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Hulke, Carolin, Kairu, Jim Kariuki and Diez, Javier Revilla . Development visions, livelihood realities - how conservation shapes agricultural value chains in the Zambezi region, Namibia. Dev. South. Afr.. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1470-3637

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Abstract

In the Zambezi region, seemingly unrelated political visions propagate two development paths: nature conservation to promote tourism and Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM), and agricultural intensification. This study examines the unintended interrelations between these top-down visions by linking upgrading possibilities in agricultural value chains (AVC) with livelihood strategies of farmers from a bottom-up perspective. The results are based on qualitative field research that explains the how and why of the emergence of multiple rural development trajectories. We operationalise upgrading as actual and aspirational hanging in, stepping up and stepping out strategies. Findings show that although farmers envision stepping up their agricultural activities to better position themselves in AVCs, they remain in a strategic hanging in or downgrading state due CBNRM-related institutions. Concluding, we propose implications for CBNRM that synthesise competing development visions with actual livelihoods realities through the acknowledgment of small-scale agrarian systems rather than the crowding out of such.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hulke, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kairu, Jim Kariuki UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Diez, Javier Revilla UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-311032
DOI:	10.1080/0376835X.2020.1838260
Journal or Publication Title:	Dev. South. Afr.
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1470-3637
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; TRAJECTORIES; ASPIRATIONS; CHALLENGES; STRATEGIES; POVERTY; SCALE Multiple languages Development Studies; Regional & Urban Planning Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31103