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Provedor de dados: 	7	
País: 	Canada	
Título: 	Success Factors in Integrated Natural Resource Management R&amp;D: Lessons from Practice	
Autores: 	Chuma, Edward; University of Zimbabwe; chuma@africaonline.co.zw; Murwira, Kuda; Rural Development Consultant/Facilitator; kmurwira@zol.co.zw; Connolly, Mike; Agritex-GTZ Change Management Program; Mconnoly@internet.co.zw; Ficarelli, Paolo; Broadening Agricultural Service Delivery Program; BASE.GTZ@pixie.co.za.	
Data: 	2002-01-15	
Ano: 	2002	
Palavras-chave: 	Change management; Facilitation; Impact assessment; Institutionalization; Learning processes; Local organizational development; Natural resource management; Participatory approaches; Systemic intervention.	
Resumo: 	This paper analyzes integrated natural resource management (INRM) lessons and success factors based on a practical case study over more than 10 years in Zimbabwe. The work was geared toward enhancing the adaptive management capacity of the stakeholders in their resource-use systems. One main result was the development and institutionalization of an approach for participatory and integrated NRM research and extension. The INRM approach described is grounded in a learning paradigm and a combination of theories: the constructivist perspective to development, systemic intervention, and learning process approaches. Participatory action research and experiential learning, in which researchers engage themselves as actors rather than neutral analysts in an R&amp;amp;D process to explore the livelihood system and develop appropriate solutions together with the resource users, has shown high potential. However, this should be guided by a clear strategy, impact orientation, and high-quality process facilitation at different levels. The case study revealed the importance of a &amp;#8220;reflective practitioner&amp;#8221; approach by all actors. More effective response to the challenges of increasing complexity in NRM requires a shift in thinking from the linearity of research&amp;#8211;extension&amp;#8211;farmer to alternative, multiple-actor institutional arrangements and innovation systems. To overcome the weak attribution of research outcomes to actual impact, it also suggests an alternative to conventional impact assessment in INRM R&amp;amp;D interventions.	
Tipo: 	Peer-Reviewed Reports	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	vol5/iss2/art29/	
Editor: 	Resilience Alliance	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ecology and Society; Vol. 5, No. 2 (2002)