Ecosystem services and small-holder farming practices -between payments, development support and right- an integrated approach (ILMI Working paper 10)

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dc.contributor.authorBloemertz, Lena
dc.contributor.authorNaanda, Martha
dc.contributor.authorWingate, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorAngombe, Simon
dc.contributor.authorKuhn, Nikolaus
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T13:03:33Z
dc.date.available2019-01-30T13:03:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.description.abstractSmall-scale farmers in north-central Namibia face numerous challenges, ranging from low crop yields, high rainfall variability and land degradation which is threatening the long-term productivity of the land, to social changes that are reducing the work force available for farming. This paper aims to assess existing land use practices (LUPs) and to determine their relationship to ecosystem services (ES). As agriculture (crop and livestock farming) is the dominant land use in northern Namibia, it is the main driver influencing environmental services and will be in the focus here. We suggest ways of combining an improvement of provisioning services (especially food production and thus livelihoods of small-scale farmers) together with regulating services (e.g. climate regulation through carbon storage and soil fertility conservation) to create multiple benefits at the landscape level. In addition to identifying suitable LUPs, we argue that any activity trying to improve ES should count on the already existing initiatives and interventions and look for synergies and complementarities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBloemertz, L., Naanda, M., Wingate, V., Angombe, S., & Kuhn, N. (2018). Ecosystem services and small-holder farming practices -between payments, development support and right- an integrated approach (ILMI Working paper 10). Windhoek, Namibia: Namibia University of Science and Technology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10628/622
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNamibia University of Science and Technology, Integrated Land Management Instituteen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;10
dc.subjectagriculture, aid, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, environment, farming, food security, land use practices, north-central Namibiaen_US
dc.titleEcosystem services and small-holder farming practices -between payments, development support and right- an integrated approach (ILMI Working paper 10)en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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