Withdrawing, resisting, maintaining and adapting: food security and vulnerability in Jumla, Nepal

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• 作者：Kamal Gaire ; Ruth Beilin ; Fiona Miller
• 关键词：Food security ; Vulnerability ; Social–ecological systems ; Coping ; Adaptation ; Risk
• 刊名：Regional Environmental Change
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：8
• 页码：1667-1678
• 全文大小：557 KB
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• 作者单位：Kamal Gaire (1)
  Ruth Beilin (1)
  Fiona Miller (2)
  
  1. Department of Resource Management and Geography, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia
  2. Department of Environment and Geography, Faculty of Science, E7A Building, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Environment
  Geoecology and Natural Processes
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Geography
  Nature Conservation
  Regional Science
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1436-378X

文摘

The food security discourse has shifted from a narrow focus on food supply to a greater consideration of access, entitlements and sustainability. An emphasis on vulnerability has coincided with increased recognition that the causes of food insecurity are the result of a complex interaction between ecological, social, political and economic events and processes. Understanding the strategies that people employ to respond to these risks is critical to identifying pathways for change towards greater food security. We explore people’s explanations of and responses in the context of changes to their livelihoods and the wider social–ecological system (SES) in which they are embedded. An integrated vulnerability framework, drawing on a SES approach, was applied to structure data collection, analysis and discussion in a food insecure region in Nepal. Using in-depth interviews, focus groups and historical data, we have examined negotiation processes, decision-making, actions and interactions within social–ecological practices. Four distinct narratives and responses emerge—those of withdrawal, resistance, maintaining and/or adapting to food insecure situations. These stories reveal the complexity of managing the lived experience of food insecurity. They highlight the need for adaptive policy responses and point towards pathways that are likely to contribute to greater food security. Keywords Food security Vulnerability Social–ecological systems Coping Adaptation Risk