Exploring co-creation with agri-food smallholders in Vietnam

The food system in Vietnam is changing whilst the middle class is growing. Agrifood smallholders have the strengths of responding to the changing needs of the middle class by offering freshness, proximity and convenience but they also face increasing competition from larger and international firms. At the same time, issues with food safety are...

To What Extent Does Indigenous Local Knowledge Support the Social–Ecological System? A Case Study of the Ammatoa Community, Indonesia

Recognition of multiple knowledge systems is essential to facilitate collaboration and mutual learning between different actors, integration across social and ecological systems, and sustainable development goals. This study aims to identify how local knowledge from the indigenous people in developing countries contributes toward supporting the...

Contextualising seasonal climate forecasts by integrating local knowledge on drought in Malawi

Droughts and changing rainfall patterns due to natural climate variability and climate change, threaten the livelihoods of Malawi's smallholder farmers, who constitute 80% of the population. Provision of seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) is one means to potentially increase the resilience of rainfed farming to drought by informing farmers in...

Living with Water. Resilient homes for low-income communities in water inclusive environment in Bandung

In many rapidly growing cities of Indonesia, including Bandung, the areas of informal settlements are increasing. They are erected on hazardous lands, often in flood-prone areas. The communities struggle with an inadequate water supply and uncontrolled water flows during heavy rainfalls. The problem of water management rises with a decrease in...

Droughts and Decisions: Pastoralism, Decision Junctures and Rain Forecasting

The livelihood of the Maasai pastoral communities in Longido District of Northern Tanzania are impacted by droughts regularly, with expectations of increasing variability in rainfall patterns the coming years due to climate change. The goal of this research is to explore if weather forecast and remote sensing data can be tailored to existing...

An alternative urban paradigm?: Local knowledge and the power of community as a base for sustainable development in Mathare Valley, Nairobi

Nairobi’s urban processes today are largely impacted by global and postcolonial forces. Its inherited planning frameworks keep contributing to the self-sustaining systems of socio-economic inequality and exclusion of the urban poor in a capitalist society. At the same time, its urban planning reflects postcolonial processes, characterised by the...