Newsham, Andrew and Thomas, David (2011) 'Knowing, farming and climate change adaptation in North-Central Namibia.' Global Environmental Change, 21. pp. 761-770.
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Abstract
The agro-ecological knowledge held by Ovambo farmers in North Central Namibia has, for centuries, given them resilience to high levels of climate variability and associated impacts. New research, conducted in North Central Namibia, suggests that knowledge co-production between farmers and agricultural extension workers may, in addition, strengthen adaptive capacity to future climate change. However, this useful kind of knowledge co-production is far from automatic, and indeed the conditions which make it more likely to happen are not well understood. This paper explores agro-ecological knowledge in North Central Namibia as adaptive capacity, and suggests avenues for better conceptualising and understanding the conditions for adaptive capacity-enhancing knowledge co- production.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Local knowledge, Climate change adaptation, Namibia, Agriculture, Resilience |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Finance and Management > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) |
| ISSN: | 09593780 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.12.003 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2014 14:41 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/18014 |
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