Rosén, Linus
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This 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.
Keywords
political economy; triple wins; climate-smart agriculture; climate change; discourses
Published in
Journal of Peasant Studies
2018, volume: 45, number: 1, pages: 150-174
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SLU Authors
Nightingale, Andrea
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG1 No poverty
SDG2 Zero hunger
SDG13 Climate action
SDG16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
UKÄ Subject classification
Political Science (Excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2017.1351433
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/93992