A5008649314- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
ETH Zurich
2021-2025
Universidad Mayor
2023
University of Bern
2013-2022
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2021
University of San Simón
2020
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2020
University of Nairobi
2020
Centre for Research and Development
2020
University of California, Berkeley
2016-2018
Centro de Información y Desarrollo de la Mujer
2016
Abstract Scientific knowledge, societal debates, and industry commitments around sustainable cocoa are increasing. Cocoa agroforestry systems supposed to improve the sustainability of production. However, their combined agronomic, ecological, socio-economic performance compared monocultures is still largely unknown. Here we present a meta-analysis 52 articles that directly monocultures. Using an inductive, multi-dimensional approach, analyzed differences in total system yield, economic...
Abstract Cocoa-based small-scale agriculture is the most important source of income for farming families in region Alto Beni sub-humid foothills Andes. Cocoa grown cultivation systems varying ecological complexity. The plantations are highly susceptible to climate change impacts. Local cocoa producers mention heat waves, droughts, floods and plant diseases as main impacts affecting plants working conditions, they associate these with global change. From a sustainable regional development...
Our study aimed at understanding the utilization of research knowledge generated in sustainable development research. Drawing on a sample 54 recent projects, we investigated how and by whom was used, what changes were achieved, non-academic actors involved. As conceptual framework combined concept "stages utilization" with spiral model that co-creates three forms – systems knowledge, target transformation which spans from joint problem definition to concrete sustainability transformations....
Food insecurity remains a major concern for numerous rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa who rely on agriculture as their main source of livelihood. The assessment the links between food security and livelihoods is central overcoming widespread insecurity. However, assessments remain challenging due to security's multi-dimensionality challenge finding indicators that are comparable applicable various contexts. This study addresses this by adapting index (FSI) uses it assess livelihood...
Rethinking research processes to strengthen co-production in low and middle income countriesCo-production needs become an integral part of the training funding researchers ensure meets everyone's needs, argue David Beran colleagues
Cocoa production in Alto Beni, Bolivia, is a major source of income and severely affected by climate change impacts other stress factors. Resilient farming systems are, thus, important for local families. This study compares indicators social–ecological resilience 30 organic 22 nonorganic cocoa farms Beni. Organic had higher tree crop diversity, yields incomes, more social connectedness, participated courses on cultivation. Resilience was enhanced farmers’ organizations, providing...
Sustainability and environmental impact assessments of trade investment agreements need to address biodiversity more effectively. To showcase this, we examined a report, commissioned by Switzerland, on potential impacts risks the between Switzerland Mercosur under EFTA–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement. Our analysis focuses chemical pollution, regulatory impact, duty-free precious minerals, deforestation, greenhouse gas emission develop roadmap for (re-)interpreting (muted) in light Global...
Food systems must become more sustainable and equitable, a transformation which requires the transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge. We present framework food sustainability that was co-created by academic non-academic actors comprises five dimensions: security, right to food, environmental performance, poverty inequality, social-ecological resilience. For each dimension, an interdisciplinary research team-together with from different systems-defined key indicators empirically applied...
Access to productive resources such as land and water is fundamental for households that rely on crop livestock production their livelihoods. Research often assumes agricultural production—and thus, food security—are favoured by tenure security of (as represented a “bundle property rights”). However, research has not yet elucidated how influenced additional factors, within powers”. Guided the Theory developed Ribot Peluso, we explore main factors in respective bundles rights powers influence...
Abstract Transdisciplinary research (TDR) has been developed to generate knowledge that effectively fosters the capabilities of various societal actors realize sustainability transformations. The development TDR theories, principles, and methods largely governed by researchers from global North reflected their contextual conditions. To enable more context-sensitive framing, we sought identify which characteristics affect design implementation in six case studies Asia, Latin America, Africa,...
Coffee provides a livelihood to millions of smallholder farmers, but comes with serious challenges as incomes are often meagre and the climate crisis threatens most coffeegrowing areas. Specialty coffee markets reward quality, which can increase farm-gate prices, may enhance shaded diversified coffee-farming systems. In origin countries such Colombia Bolivia, specialty is typically exported, whereas lower-quality marketed for domestic consumption. Local demand growing, however, coffee-cherry...
Abstract In transformative sustainability science, reflexivity is considered critical for ethically sound and socially relevant research. practice, many transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes have faced problems in mitigating power hierarchies among the participating actors different types of knowledge. this paper, we develop test a reflexive framework that enables researchers to convey more explicitly how their methodological choices play role im/balancing relations...
Research that focuses on changing problems of poverty, inequality, and food security may not always listen to what people who live in areas with sustainability need order make those changes. In our analysis development research projects, we reflect the challenges participation faced by different actors transdisciplinary science. For a decolonial turn, be involved making decisions about resources, topics, how use knowledge.Transdisciplinary is considered offer contributions science...
SUMMARY Agroforestry systems have long been implemented in Bolivia, but little is known about their overall current status. Interviews with farmers, policymakers and members of civil society organizations the challenges opportunities that agroforestry faces, as well field visits to projects revealed a wide range initiatives Bolivia provide ecosystem services, food income local families. All interviewees attributed high potential agroforestry, for example, promote biodiversity, water...