s strategy, from being primarily research-driven to placing community concerns and priorities at the centre with a shift towards Ethical Community Engagement (ECE). This became the foundational framework which guided the definition and undertaking of all subsequent activities – including a rethink of methods and concepts to develop tools and frameworks fit for purpose and local context, and inculcating a culture of reflexivity and mutual learning in the project. We show that creating the conditions for true participation, where project beneficiaries and non-government organizations are equal partners alongside researchers and government actors, and for co-learning using the ECE framework, sets the foundations for increased and potentially enduring social inclusion in agricultural intensification.
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2023-03-25
2023-09-08T11:40:33Z 2023-09-08T11:40:33Z |
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Journal Article
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Roth, C.H. et al. 2023. Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh, Community Development Journal, bsad005, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsad005.
1468-2656 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131803 https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsad005 |
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en
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CC-BY-NC-ND
Open Access |
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Community Development Journal
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