Towards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorJabbar, M. A.en
dc.contributor.authorSaleem, M.en
dc.contributor.authorLi-Pun, H.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:26Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:26Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe paper first discusses the need for moving from disciplinary to transdisciplinary research in addressing problems of human development and environmental management. Then the experience of a research project in highland Ethiopia is described. This started with disciplinary research and component technologies to address problems of poverty, malnutrition, low agricultural productivity and resource degradation, and gradually moved towards integrated resource management and a transdisciplinary approach. Although a systems approach was adopted to diagnose problems, discipline-based component technology research was initially a dominant characteristic of the project. Individual technologies were designed and tested on-farm with farmer participation - often separately, and their impacts were assessed mostly in bioeconomic terms, e.g. for yield and income. Gradually the need for simultaneously assessing the economic, social and environmental effects of several technology interventions at plot, household and watershed/community levels was recognized. The research methods have been modified accordingly to adopt an integrated and holistic approach incorporating biophysical, economic and social dimensions of the ecosystem. An agroecosystem health approach to ecosystem analysis is currently being used as an integrative analytical framework. This evolution has also meant a gradual shift from a disciplinary to a multidisciplinary, and finally to a transdisciplinary approach to research.en
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dc.identifier667en
dc.identifier.citationOutlook on Agriculture 30(4): 257-260en
dc.identifier.issn0030-7270en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65674en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: IP Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.urihttp://iowast.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/ip/ooa/2001/00000030/00000004/art00005en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2001 by IP Publishing Ltden
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dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectResource management toolsen
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten
dc.subjectTransdisciplinary approachen
dc.subjectHighland ethiopiaen
dc.subjectIntegrated resource managementen
dc.subjectAgroecosystem health approachen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Watersheden
dc.titleTowards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopiaen
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