Critical reflection on knowledge and narratives of conservation agriculture
Critical reflection on knowledge and narratives of conservation agriculture
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对保护性农业知识和叙述的批判性反思
DOI：
10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.01.016
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
L. Stringer
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作者：
S. Whitfield;A. Dougill;Jen Dyer;F. Kalaba;J. Leventon;L. Stringer
在当代对气候变化和粮食安全的关注背景下，保护性农业（CA）已成为整个撒哈拉以南非洲（包括赞比亚）农业部门发展战略的一个得到充分支持的核心组成部分，这也是本文的重点。关于CA相对于传统农业系统的好处的各种叙述支撑着“扩大”CA和提高全国小农采用率的努力。然而，将 CA 的薄弱证据基础转化为有说服力的叙述以及财务和政治支持，背后隐藏着知识政治。在本文中，我们追溯了赞比亚围绕 CA 的五种叙述的演变，这些叙述与不断变化的政治议程以及新的公共和私营部门参与者的参与有关，并回顾了支持和挑战这些叙述的证据基础和知识的发展。我们讨论了在知识政治中为另类叙事开辟空间的潜力以及普遍存在的 CA 扩大议程的争议。批判性反思对于确保更有效地利用国家和地方证据来指导国家气候和农业政策制定以及国际捐助倡议至关重要。
In the context of contemporary concerns about climate change and food security, Conservation Agriculture (CA) has emerged as a well-supported and central component of the agricultural sector development strategy across sub-Saharan Africa, including in Zambia, which is the focus of this paper. A variety of narratives about the benefits of CA over conventional agricultural systems underpin endeavours towards ‘scaling up’ CA and increasing rates of adoption amongst smallholder farmers nationwide. However, there is a knowledge politics underlying the translation of a weak evidence base around CA into persuasive narratives and financial and political support. In this paper, we trace the evolution of five narratives around CA in Zambia in relation to changing political agendas and the involvement of new public and private sector actors, and review the development of evidence bases and knowledge that support and challenge each of these narratives. We discuss the potential to open up space within this knowledge politics to alternative narratives and the contestation of the pervasive CA scaling up agenda. Critical reflection is essential to ensure that national and local evidence is more effectively used to guide national climate and agricultural policy developments and international donor initiatives.