Unique combinations of stakeholders in a transfrontier conservation area promote biodiversity-agriculture integration
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Chitakira, Munyaradzi
Torquebiau, Emmanuel
Ferguson, Jan Willem Helenus
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
The world seeks to balance biodiversity protection and food
production. Transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) provide
unique opportunities for strategies that combine agriculture with
biodiversity conservation at a landscape level, known as ecoagriculture.
We identified and consulted ecoagriculture stakeholders
in a smallholder farming community within a TFCA. Data were
obtained through key informant interviews and questionnaire surveys.
Eighty-eight percent of key informants indicated that planned
ecoagriculture was feasible in the area and 95% of interviewed
farmers positively considered to plan the integration of biodiversity
conservation and farming. Potential conflicts of interest were
revealed among stakeholders but to a large extent, stakeholder
roles and interests were complementary, creating an environment
conducive to effective coordinated ecoagriculture planning.
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Biodiversity conservation, Ecoagriculture landscape, Livelihoods, Stakeholder analysis
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Chitakira, M, Torquebiau, E & Ferguson, W 2012, 'Unique combinations of stakeholders in a transfrontier conservation area promote biodiversity-agriculture integration', Journalof Sustainable Agriculture, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 275-295.