scholarly journals Who Gets to Adopt? Contested Values Constrain Just Transitions to Agroforestry

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Hastings ◽  
Maile Wong ◽  
Tamara Ticktin

Agroforestry is often promoted as a multi-benefit solution to increasing the resilience of agricultural landscapes. Yet, there are many obstacles to transitioning agricultural production systems to agroforestry. Research on agroforestry transitions often focuses on why farmers and land managers chose to adopt this type of stewardship, with less focus on the political context of practitioner decisions. We use the case study of agroforestry in Hawai‘i to explore how agroforestry transitions occur with particular attention to politics and power dynamics. Specifically, we ask, what factors drive and/or restrain transitions to agroforestry and who is able to participate. We interviewed 38 agroforestry practitioners in Hawai‘i and analyzed the data using constructivist grounded theory. We then held a focus group discussion with interview participants to share results and discuss solutions. Practitioners primarily chose agroforestry intentionally for non-economic and values-based reasons, rather than as a means to production or economic goals. Agroforestry practitioners face a similar suite of structural obstacles as other agricultural producers, including access to land, labor, and capital and ecological obstacles like invasive species and climate change. However, the conflict in values between practitioners and dominant institutions manifests as four additional dimensions of obstacles constraining agroforestry transitions: systems for accessing land, capital, and markets favor short-term production and economic value; Indigenous and local knowledge is not adequately valued; regulatory, funding, and other support institutions are siloed; and not enough appropriate information is accessible. Who is able to practice despite these obstacles is tightly linked with people's ability to access off-site resources that are inequitably distributed. Our case study highlights three key points with important implications for realizing just agroforestry transitions: (1) practitioners transition to agroforestry to restore ecosystems and reclaim sovereignty, not just for the direct benefits; (2) a major constraint to agroforestry transitions is that the term agroforestry is both unifying and exclusionary; (3) structural change is needed for agroforestry transitions to be just. We discuss potential solutions in the context of Hawai‘i and provide transferrable principles and actionable strategies for achieving equity in agroforestry transitions. We also demonstrate a transferrable approach for action-oriented, interdisciplinary research in support of just agroforestry transitions.

Jurnal Signal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saleha Rodiah ◽  
Pawit M Yusup

ABSTRAKPengembangan agro desa wisata yang sedang dikembangkan di Desa Paledah, Padaherang kecamatan, Kabupaten Pangandaran, berusaha untuk memanfaatkan potensi sumber daya alam dan sumber daya manusia. Untuk itu diperlukan strategi komunikasi yang tepat dalam membangun sinergi dari pihak-pihak yang terkait untuk dapat direalisasikan dengan baik. Penelitian ini mengkaji Strategi Komunikasi dalam pengembangan agro desa wisata di Kabupaten Pangandaran bertujuan untuk mengetahui: 1) hak komunikator; 2) perencanaan pesan dan 3) media komunikasi yang digunakan; dan 4) analisis khalayak sasaran. Dilakukan dengan metode kualitatif (studi kasus) dan teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara, observasi lapangan, Diskusi Kelompok, dan studi literatur. Hasil dari penelitiannya adalah hak komunikator adalah seorang tokoh masyarakat yang didukung oleh aparatur pemerintah melalui pembangunan yang berkelanjutan sesuai dengan keahliannya masing-masing. Pesan perencanaan dilakukan melalui transfer ide-ide dalam kemasan informasi yang terintegrasi dengan nilai-nilai luhur yang ada di masyarakat, misalnya melalui pembacaan bahan-bahan, undangan untuk menanam tanaman yang memiliki nilai ekonomi di halaman. Sedangkan media komunikasi yang digunakan adalah proposal kegiatan, spanduk dan poster yang dipasang di tempat-tempat strategis dan dapat disampaikan kepada pihak-pihak yang memiliki visi dan misi yang sama. Selain itu, desa wisata agro pelaksana perlu memahami keinginan target audiens dan bekerja sama dengan semua kelompok yang ada di desa Paledah dan tidak mengabaikan peran mereka dalam kelangsungan agro-tourism pembangunan desaKata Kunci: Strategi Komunikasi, Agro Wisata Desa, Kabupaten Pangandaran ABSTRACTThe development of agro tourism village that is being developed in Paledah Village, Padaherang Sub-district, Pangandaran Regency, seeks to utilize the potential of natural resources and human resources. For that needed appropriate communication strategy in establishing synergy of related parties to be realized well. This study examines the Communication Strategy in the development of agro tourism village in Pangandaran Regency aims to know: 1) the right communicator; 2) message planning and 3) communication media used; and 4) analysis of target audiences. Conducted by qualitative methods (case study) and data collection techniques through interviews, field observation, Focus Group Discussion, and literature study. The result of his research is the right communicator is a community leader who is supported by the government apparatus through continuous development in accordance with their respective expertise. Message planning is done through the transfer of ideas in the packaging of information that is integrated with the noble values that exist in the community, for example through recitation materials, invitations to plant crops that have economic value in the yard. While the communication media used is a proposal of activities, banners and posters installed in strategic places and can be submitted to parties who have the same vision and mission. In addition, the agro-tourism village implementers need to understand the wishes of the target audience and cooperate with all the existing groups in Paledah village and do not neglect their roles in the continuity of agro-tourism village developmentKeywords: Communication Strategy, Agro Tourism Village, Pangandaran Regency


