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Sustainable land management is more than technology. It needs social innovations

Altieri, M. (2002). Agroecology: the science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 1971, 1–24.

Andersson, J. A., D’Souza, S. (2014). From adoption claims to understanding farmers and contexts: A literature review of Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption among smallholder farmers in southern Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 187, 116–132.

Donkor, F. K. (2015). Forest Management Through Social Innovation in Rural Ghana: The Case of The West Gonja District. Social Transformations in Contemporary Society’, 3, 142 – 154.

Lusweti, I. (2017). Rapid Appraisal Report – Land leasing in Isukha West Ward, Shinyalu Sub-county Kakamega County, Kenya. Internal Report. TMG Research.

Kiragu, S., Flohr, A. (2016). Sustainable Land Management in Western Kenya – Lessons Learnt and Future Directions. Workshop Report. IASS Working Paper, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, June 2016.

 

Accompanying Research

Altieri, M. (2002). Agroecology: the science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 1971, 1–24.

De Graaff, J., Amsalu, A., Bodnár, F., Kessler, A., Posthumus, H., Tenge, A. (2008). Factors influencing adoption and continued use of long-term soil and water conservation measures in five developing countries. Applied Geography, 28(4), 271–280.

Assogba, S. C.-G., Akpinfa, E., Gouwakinnou, G., Stiem, L. (2017). La Gestion Durable des Terres: Analyse d’expériences de projets de développement agricole au Bénin. IASS Working Paper.

Bandru, K., Sperk, C. Srigiri, S., Agarwal, I. (2018). Synthesis report on Post-project Sustainability and Sustainable Land Management in Madhya Pradesh: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions. Internal Report.

Kiragu, S., Flohr, A. (2016). Sustainable Land Management in Western Kenya – Lessons Learnt and Future Directions. Workshop Report.

Kiragu, S., Mburu, J. (2017). Synthesis Report – Sustainable Land Management Practices in Kenya. Analysis of Sustainable Land Management Projects in western Kenya. IASS Working Paper.

Koudougou, S., Stiem, L. (ed.) (2017). La Gestion Durable des Terres au Burkina Faso: une analyse d’expériences de projets dans le Houet, le Tuy et le Ioba. IASS Working Paper.

Kleene, P., Koudougou, S. Lanouette, P., Stiem, L., Taminy, D. D. (2016). Expériences en Gestion Durable des Terres au Burkina Faso: quelles leçons tirer pour les orientations futures? IASS Working Paper.

Brandt, P., Ernst, A., Gralla, F., Luederitz, C., Lang, D.J., Newig, J. (2013). A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science. Ecol Econ 92:1–15.

Zscheischler, J., Rogga, S., Lange, A. (2018). The success of transdisciplinary research for sustainable land use: individual perceptions and assessments. Sustain Sci 13, 4: 1061 -1074.

Booth et al. (2018). Learning to make a difference. Christian Aid Ireland’s adaptive programme management in governance, gender, peace building and human rights.

Kiragu, S., Flohr, A. (2016). Sustainable Land Management in Western Kenya – Lessons Learnt and Future Directions. Workshop Report.

 

Adaptive Management

Algoso, D. (2017). How INGOs are doing development differently.

Allana, A., Sparkman, T. (2014). Case Study. Navigating complexity: adaptive management and organizational learning in a development project in Northern Uganda. Knowledge Management for Development Journal 10(3): 101-112.

Altieri, M. (2002). Agroecology: the science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 1971, 1–24.

Bain, K.A., Booth, D., Wild, L. (2016). Doing Development Differently at the World Bank. ODI Report.

Birgé, H., & Allen, C., S Garmestani, A., Pope, K. (2016). Adaptive management for ecosystem services. Journal of Environmental Management. 183.

Booth, D., Balfe, K., Gallagher, R., Kilcullen, G., O’Boyle, S., Tiernan, A. (2018). Learning to make a difference: Christian Aid Ireland’s adaptive programme management in governance, gender, peace building and human rights. ODI Discussion Paper.

