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Page 1: Towards more resilient farming communities in lesotho

Towardsmoreresilientfarmingcommuni3esinLesotho

Prof.ChristoFabricius,SustainabilityResearchUnit,NelsonMandelaMetropolitanUniversity

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Social-ecologicalsystems

•  Coupled/linkedsystemsofpeopleandnature

•  Influencingoneanotherinan‘adapFvedance’

•  Feedbackswithinandbetweenscales

•  Themanagerispartofthesystem

KnowledgeInsFtuFonsLearning

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Resilience

•  Thecapacityofasystem–e.g.afarmingsystem,acity,acommunityoraneconomy–todealwithchangeandcon3nuetodevelop

•  Aresilientsystemwithstandsshocksanddisturbances(suchasclimatechangeorfinancialcrises)

•  Aresilientsystemusessucheventstobringaboutrenewalandinnova3on.

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Aresilientsystem

..‘bouncesback’whenformercondiFonsweredesirable..‘bouncesforward’whenformercondiFonswereunworkable

hQp://stockholmresilience.org/21/research/what-is-resilience.html

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Howresilientaretheseobjects?

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Andhowresilientarethese?

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Principle1:Don’tputallyoureggsinonebasket

•  “Hobakgwabalametha6yohle”•  Systemswithmanydifferentcomponents(e.gtypesoffarmingoutputs,incomesources,sourcesofknowledge)aregenerallymoreresilientthansystemswithfewcomponents.

•  Redundancyislike‘insurance’inasystem-somecomponentsmakeupforthelossorfailureofothers

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Principle2:Buildconnec6ons

GoodconnecFonspromotetheeasyflowofenergy,water,resources,innaturalsystemsInhumansystems,goodconnecFonspromotetrust,capitalandtransferofknowledge

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LanddegradaFonbreakstheconnecFons

SocialconnectednesspromotesinnovaFon

2.Buildconnec3ons

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2.Buildconnec3ons

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Principle3:Check,adapt&respond

•  Feedbacksare‘push’and‘pull’forcesthatcaneitherreinforce(posiFvefeedback)ordampen(negaFvefeedback)change

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3.Check,adaptandrespondtoclimateandweatherchange

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3.Check,adaptandrespondtoeconomicindicators

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Principle4:Lookattheen6resystem

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4.Lookattheen6resystem

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Principle5:Encouragelearning

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Principle6:Par6cipa6on

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6.Par3cipa3on

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Principle7:Jointdecisionmakingatalllevels

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Principle8:Bepa6ent.Tryandtryagain

“Leboelahalengallwe”(Youmaysucceedwhereyouoncefailed.)“Leboelaleaja”(Perseverancepays.)

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Keystounlockresilience•  Resilientfarming

communi3esinLesotho:1.  Worktogether2.  Arewell-connected–

shareknowledge,learn3.  Havegoodleadership4.  Haverules,anda

consFtuFon5.  Planahead6.  Havemanydifferent

livelihoodstrategies7.  ArepaFent8.  Arepreparedtotrynew

things–helpthemselves

•  Threatstotheresilienceoffarmingcommuni3es:1.  ‘Freeriders’2.  IsolaFon–beingside-

lined–beingdisrespected

3.  Lackofleadership4.  Norules,haphazard

decisionmaking5.  ReacFve,noplans6.  FewlivelihoodopFons

andsurvivalstrategies7.  Giveupquickly8.  Reluctanttotrynew

things–aid&governmentdependence

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Generaldiscussion,comments

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ResiliencedialoguesIinviteyoutodiscussafewcrucial

ques3onsingroupsof4-5,

containingamixofdifferentorganizaFons

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Whatisitthatwe,thepeopleinthisroom,MUSTmakeprogresswith…

ifwewanttopromotemoreresilient

farmingcommuniFes?

1.OURCHALLENGE

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Whatwilllifebelikeforthem(thefarmingcommuniFes)ifweachieve

this?

2.OURVISION

Howwillweknowthatwearemakingprogress?Indicators?

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Whathavewetriedbefore,thathaspotenFaltoexplorefurther?

Aretherenewways,thatwehaven’ttriedorthoughtabout?

3.NEWPOSSIBILITIES

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4.PRIORITIES

WhatcanweDO,withtheresourcesandcapaciFesavailabletousnow?

WhatistheonethingthatwouldmakeaBIGDIFFERENCEhere?

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WhatistheNEXTTHINGwewilldo?

Whoshoulddoit?Withwhosehelp?

Bywhen?