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Transformation strategies in agriculture

  • Agriculture across the world is being transformed by the dynamic interaction of environ-mental and socio-economic factors such as the demand of global markets, urbanization, agricultural commercialization and intensification, climate change, concentration and ver-tical integration of food and bioenergy production. Innovation to adapt agricultural produc-tion to these challenges has to tackle the contemporary complexity of agricultural systems and its changing framework. The Zayandeh Rud river basin in Central Iran urgently needs forward-looking strategies for agricultural production in the midst of the acute problems of water scarcity and unequal water distribution between sectors and regions. The imbalance between water quantity and demand over the last two decades has motivated policy mak-ers and managers to seek measures and strategies to reduce agricultural water use while minimizing losses in agricultural revenues. Addressing this complexity requires adaptation strategies in agriculture and rural development based onAgriculture across the world is being transformed by the dynamic interaction of environ-mental and socio-economic factors such as the demand of global markets, urbanization, agricultural commercialization and intensification, climate change, concentration and ver-tical integration of food and bioenergy production. Innovation to adapt agricultural produc-tion to these challenges has to tackle the contemporary complexity of agricultural systems and its changing framework. The Zayandeh Rud river basin in Central Iran urgently needs forward-looking strategies for agricultural production in the midst of the acute problems of water scarcity and unequal water distribution between sectors and regions. The imbalance between water quantity and demand over the last two decades has motivated policy mak-ers and managers to seek measures and strategies to reduce agricultural water use while minimizing losses in agricultural revenues. Addressing this complexity requires adaptation strategies in agriculture and rural development based on multi-stakeholder interaction. The report at hand is one outcome of the project “Integrated Water Resources Manage-ment Zayandeh Rud” (3/2016 - 12/2018). It is an outcome of a strongly interactive process with local stakeholders designed and moderated in a cooperation between the German and Iranian project partners. The information gained in through the participatory process was synthesized into ten transformation strategies that are grouped into four focus areas (Capacity Development, Agricultural Management, Water Distribution, and Land Manage-ment and Soil Fertility). The participatory process and the resulting strategies with measures for their implementation are detailed in this report. Important for the success of the agricultural transformation is the willingness of govern-ments, farmers, donors, companies and civil society organizations to assume responsibil-ities, take risks and change behaviors at the level of individuals, organizations and society to pursue an accepted solution within the basin. The Iranian commitment to implementing IWRM in the Zayandeh Rud Basin and the two phases of the BMBF-funded project “IWRM” have been crucial steps towards the path to enhance the socio-economic and environmental situation in the Zayandeh Rud Basin. The comprehensive, deep and par-tially difficult but target-oriented discussions of the multi-stakeholders during the participa-tory workshops have been valuable contributions to improve communication and, there-fore, the understanding of the diverse perspectives on the same challenging need for transformation. Key to all the proposed transformation strategies in the report are activities to continue the development of a common knowledge base and set of tools, so that integrated re-source management plans can be put forward and continually evaluated. Also empha-sized is the need to involve all stakeholders to prevent fear of bias from hindering general acceptance of the tools. This is essential since none of the strategies can be expected to reduce basin-wide agricultural water use by themselves if the overall area of irrigated cul-tivated land area is not reduced.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Verfasserangaben:S. Kraatz, M. Zare, J.A. Libra, P. Grundmann, M.N. Reyhani, O. Zamani, U. Hunstock, H. Jacobs
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:186-opus4-167330
ISBN:0947-7314
Titelzusatz (Englisch):Project report: integrated water resource management in the Zayandeh Rud River Basin
Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer):Bornimer Agrartechnische Berichte (104)
Verlagsort:Potsdam
Dokumentart:Einzelveröffentlichung / Monografie
Sprache:Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:2021
Veröffentlichende Institution:Stadt - und Landesbibliothek Potsdam
Urhebende Körperschaft:Leibniz Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e. V. (ATB)
Sonstige Beteiligte Körperschaft:runlevel3 GmbH
Datum der Freischaltung:02.11.2021
Seitenzahl:108 Seiten
Landkreise / Gemeinden:Potsdam / Potsdam, Stadt
Kollektionen :Institutionen / Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB) / Bornimer Agrartechnische Berichte
Lizenz (Deutsch):Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht.
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