Booth, D., Unsworth, S. (2014). Politically smart, locally led development. ODI Discussion Paper.

Brandt, P., Ernst, A., Gralla, F., Luederitz, C., Lang, D.J., Newig, J. (2013). A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science. Ecol Econ 92:1–15.

Bunnefeldt, N., Redpath, S. & Irvine, J. (2015). A review of approaches to adaptive management. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 795.

Clark, W. C., Dickson, N. M. (2003). Sustainability science: the emerging research program. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100(14), 8059–8061.

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations/ FAO (2017). Voluntary Guidelines on Sustainable Soil Management.

Joshi, P.K., Pangare, V., Shiferaw, B., Wani, S.P., Bouma, J., Scott, C. (2004). Watershed development in India: Synthesis of past experiences and needs for future research. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Mansuri, G., Rao, V. (2013). Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? Washington, DC: World Bank.License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0.

Mog, J.M. (2006). Managing Development Programs for Sustainability: Integrating Development and Research Through Adaptive Management, Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, 19:6, 531-546.

Ramalingam, B., Laric, M., Primrose, J. (2014). From best practice to best fit
Understanding and navigating wicked problems in international development. ODI Working Paper.

Rist, L., Campbell, B., Frost, P. (2013). Adaptive management: Where are we now? Environmental Conservation, 40(1), 5-18.

Sterk, B., Christian, A. K., Gogan, A. C., Sakyi-Dawson, O., Kossou, D.(2013). Five Years After; the Impact of a Participatory Technology Development Programme as Perceived by Smallholder Farmers in Benin and Ghana, The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 19:4, 361-379.

UNCCD (2017). The Global Land Outlook.

USAID (2018). Discussion Note Adaptive Management.

Valters, C. (2015). Theories of Change. Time for a radical approach to learning in development. Overseas Development Institute.

Wild, L., Booth, D., Cummings, C., Foresti, M., Wales, J. (2015). Adapting development. Improving services to the poor. ODI Report.

Wild, L., Booth, D., Valters, C. (2017). Putting theory into practice: how DFID is doing development differently. ODI Report.

 

Secured access to land: the lynchpin for sustainable land management and livelihoods

Alden Wily, L. (2018). The Community Land Act in Kenya Opportunities and Challenges for Communities. Land 7, 12.

Bose, P., Larson, A.M., Lastarria-Cornhiel, S., Radel, C., Schmink, M., Schmook, B., Vázquez-García, V. (2017). Women’s rights to land and communal forest tenure: A way forward for research and policy agenda in Latin America. Womens. Stud. Int. Forum 65, 53–59.

Chimhowu, A. (2013). Aid for agriculture and rural development in the global south A changing landscape with new players and challenges, Working Paper. Helsinki.

Doss, C.R., Meinzen-Dick, R. (2015). Collective Action within the Household: Insights from Natural Resource Management.

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, WHO. (2018). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World. FAO, Rome.

FAO. (2018). The State of the World’s Forests. Forest Pathways to Sustainable Development. Rome.

Higgins, D., Balint, T., Liversage, H., Winters, P. (2018). Investigating the impacts of increased rural land tenure security: A systematic review of the evidence. Journal of Rural Studies. 61. 34-62.

Jin, S., Jayne, T.S. (2013). Land Rental Markets in Kenya: Implications for Efficiency, Equity, Household Income, and Poverty. Land Econ. 89, 246–271.

Muller, A., Sukhdev, P. (2018). The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB). Measuring what matters in agriculture and food systems: a synthesis of the results and recommendations of TEEB for Agriculture and Food’s Scientific and Economic Foundations report. Geneva.

OECD. (2014). Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014. Synthesis Report.

Robinson, B.E., Masuda, Y.J., Kelly, A., Holland, M.B., Bedford, C., Childress, M., Fletschner, D., Game, E.T., Ginsburg, C., Hilhorst, T., Lawry, S., Miteva, D.A., Musengezi, J., Naughton-Treves, L., Nolte, C., Sunderlin, W.D., Veit, P. (2018). Incorporating Land Tenure Security into Conservation. Conserv. Lett. 11, 1–12.

