Six Myths about Ontologies: The Basics of Formal Ontology
Joseph Tanui: Grassroots participation in land regeneration through the Landcare approach #BeatingFamine
1. Grassroots participation in land regeneration
through the Landcare approach
Joseph Tanui, Mieke Bourne & Joan Cheronoh
World Agroforestry Centre
2. Defining Landcare – Landcare International
As a MOVEMENT ... Landcare is a movement of
autonomous farmer-led organizations.
As an APPROACH ... Landcare is an extension approach/
method that rapidly and inexpensively disseminates
agroforestry practices.
As a BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ... Landcare is a set of
appropriate land management practices.
As an ETHIC, a PHILOSOPHY ... Landcare is an ethic, a
philosophy that enables individuals and communities to
approach agriculture in a nurturing way.
5. Landcare Australia
Landcare is an amazing grass roots movement
that harnesses individuals and groups under the
ethic of caring for the land.
Landcare is a voluntary community movement of
about 4500 groups across Australia
National Landcare program initiated in 1989.
About 40% of Australian farmers are involved in
Landcare
Landcare in Australia initiated as a community
response to large scale land degradation.
6. Landcare Principles South Africa
Integrated Sustainable Natural Resource Management
addressing natural resource decline
Community based and led natural resource management within
a participatory framework
The development of sustainable livelihoods for individuals,
groups and communities utilizing empowerment strategies
Government, community and individual capacity building
through targeted training, education, and support mechanisms
The development of active and true partnerships between
governments, Landcare groups and communities, NGOs, and
industry
The blending together of appropriate upper level policy
processes with bottom up feedback mechanisms
7.
8. Institutional Challenges for African Farming
Break-down in traditional & modern systems of natural
resource governance
Current approaches to extension are reductionist focusing on
technical and component specific solutions, leaving many issues
unaddressed
Barriers to income generation and investments of rural
communities are poorly addresses by current development
strategies
Few mechanisms for cooperation among communities and
district institutions (local government, development
organizations, etc.) on land management
Potential of District as nexus for development & innovation is
very under-exploited
13. Addressing Institutional Challenges
Ensuring participation, ownership and demand-driven
development
Linking biophysical, governance and socio-economic factors
in formulating solutions (need for multi-institutional
strategies)
Seeking sustainability through processes that link livelihoods
and conservation (understanding & managing trade-offs)
Enhancing the role of local government in legitimizing
district level processes
Need for historical perspective and strategy to build on past
experiences
14. Methodology
Multi-Level Action Research & Learning
Program Level:
Analysis &
Synthesis IPGs
of Cases (Best Practice)
Program-Level
Planning of Research
Community Level: & Facilitation Processes
Re-
Problem Planning PM&E
Diagnosis /
Appreciative Planning Implementation Implementation
Inquiry
16. Innovation platforms
Kapchorwa Landcare Chapter : District level innovation Platform
Formation of a village representative
committee drawn from Landcare
members in 50 households per village,
initially in 4 villages
Committee representative, and village
head elected to the parish level
Parish level committee members
constitute the community’s
representation to the district Landcare
chapter, with inclusion from NGOs,
CBOs.
Members also include, Local government,
Action Aid, Alliance of civil society
organization, Sebeny Elders Association,
Community based organizations ( TUFA,
CIFA, Tuikat Watershed)
17. Negotiating support
Issues: Opportunities:
- Boundary demarcation - Co-management law reinforcing community
- Access & use to park resources claims
- Local UWA-community conflict - Opportunities for increased forest protection
- Illegal logging with blame placed through greater local involvement (re-definition
on clearing for agriculture of “custodians”)
- Physical & sexual abuse - Collective action a pre-condition for eliminating
scapegoats used by guards
- Common interests by communities & national UWA
Figure 3: Community discussing protected area
boundary
18. Local byelaw reforms
Emerging Outcomes
Development of bylaws and
documentation of a participatory bylaw
making process
Local government involvement in
legitimizing the process and supporting
its implementation
Adoption of soil and water
conservation technologies and practices
in the area
Initiatives to scale out the documented
process in neighbouring communities
Figure 2 : A sustainable environment