Collaborative Research: AOC: Reconceptualizing the Genesis of Change in Rural African Societies: Exploratory Research on the Co-Production of Land Use and Livelihood Change

合作研究：AOC：重新概念化非洲农村社会变革的起源：土地利用和生计变化共同生产的探索性研究

• 批准号: 0721508
• 负责人: Brent McCusker
• 金额: $ 8.05万
• 依托单位: West Virginia University Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0721508&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; AOC; Reconceptualizing; Genesis

This award is one of three collaborative awards for a project that supports social scientists from three U.S. universities (West Virginia University, the University of South Carolina, and Oregon State University) to partner with collaborators at the University of Malawi to study exactly how land use changes contribute to livelihood systems, and vice-versa, in Malawi, a developing African country. Natural resources are an essential component of the livelihood systems of poor people. Across the globe, human use of such resources is increasing rapidly with very little understanding of how this affects poverty levels. The central objective of the research is to test the hypothesis that land use and livelihood changes are co-produced, that is, deliberative decisions relating to both are made simultaneously, rather than in a driver-feedback manner as has often been suggested. The researchers will implement a diverse range of methods including field-based surveys, household economic modeling, and geographic information systems. The research outcomes will include a dataset of household interviews, maps of land use and land cover change, and empirical evidence relating to the project?s main hypotheses. The U.S. scientists will engage their foreign collaborators through both official university linkages and personal, long-standing, working relationships. The PI and Co-PIs will donate their time to teach courses at the University of Malawi. This research will provide direct educational experience for up to four U.S. university students to travel to Malawi to engage in scientific fieldwork. Indirectly, many other students will benefit from videos and project-related information presented in classes by the four professors. This project will inform policy makers on poverty and natural resources issues, focusing on how change in one affects change in the other. The project outcomes can then be used by policy makers in many developing countries as they develop strategies to alleviate such issues as poverty, AIDS, and the impact of climate changes on local populations.

该奖项是一个支持来自美国三所大学（西弗吉尼亚大学，南卡罗来纳大学和俄勒冈州立大学）的社会科学家的项目的三个合作奖之一变化有助于生计系统，反之亦然，在马拉维，一个发展中国家。自然资源是穷人生计制度的重要组成部分。在全球范围内，人类对这种资源的使用正在迅速增加，而对这对贫困水平的影响很少。这项研究的核心目的是检验以下假设：土地利用和生计变化是共同制作的，即与两者相关的审议决定是同时做出的，而不是以驾驶员的反馈方式，正如通常所建议的那样。研究人员将实施各种方法，包括基于现场的调查，家庭经济建模和地理信息系统。研究结果将包括家庭访谈的数据集，土地使用和土地覆盖变化的地图以及与该项目的主要假设有关的经验证据。美国科学家将通过官方的大学联系和个人，长期存在的工作关系与外国合作者互动。 PI和Co-Pis将捐出时间在马拉维大学教书。这项研究将为多达四名美国大学学生提供直接的教育经验，前往马拉维进行科学野外工作。间接地，许多其他学生将从四位教授在课堂上提供的视频和与项目相关的信息中受益。 该项目将向政策制定者提供有关贫困和自然资源问题的信息，重点关注一个变化如何影响另一方的变化。然后，许多发展中国家的政策制定者可以使用该项目成果，因为他们制定了减轻贫困，艾滋病和气候变化对当地人口的影响等问题的策略。