Weigelt, J., Müller, A., Janetschek, H., Töpfer, K. (2015). Land and soil governance towards a transformational post-2015 Development Agenda: An overview. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 15, 57–65.

 

Community-led lease guidelines secure access to land in Kakamega County, Kenya

Kakamega County Government. (2018). Kakamega County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022.

Kiteme, B., Mukhovi, S., Kiragu-Wissler, S. (2019). Confronting Intra-Household Land Tenure Insecurity in Western Kenya. Does elimination of traditional institutions hold the key? Forthcoming. Policy Brief. TMG Research, Berlin.

Stiem-Bhatia, L., Onibon Doubogan, Y., Badou Savi, A. (2017). Les pratiques de la gestion durable des terres au Bénin: une analyse sous l’angle du genre.

Koudougou, S., Stiem-Bhatia, L., Bary, H., Tall, F. (2017). Genre, foncier et gestion durable des terres au Burkina Faso. Potsdam, Germany.

Lusweti, I. (2017). Rapid Appraisal Report – Land leasing in Isukha West Ward, Shinyalu Sub-county Kakamega County, Kenya. Internal Report. TMG Research.

 

How effective management of the commons can increase sustainable land management

Bandru, K. K. (2018). Analysing the Effects of Common Resource Governance on Sustainable Land Management Technology Adoption. Case study evidence from Madhya Pradesh, India. Internal Report.

Bandru, K.K. (2018). Effects of Common Resource Governance on Sustainable Land Management Technology Adoption. Case study evidence from Madhya Pradesh, India. Internal Report.

Can voluntary land consolidation transform Ethiopian agriculture?

Alemu et al. (2019). Opportunities for Voluntary Land Consolidation in Ethiopia: Farmers’ Perspectives. TMG-working paper.

 

Making agricultural extension services work for smallholder farmers

Sperk, C., Flohr, A., & Kiragu-Wissler, S. (2017). Sustaining and scaling achievements of SLM initiatives: Data- knowledge-action. In IASS 2017. Global Soil Week 2017 Final Report: Catalysing SDG Implementation through a soil and land review.

Neuchâtel Group. (2006). Demand Driven Agricultural Advisory Services.

Rauch T., Kersting D. (2016). Making service systems work for food security and sustainable land management – Strategic recommendations for targeting smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and India. TMG Research. Internal Report.

Assogba, S. C.-G., Akpinfa, É., Gouwakinnou, G., Stiem, L. (ed. (2017). La Gestion Durable des Terres: Analyse d’expériences de projets de développement agricole au Bénin. Potsdam, Germany.

Bandru, K.K. (2018). Analysing the Effects of Common Resource Governance on Sustainable Land Management Technology Adoption Case study evidence from Madhya Pradesh, India. TMG Research. Internal Report.

Bandru, K.K., Sperk, C. Srigiri, S., Agarwal, I. (2018). Synthesis report on Post-project Sustainability and Sustainable Land Management in Madhya Pradesh: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions. Internal Report. TMG Research.

Kiragu-Wissler, S. & Haggai, L. Analysis of Kenya’s Extension Policy and Practice. TMG Research, Internal Report.

Kiragu, S., Flohr, A. (2016). Sustainable Land Management in Western Kenya: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions; Insights from stakeholder workshops. IASS Working Paper, June 2016.

Mang‘oli, C., Okoth, V., Imbira, J., Mang’oli, P., Mbakaya, D., Haggai L. & Kiragu-Wissler, S. (2018). Agriculture, extension and extension coordination. A Policy Brief. TMG Research, Berlin.

Kleene, P., Koudougou, S. Lanouette, P., Stiem, L., Taminy D.D. (2016). Expériences en Gestion Durable des Terres au Burkina Faso: quelles leçons tirer pour les orientations futures? TMG Research. Internal Report.

Baba, C.A.K., Stiem, L., Lanouette P. (2016). Expériences en Gestion Durable des Terres au Bénin: Quelles leçons tirer pour les orientations futures? IASS Working Paper.