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 479-487
Author(s):  
Sawpheeyah Nima ◽  
◽  
Yupa Somboon

There are several medical drug addict treatment methods used by physicians and other health professionals worldwide. The community-based treatment and care for drug use and dependence have increased in popularity. However, little is known about whether or how Islamic spirituality model could be incorporated into formal treatment in the Muslim community. This study aimed to explore the Islamic integrated model for drug addict treatment and rehabilitation on Kratom use among Muslim adolescents in Krabi Province, Thailand. The focus group discussion and in-depth interview were carried out in chief officer, the staff of treatment service volunteers, program leaders, and families and friends of addicts during October 2017-December 2018. The results revealed that the implementation of integrated Islamic religious learning in the drug therapy session to grow the spiritual religiosity and lower relapse among Muslim youth who were previous kratom addicts. The Islamic faith-based treatment model could be declared the evidence of kratom recovery in community level.


Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba

Chapter 9 focuses on contexts of positive engagement in the domain of the wider society among emerging adults. The authors examine the growing research literature on civic engagement and volunteering, covering patterns of development and change during emerging to young adulthood, describing how this development is linked to the three personality levels of the McAdams and Pals model. They also describe work on one salient contemporary type of civic engagement, environmentalism, and review what is known on this particular topic in youth. The authors cover the evidence on both of these domains from their Futures Study sample, using both questionnaire and narrative material to expand these findings. As a way of illuminating the key points, the chapter ends with a case study of the early life story of John Muir, an important founder of the environmental and conservation movement in the United States.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512093329
Author(s):  
Robert Prey

Where does the “power” of platformization reside? As is widely recognized, platforms are matchmakers which interface between different markets or “sides.” This article analyzes platform power dynamics through three of the most important markets that Spotify—the leading audio streaming platform—is embedded within: the music market; the advertising market; and the finance market. It does so through the lens of the playlist. Playlists can be seen as a central example of how platforms like Spotify employ curation or “curatorial power” to mediate markets in the attempt to advance their own interests. At the same time, playlists are an outcome of the conflicting pressures and tensions between these markets. As such, they provide a lens through which to view broader structural dynamics within the platform economy. As this case study of Spotify demonstrates, platform “power” is an always unstable and shifting outcome of the ongoing attempt to coordinate between various markets and actors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3075
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Martín Valmayor ◽  
Beatriz Duarte Monedero ◽  
Luis A. Gil-Alana

In this paper, we examine the concept of the social balance sheet (SBS) and its evolution in corporate social reports that large companies have to issue today in their yearly statements. The SBS allows companies to evaluate their compliance with corporate social responsibility during a specific period and quantify its level of accomplishment. From a methodological perspective, this research analyzed the information that should be contained in the SBS report comparing economic value added (EVA) with other social value added statements (SVA), analyzing also in detail the case of Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) bank as one of the pioneers in offering social reports. Along with this study, their metrics following EVA were recalculated and a more academic SVA statement was proposed for this specific case.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2127-2136
Author(s):  
Olivia Borgue ◽  
John Stavridis ◽  
Tomas Vannucci ◽  
Panagiotis Stavropoulos ◽  
Harry Bikas ◽  
...  

