Agri-Food System Governance in Bangladesh’s Coastal Regions: Why the Socio-Ecological Systems Approach Needs to Be Politicized

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationPatuakhali Science and Technology Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for Natural Resource Studiesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAsian Mega-Deltasen_US
cg.creator.identifierDeepa Joshi: 0000-0003-1986-3431en_US
cg.creator.identifierMd Nurul Amin: 0000-0002-4620-0273en_US
cg.creator.identifierBryce Gallant: 0000-0003-0307-1616en_US
cg.creator.identifierMohamed Aheeyar: 0000-0002-2117-0602en_US
cg.creator.identifierJames Garrett: 0000-0003-4676-7859en_US
cg.creator.identifierMou Rani Sarker: 0000-0003-0571-6596en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25609/ijwg.11.2024.5780en_US
cg.journalInternational Journal of Water Governanceen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
cg.volume11en_US
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Deepaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchulze, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.authorAmin, Md Nurulen_US
dc.contributor.authorGallant, Bryceen_US
dc.contributor.authorAheeyar, Mohameden_US
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Mokhlesuren_US
dc.contributor.authorGarrett, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorSarker, Mou Ranien_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T06:14:20Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-14T06:14:20Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/168947en_US
dc.titleAgri-Food System Governance in Bangladesh’s Coastal Regions: Why the Socio-Ecological Systems Approach Needs to Be Politicizeden_US
dcterms.abstractWhile Bangladesh is reported as doing well in food production, there is increasing concern that this essentially deltaic and highly climate-vulnerable country will face steep challenges in food governance and productivity. Anthropogenic drivers shaped by narrow economic goals and sectoral policies have deeply altered Bangladesh’s food systems since the early 1960s and partly led to adverse outcomes. By combining policy and institutional analysis and primary research in Shyamnagar Upazila in Satkhira District in the southern coastal deltas, we revisit two key transi- tions – poldering and commercial shrimp farming – to reveal how diverse economic, social and political factors have shaped the effi ciency, inclusivity and sustainability of agri-food systems. These complex interactions between agri-food systems, the broader ecology and heterogeneity in poverty, gender and other social identities are poorly understood and accounted for in policies and programme interventions. This has resulted in unequal confl icts and contestations around critical resources, which impact most marginalized groups, also because policy incoherence encourages collusion between local elites and local decision-makers for resource appropriation and control. Conceptually, a social-ecological systems (SES) framework would identify these complexities. However, SES approaches tend to be technocratic and overlook the overtly economic framing of natural resources governance, diversity among local communities, and the politics of resource ap- propriation. This gap can be remedied by merging SES thinking with a critical political ecology lens to trace the historical, scalar and deeply intersectional nature of socio-ecological relations.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceNGOsen_US
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationD. Joshi, P. Schulze, Md N. Amin, B. Gallant, M. Aheeyar, M. Rahman, J. Garrett and M. Rani Sarker, Agri-food system governance in Bangladesh’s coastal regions: Why the socio-ecological systems approach needs to be politicized. International Journal of Water Governance 11: 121–144.en_US
dcterms.extent121–144en_US
dcterms.issued2025-01-07en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherTU Delft OPENen_US
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectsocioecological systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectproductivityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate resilienceen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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