Baba, C.A.K., Stiem, L. & Lanouette P. (2016). Expériences en Gestion Durable des Terres au Bénin: Quelles leçons tirer pour les orientations futures? IASS Working Paper.

 

A peer review process for improving public extension service provision

Kiragu, S., Flohr, A. (2016). Sustainable Land Management in Western Kenya: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions; Insights from stakeholder workshops. IASS Working Paper, June 2016.

Mang’oli C., Okoth V., Imbira J., Mang’oli P., Mbakaya D., Haggai, L., Kiragu-Wissler S. (2018). Agriculture, Extension and Extension Coordination. A Policy Brief. TMG Research, Berlin.

County Government of Siaya & Republic of Kenya. (2018). County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022: Transformation of Siaya County Through Development and Service.

 

Sustainable land management through a gender lens

Koudougou, S., Stiem, L. (ed. (2017)). La Gestion Durable des Terres au Burkina Faso : une analyse d’expériences de projets dans le Houet, le Tuy et le Ioba. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany.

FAO. (2011). SOFA 2010-2011, Women in Agriculture.

Doss, C., Meinzen-Dick, R., Quisumbing, A., Theis, S. (2018). Women in agriculture: Four myths. Global Food Security, 16(October 2017), 69–74.

Theis, S., Lefore, N., Meinzen-Dick, R., Bryan, E. (2018). What happens after technology adoption? Gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania. Agriculture and Human Values, 35(3), 671–684.

Mayoux, L. (2002). Women’s Empowerment Versus Sustainability? Towards a New Paradigm in Microfinance Programs. In: (Edited by Lemire, B., Pearson, R. and Campbell, G.), Women and Credit: Researching the Past, Refiguring the Future, New York. pp. 245 – 269.

 

Social innovations to secure women’s land rights in Burkina Faso

Koudougou, S., Stiem, L. (2017). La Gestion Durable des Terres au Burkina Faso: une analyse d’expériences de projets dans le Houet, le Tuy et le Ioba. Potsdam, Germany.

Stiem, L. (2018). Localizing the SDGs: Securing Land Access for Women in Burkina Faso.

 

Catalysing the diffusion of sustainable land management with a community-based strategy: The Tem Sesiabun Gorado in Benin

Baba, C.A.K., Patt, N. (2019). Reaching farmers beyond project beneficiaries. The Tem Sesiabun Gorado model for improving farmer-to-farmer extension approaches.

 

Tailoring investment in Integrated Soil Fertility Management to the needs and capacities of farmers

Seyoum, A., Alemu, G. (2019). Uptake and Dissemination Pathways of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) Technologies: A case study from Gozamin District, East Gojjam Zone. Internal Study Report.

 

Benin

Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Elevage et de la Pêche.

Jalloh, A., Nelson, C.G., Thomas, S.T., Zougmoré, R., Roy-Macauley, H.(2013).West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis.

 

Burkina Faso

Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Economie Verte et du Changement Climatique du Burkina Faso (MEEVCC). (2018). Rapport final, Programme de Définition des Cibles de la Neutralité en matière de Dégradation des terres (PDC/NDT), Burkina Faso. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: MEEVCC.

 

Ethiopia

Aseffa, S., Alemu, G. (2019). Role of social networks in farmer-to-farmer dissemination of Integrated Soil Fertility Management technologies in Ethiopia: Cases from East Gojam, Amhara Region. Technical Brief, forthcoming.

 

India

Rahman, S. (2017). Mandla District Fact Book. Key Socio-Economic Data of Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh. Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) (2016): Desertification Atlas of India

Mythili, G., Goedecke, J. (2016). Economics of Land Degradation in India, in: Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development. pp. 197–214.

The Kanha National Park.

 

Kenya

International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD). (2017). Investing in rural people in Kenya.

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.(2018). Basic Report on Wellbeing in Kenya. Nairobi.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.(2016). Kenya strategic investment framework
for sustainable land management 2017 – 2027.

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