Triple wins or triple faults Analysing the equity implications of policy discourses on CSA_accepted version.pdf (549.31 kB)
‘Triple wins’ or ‘triple faults’? Analysing the equity implications of policy discourses on climate-smart agriculture (CSA)
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posted on 2023-06-09, 12:52 authored by Linus Karlsson, Lars Otto Naess, Andrea Nightingale, John ThompsonJohn ThompsonThis paper analyses contrasting discourses of ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) for their implications on control over and access to changing resources in agriculture. One of the principal areas of contestation around CSA relates to equity, including who wins and who loses, who is able to participate, and whose knowledge and perspectives count in the process. Yet to date, the equity implications of CSA remain an under-researched area. We apply an equity framework centred on procedure, distribution and recognition, to four different discourses. Depending on which discourses are mobilised, the analysis helps to illuminate: (1) how CSA may transfer the burden of responsibility for climate change mitigation to marginalised producers and resource managers (distributive equity); (2) how CSA discourses generally fail to confront entrenched power relations that may constrain or block the emergence of more ‘pro-poor’ forms of agricultural development, adaptation to climate change, or carbon sequestration and storage (procedural equity); (3) how CSA discourses can have tangible implications for the bargaining power of the poorest and most vulnerable groups (recognition). The paper contributes to work showing the need for deeper acknowledgement of the political nature of the transformations necessary to address the challenges caused by a changing climate for the agricultural sector.
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The Journal of Peasant StudiesISSN
0306-6150Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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1Volume
45Page range
150-174Department affiliated with
- Institute of Development Studies Publications
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- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
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2018-04-17First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-05-13First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-04-17Usage metrics
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