To understand the social and ecological structures and organisation of agrobiodiversity in the Western Ghats, the research team incorporates farmers' experiences in their research design and analysis. Using participatory methods and field experiments, the researchers tap into the knowledge of female and male farmers. In order to enable the integration of different strands of knowledge and to understand landscape level changes of a socio-ecological system, geospatial tools and technique are applied. Apart from indigenous farmers, other stakeholders such as agribusiness and tourism industry are included in the analysis to generate a holistic picture.
Building upon this joint research process, the collected data facilitates a critical engagement with the stakeholders’ different interests regarding land use and change dynamics.
Feedback workshops with all involved stakeholders create the space for mutual feedback, learning and insight into the local land users own assessment of the situation.
Preview: Handbook Cultivate Diversity!
The Rice Seed System in Wayanad
Briefing Note 8, 2014
Food for thought: Facing land use change in Wayanad.
Briefing Note 6, 2014 (Malayalam version)
"Cultivating Diversity": Results from the national level dialogue workshop. Briefing Note 5, 2014
Cultivate Diversity! A Handbook on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Agrobiodiversity Research. September 2013
Multi-stakeholder dialogue on land use: Transdisciplinary approaches to address landscape transformation in Kerala.
Briefing Note 4, 2013
Marketing Gandhakasala: Local varieties for livelihood options.
Briefing Note 3, 2013
Resilience in transformation: „A study into the capacity for resilience in indigenous communities in Wayanad“.
Briefing Note 2, 2013
Visions for Wayanad: „The land of paddy fields“.
Briefing Note 1, 2013
