Perspectives on enclosures in pastoralist drylands: From contradictory evidence to the formulation of innovative land management strategies
In: World development perspectives, Band 23, S. 100351
ISSN: 2452-2929
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In: World development perspectives, Band 23, S. 100351
ISSN: 2452-2929
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 33, Heft 6, S. 1043-1062
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractFinancial inclusion is an important development impetus, where knowledge of saving and borrowing behaviour provides valuable insights. This study focuses on access to and use of financial services among agropastoralists in rural Kenya, using survey‐based household data from 2007 and 2017. Surveys show that households with savings increased from about 57% to 71%—coinciding with increased access to financial training and growing use of informal group‐based savings organizations. Share of households that had access to credit also increased during this period, from about 26% to 54%. Support to group‐based savings organizations can stimulate financial inclusion among agropastoralists.
Increasing sedentary agro-pastoralist livelihoods may be explained by land degradation, population pressure, agricultural commodification, and economic development. We reviewed scientific and grey literature for the effects of enclosures on food security. Only 8% of the 114 reviewed scientific articles addressed food production, while 69% approached environmental parameters that indirectly affect food security, most of which had positive results. Thirty-one percent focused on social and economic impacts, land tenure conflicts and elite capture with negative connotations. The grey literature showed an opposite balance between positive environmental views and negative socio-economic impacts. Enclosures are not a panacea for dryland development, but their use need to be recognized and understood. Multidisciplinary research and cooperation on the applied management of enclosures in the context of food security is highly needed. Furthermore, agro-pastoralist land-use practices need more policy space and practical management support, such as clear tenure legislation, agroforestry methodologies, and support in fodder production systems. ; Funding Agencies|Vetenskapsradet [SRL 348-2014-4288]
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In: Environmental science & policy, Band 92, S. 323-330
ISSN: 1462-9011
In: JEMA-D-24-04872
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In: JEMA-D-24-05587
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