AbstractAdditive manufacturing (AM) is a versatile technology that could add flexibility in manufacturing processes, whether implemented alone or along other technologies. This technology enables on-demand production and decentralized production networks, as production facilities can be located around the world to manufacture products closer to the final consumer (decentralized manufacturing). However, the wide adoption of additive manufacturing technologies is hindered by the lack of experience on its implementation, the lack of repeatability among different manufacturers and a lack of integrated production systems. The later, hinders the traceability and quality assurance of printed components and limits the understanding and data generation of the AM processes and parameters. In this article, a design strategy is proposed to integrate the different phases of the development process into a model-based design platform for decentralized manufacturing. This platform is aimed at facilitating data traceability and product repeatability among different AM machines. The strategy is illustrated with a case study where a car steering knuckle is manufactured in three different facilities in Sweden and Italy.


2021 ◽  
pp. 136700692110194
Author(s):  
Rashid Yahiaoui ◽  
Marwa J Aldous ◽  
Ashraf Fattah

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: The aim of this study is to investigate the sociolinguistic functions of code-switching and its relation to the meaning-making process by using the animated series Kim Possible as a case study. Design/methodology/approach: This study employs Muysken’s taxonomy to draw on code-switching patterns in lexico-grammar in relation to human behavior. The study also uses the functional approaches of Muysken and Appel and Gumperz as binary investigatory frameworks to locate interlingual and intralingual code-switching particularities and to elaborate on code-switching functions. Data and analysis: The analysis encompasses 48 episodes. Firstly, we extracted and transcribed code-switching occurrences in light of Muysken’s typology episode-by-episode and categorized them according to their code-switching type (interlingual or intralingual). Secondly, we quantified the occurrences according to their syntactic form to make more systematic claims about code-switching patterns. Next, we triangulated the patterns by examining the context of utterances and extralinguistic factors in the original series vis-à-vis the dubbed version to draw upon information beyond the structure or grammar. Findings/conclusions: The Arabic dubbed version was able to communicate the characters’ cosmopolitan diversity, which correlates with the series’ sense of linguistic modernity and humor. At the same time, the Arabic version was able to portray the extralinguistic reality of Lebanon and its multi-linguistic tapestry. Originality: This research is original because it focuses on Lebanese-Arabic, a dialect seldom discussed in the context of translation. The research also examines language variations in the context of dubbed discourse, where code-switching is integrally pertinent to visual-signs and the cultural background of characters. Significance/implications: The study recognizes the intricacy of code-switching as a reflective phenomenon of social reality and power dynamics; therefore, it contributes in the fields of translation and sociolinguistics.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Mihaela Brindusa Tudose ◽  
Valentina Diana Rusu ◽  
Silvia Avasilcai

Some of the constructs in the field of performance management are intuitive or not empirically validated. This study provides a data-driven framework for measuring and improving the performance through synchronized strategies. The ultimate goal was to provide support for increasing business performance. Empirical research materializes in an exploratory case study and a statistical analysis with econometric models. The case study revealed that a company can improve its performance, even in periods of growth, being characterized by consistent investments. The statistical analysis, performed on a restricted sample of companies, confirmed the results that were provided by the case study. The measurement of performance was made by capitalizing on financial and non-financial data precisely to intensify the interest for corporate sustainability. The obtained results, contrary to previous research that showed that economic value added (EVA) is negatively influenced by the increase in invested capital, open up new research perspectives to find out whether, at the industry level, performance appraisal that is based on EVA stimulates the development of a business’s economic capital. The research has a double utility: scientific (by providing an overview of the state of the art in the field of performance management) and practical (by providing a reference model for measuring and monitoring performance).


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