@article{94b0cf1ebe8844b2b69bebf0ece7fab0,
title = "Agriculture in Shifting Climates: The Configuration and Ripeness of Problem Understandings in Uganda and Senegal",
abstract = "The international community has advocated the adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as lower-income countries deal with the negative consequences of climate change. Scaling up such policies, practices, and programs successfully will require support from a variety of local stakeholders. Such support requires alignment between CSA solutions and the problem understandings of stakeholders. However, problem understandings can differ across individuals, stakeholder groups, and geographic areas. Consequently, we examine understandings of climate problems and socioeconomic and infrastructure problems related to agriculture among different stakeholder groups in Uganda and Senegal. We operationalized and measured these problem understandings following the detailed guidance of the political will and public will approach for analyzing social change. Semistructured interviews elicited stakeholder-generated lists of problems for each group. Limited quantification of problem understandings and their relative importance or “ripeness” demonstrates how contexts might shape opportunities for CSA.",
keywords = "climate change, developing countries, environment, governance",
author = "Raile, {Eric D.} and Young, {Linda M.} and Jackline Bonabana-Wabbi and Julian Kirinya and Samba Mbaye and Lena Wooldridge and Raile, {Amber N.W.} and Post, {Lori Ann}",
note = "Funding Information: Eric D. Raile is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Montana State University. His research focuses on political will and public will for social change, governance issues, and the environment. His research has been funded by agencies that include the National Science Foundation and U.S. Agency for International Development and published in outlets that include Political Research Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and Politics & Policy. Funding Information: Linda M. Young is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Montana State University. Her research focuses on trade policy and negotiations, agricultural development, and export competition issues, with case studies in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the European Union. She has received funding from the Hewlett Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She has published in numerous journals. Funding Information: CSA encompasses a range of potential solutions to a variety of problems (Steen-werth et al., 2014). Common CSA programs involve seeds that are more resilient to perturbations or more efficient water delivery systems. The U.S. Government{\textquoteright}s Feed the Future (FtF) initiative, which operates primarily in the sub-Saharan region, treats CSA as a topic that cuts across programs. FtF projects in Uganda involve education, research, and training activities to improve climate change adaptation, as well as work with policy advancement. Though drip irrigation projects are popular in Senegal, FtF has also implemented projects on nutrition and sustainable fisheries. The Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) sponsors climate-smart villages in both Uganda and Senegal (see Sanogo et al., 2016). CCAFS has also assisted with national adaptation planning in Uganda and has sponsored a climate information initiative that utilizes radio transmissions in Senegal. Another project in Uganda sponsored by the UN Development Program, FAO, and the Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA) aimed to increase productivity through sustainable soil and water management. In Senegal, the World Bank Group is implementing a project on female leadership, sustainable energy, and climate resilience. These are just a few of the many projects recently implemented in these countries and throughout Africa. Funding Information: Lori Ann Post is the Buehler Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University. She is the director of the Buehler Center for Health Economics and Policy. Her research focuses on public and political will for social change, including removal or mitigation of factors that enable violence against vulnerable populations. She has been funded by agencies that include the U.S. Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her work has been published in JMIR Medical Informatics and Politics & Policy. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Policy Studies Organization",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1111/ropr.12284",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "35",
pages = "302--325",
journal = "Review of Policy Research",
issn = "1541-132X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",
}
