Transformation Major difficulties with development conceptualisation, policy and practice conceptualisation of the multi-scale, multi-dimensional dynamics of structural change aspiration, process and project – multiple (conflated?) dimensions need for coordinated change different scales of analysis, range of complementary activities, services, demand & supply, capital development – across technical, institutional, human, physical, and natural capital and processes Development Process of survival, growth and change of the ‘livelisystems’ both of actors and of the emergent systems in which they are embedded. Actors & systems obtain provisioning, regulatory and supportive services from different forms of capital which they both accumulate & deplete. Dynamic and multi-scale interactions, Wide range of structural transformations and transformation processes, Technical and institutional innovation. Transformation critically important for agriculture & all FAC themes – but little policy recognition / attention - ?discourses?
Stepping up Stepping out Hanging in Falling down & out Frankfurt Seminar 6 September 2001 Structural transformations Economic, social, demographic, institutional, political, …… Spatial, sectoral, distributional Physical, ecological, biological Religious, spiritual, beliefs, values Livelihood & Livelisystem transformations Capitals / Assets Human Technology, skills, health Physical Infrastructure, equipment, etc Natural Food, environmental services Social Institutions, relations CAPITAL SERVICES – REGULATING, PROVISIONING, SUPPORTING; OPPORTUNITIES & THREATS TRENDS, SHOCKS; CYCLES Global Individual Municipality Community Provincial National Regional Stepping up Stepping out Hanging in Global Regional Technical & institutional innovation National Provincial Municipality CONSUMPTION, INVESTMENT Community Individual Falling down & out Transformation processes Differentiation, Accumulation, Destruction, Substitution, Specialisation, Diversification, Commercialisation, ………. South African Session
Agricultural Productivity Potential Frankfurt Seminar 6 September 2001 Low % farm income High % farm income Poor, high risk, thin markets Wealthy, low risk, thick markets good stepping out rural-urban rural-rural Access stepping up X poor hanging in? low high Agricultural Productivity Potential Adapted from ref 6 South African Session
Applications … Social protection & agricultural growth Youth Land Commercialisation Policy processes Climate change Pastoralism Science & technology innovation
Themes Cross cutting SPAG Comm. Pol Proc SciTecInn Land Youth Pastoralism Clim Chng GSocExcl CAADP Transformn. XXX Com. PP STI Past.. ClimCh