The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar
Smallholders' sustainable development requires holistic attention to agri-food systems' interrelated environmental, economic, and social dynamics. This is especially true in developing countries where resource scarcity and vulnerability constrain farmers' challenging production realities as well as influence their well-being. Achieving sustainable development outcomes for African smallholders means agricultural research for development (AR4D) must adopt comprehensive quantitative methods that integrate relevant social factors alongside agronomic and economic analyses. However, AR4D has focused more on technical and market-oriented approaches, sometimes identifying social influences but often failing to conduct deeper, anticipatory social impacts analyses. This case study examines five smallholder-focused AR4D projects implemented over a decade in one region of Madagascar. Findings exemplify the need for social impacts analysis in practical terms, emphasizing where opportunities were lost to generate evidence for improving policy guidance. Transdisciplinary methods can help AR4D address this need so the authors propose an integrated approach to quantitative social impacts analysis, inspired by Life Cycle Thinking and the Social Life Cycle Assessment tool, to promote smallholders' sustainable development more effectively in research and policy.
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dig-cirad-fr-6094772024-05-22T04:32:18Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/609477/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/609477/ The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar. Thom Amy E., Padrão Temudo Marina, Belieres Jean-François, Salgado Paulo. 2024. Journal of Rural Studies, 108:103299, 12 p.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103299 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103299> The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar Thom, Amy E. Padrão Temudo, Marina Belieres, Jean-François Salgado, Paulo eng 2024 Journal of Rural Studies agroécologie agriculture durable agriculture familiale développement durable exploitation agricole familiale pays en développement développement agricole durabilité projet de développement changement social politique de développement diversification enquête sur les exploitations agricoles approche participative http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33561 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1422957329186 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35332 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2787 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2222 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_199 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2229 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7130 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2344 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28693 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000119 Madagascar http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4510 Smallholders' sustainable development requires holistic attention to agri-food systems' interrelated environmental, economic, and social dynamics. This is especially true in developing countries where resource scarcity and vulnerability constrain farmers' challenging production realities as well as influence their well-being. Achieving sustainable development outcomes for African smallholders means agricultural research for development (AR4D) must adopt comprehensive quantitative methods that integrate relevant social factors alongside agronomic and economic analyses. However, AR4D has focused more on technical and market-oriented approaches, sometimes identifying social influences but often failing to conduct deeper, anticipatory social impacts analyses. This case study examines five smallholder-focused AR4D projects implemented over a decade in one region of Madagascar. Findings exemplify the need for social impacts analysis in practical terms, emphasizing where opportunities were lost to generate evidence for improving policy guidance. Transdisciplinary methods can help AR4D address this need so the authors propose an integrated approach to quantitative social impacts analysis, inspired by Life Cycle Thinking and the Social Life Cycle Assessment tool, to promote smallholders' sustainable development more effectively in research and policy. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/609477/1/The%20need%20for%20social%20impacts%20analysis%20in%20smallholders%27%20AR4D.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103299 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103299 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103299 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103299 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/////(PRT) Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center/ |
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Smallholders' sustainable development requires holistic attention to agri-food systems' interrelated environmental, economic, and social dynamics. This is especially true in developing countries where resource scarcity and vulnerability constrain farmers' challenging production realities as well as influence their well-being. Achieving sustainable development outcomes for African smallholders means agricultural research for development (AR4D) must adopt comprehensive quantitative methods that integrate relevant social factors alongside agronomic and economic analyses. However, AR4D has focused more on technical and market-oriented approaches, sometimes identifying social influences but often failing to conduct deeper, anticipatory social impacts analyses. This case study examines five smallholder-focused AR4D projects implemented over a decade in one region of Madagascar. Findings exemplify the need for social impacts analysis in practical terms, emphasizing where opportunities were lost to generate evidence for improving policy guidance. Transdisciplinary methods can help AR4D address this need so the authors propose an integrated approach to quantitative social impacts analysis, inspired by Life Cycle Thinking and the Social Life Cycle Assessment tool, to promote smallholders' sustainable development more effectively in research and policy. |
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Thom, Amy E. Padrão Temudo, Marina Belieres, Jean-François Salgado, Paulo |
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Thom, Amy E. Padrão Temudo, Marina Belieres, Jean-François Salgado, Paulo |
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The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar |
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The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar |
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The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar |
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The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar |
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The need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' AR4D: A case study of five agricultural research projects in Madagascar |
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need for social impacts analysis in smallholders' ar4d: a case study of five agricultural research projects in madagascar |
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