Facilitating a sustainable transition in the agricultural sector in Uganda through permaculture, strategic niche management design, socio-technical experimentation and network weaving.
Author
Kwala, Geoffrey
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2023
Submitted on
2023-01-05
Pages
100
Abstract
At brødføde en voksende verden – anslået 10 milliarder mennesker i 2050 – med dagens industrielle landbrug risikerer at forstærke fødevareusikkerhed samt skade økosystemer og biodiversitet. Denne afhandling undersøger disse sammenhængende wicked problems og ser på regenerativt landbrug som en mulig vej frem med Ugandan Permaculture Consortium (UPC) som case. Studiet anvender strategisk nichestyring (at skabe beskyttede rum for lovende praksisser) og socio-tekniske eksperimenter (at afprøve nye kombinationer af teknologi, praksis og social organisering i virkelige sammenhænge). Først skitseres det globale landbrugssystem, hvorefter fokus er på Uganda med bud på, hvad der skal til for at ændre systemet. Med et multiniveaoperspektiv, der forbinder små innovationer, etablerede systemer og bredere samfundspres, analyseres UPC’s strategi og projekter. Til sidst identificeres netværksudfordringer, og der foreslås et design til at styrke samarbejdet: etablering af arbejdsgrupper, brug af interessement-redskaber – værktøjer og tiltag der tiltrækker og afstemmer aktører – samt fælles aktiviteter på tværs af projekter for at opbygge et mere stabilt netværk.
Feeding a growing world—an estimated 10 billion people by 2050—under today’s industrial agriculture risks deepening food insecurity and harming ecosystems and biodiversity. This thesis examines these interconnected wicked problems and explores regenerative agriculture as a potential path forward, using the Ugandan Permaculture Consortium (UPC) as a case. The study applies strategic niche management (creating protected spaces for promising practices) and socio-technical experimentation (testing new combinations of technology, practice, and social organization in real settings). It first outlines the global agricultural system and then focuses on Uganda, hypothesizing what would be needed to shift the system. Using a multi-level perspective that links small-scale innovations, established systems, and wider societal pressures, it analyzes UPC’s strategy and projects. Finally, it identifies network challenges and proposes a design to strengthen collaboration: forming working groups, using interessement devices—tools and arrangements that attract and align stakeholders—and creating shared activities across projects to build a more stable network.
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Keywords
Strategic niche management ; Socio technical experimentation ; Permaculture ; Agroforestry ; Network weaving ; Network ; Uganda ; Agriculture ; Sustainable Transition ; Grassroots ; Co-design ; Agricultural sector ; Roadmap ; Collective Impact ; Strategy ; Innovation ; HYLO ; SEEDs ; Agroecological Criteria Tool ; ACT ; Interessement Device ; Boundary object ; Impact funding ; Community ; Cryptocurrency ; Technology ; Assessment ; Pilot Project ; Project draft ; Project Management
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