ABSTRACT This paper focuses on interplay among narratives, climate change and agriculture policy processes in Malawi. The paper analyses emerging policy narratives about climate change and agriculture that are stimulating, shaping and influencing these debates. The motivation for this paper draws from an increasing number of government and non-government actors involved in climate change debates on agriculture with different starting points, narratives and goals. Based on extensive empirical data, the paper argues that prevailing narratives on climate change and agriculture in Malawi shape policy discussions and interventions that are implemented in both complementing and competing ways. Interests held by actors determine the policy trajectory in that where interests are colliding, policy interventions are competitive. Complementing policy interventions emerge where common interests exist among policy stakeholders. This is demonstrated by programmes that undermine ability of smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change whilst others advocate for crop diversification and agricultural subsidies. The paper concludes that policies and programme activities are framed in diverse way depending on how climate change and agriculture issues are perceived and narrated as well as how power is exercised among different players, mainly, policymakers, donors and civil society organizations.

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马拉维的叙事，气候变化和农业政策进程

摘要本文着眼于马拉维的叙述，气候变化和农业政策制定过程之间的相互作用。本文分析了有关气候变化和农业的新兴政策叙事，这些叙事激发，塑造并影响了这些辩论。本文的动机来自越来越多的政府和非政府参与者，他们以不同的出发点，叙述和目标参与了有关农业的气候变化辩论。本文基于大量的经验数据，认为马拉维关于气候变化和农业的主流叙述塑造了以互补和竞争方式实施的政策讨论和干预措施。行动者持有的利益决定了政策的轨迹，因为利益冲突时，政策干预具有竞争性。在政策利益相关者之间存在共同利益的地方出现了互补的政策干预措施。削弱小农户适应气候变化能力的方案证明了这一点，而其他方案则倡导作物多样化和农业补贴。本文的结论是，政策和计划活动的框架是多种多样的，具体取决于对气候变化和农业问题的认识和叙述方式以及决策者，捐助者和民间社会组织等不同参与者之间如何行使权力。