ABSTRACT

The papers in this Special Issue on what works and what is unlikely to work to enable poorer smallholders, especially women and youth, to benefit from Sustainable Agricultural Intensification (SAI) come from the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and Learning programme. Three aspects of SAI are considered: (i) the equity of outcomes from SAI and how decisions to support equity can be better informed; (ii) the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with SAI, how they are perceived and can be managed and (iii) how farmers access to services and information needed to implement SAI can be facilitated. Whether considering the gender and generational equities of participation in SAI or how trade-offs limit adoption of SAI, it is the local social, economic and environmental conditions that determine the outcome. We conclude that the participation of local stakeholders in the adaptation of SAI to local social, economic and environmental conditions is critical to enabling poorer smallholders, women and youth to benefit from SAI. While some tools and processes are presented that may support this, there remains a challenge as to how such processes can be integrated into national policies and institutions.

摘要

本特刊中关于哪些措施有效，哪些措施无效，使贫困小农，尤其是妇女和青年能够从可持续农业集约化 (SAI) 中受益的论文来自可持续农业集约化研究和学习计划。考虑了 SAI 的三个方面：(i) SAI 结果的公平性以及如何更好地了解支持公平性的决策；(ii)与 SAI 相关的社会、经济和环境权衡，如何看待和管理它们以及 (iii) 农民如何获得服务并且可以提供实施 SAI 所需的信息。无论是考虑参与 SAI 的性别和代际公平，还是权衡如何限制 SAI 的采用，决定结果的是当地的社会、经济和环境条件。我们得出的结论是，当地利益相关者参与 SAI 适应当地社会、经济和环境条件对于使贫困小农、妇女和青年能够从 SAI 中受益至关重要。虽然提出了一些可能支持这一点的工具和流程，但如何将这些流程整合到国家政策和机构中仍然存在挑战。