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N° ISBN - 978-2-7380-1284-5 ; International audience ; The paper describes research approaches applied to support alternative viewpoints and practices regarding risk management and resilience within agro-ecosystems. A regional social learning approach was undertaken to guide adaptation to climate change in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. It involved working closely with stakeholders to critically examine management systems according to future climate change risk. An integrated analysis of the vulnerability of natural resource management sectors to projected climate change was undertaken. Subsequently, a series of case studies applied approaches that could be used to develop context specific adaptation responses. The research also involved an examination of perceptions of climate change and associated impacts on regional systems. The potential scope of regional responses to new risks facing farmers and their agro-ecosystems is constrained by the dominant neoliberal approach to agricultural development.

N° ISBN - 978-2-7380-1284-5 ; International audience ; The paper describes research approaches applied to support alternative viewpoints and practices regarding risk management and resilience within agro-ecosystems. A regional social learning approach was undertaken to guide adaptation to climate change in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. It involved working closely with stakeholders to critically examine management systems according to future climate change risk. An integrated analysis of the vulnerability of natural resource management sectors to projected climate change was undertaken. Subsequently, a series of case studies applied approaches that could be used to develop context specific adaptation responses. The research also involved an examination of perceptions of climate change and associated impacts on regional systems. The potential scope of regional responses to new risks facing farmers and their agro-ecosystems is constrained by the dominant neoliberal approach to agricultural development.

AbstractThe state of food (in)security in rural communities of different ecological zones of the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal, is assessed using a Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). The data were collected from 360 households using face‐to‐face interviews. The results show poor availability of food from subsistence production in the Middle‐Mountains and Trans‐Himalaya, whereas most households with sufficient purchasing power are able to access additional food from the market. Net food security is poor, with the highest level of insecurity in the Middle‐Mountains, followed by the Trans‐Himalaya and the Tarai. Although weaknesses were found in application of the HFIAS method due to respondent bias in subjective assessments of food insecurity in producer–consumer rural households, the method was found to be effective for rapidly incorporating utilization and stability elements into appraisals. Although not comprehensive, this approach has the potential to complement other forms of knowledge for designing targeted food policy in Nepal.