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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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Title Overcoming barriers to social inclusion in agricultural intensification: reflections on a transdisciplinary community development project from India and Bangladesh
 
Creator 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.
 
Subject climate change
food systems
deltas
food security
agriculture
 
Description 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.
 
Date 2023-03-25
2023-09-08T11:40:33Z
2023-09-08T11:40:33Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier 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
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND
Open Access
 
Source Community Development Journal