1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on Crisis of Agricultural Production in Africa-From The "Increased Vulnerability"Point of View-
| Project/Area Number |
09680147
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIMADA Shuhei Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Professor, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (90170943)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Keywords | Vulnerability / Political Ecology / Africa / Agricultural Production / Food Crisis / Environmental Geography / Structural Adjustment Program / Coping Strategy |
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| Research Abstract |
African peasant farmers have various strategies to cope with the difficulties. However, they are said to have become more vulnerable not only to physical disaster but also socio-economic threat.
Vulnerability which means defencelessness, insecurity, and exposure to risk, shocks and stress, has been a key concept in the political ecology. Many studies have done which show that those who are more vulnerable are more apt to devastate their environment. So it is very important to understand better nature of people's vulnerability.
In this study, (1) theoretical development process of political ecology has been surveyed, (2) the importance of vulnerability study in political ecology has been studied with reference to the risk studies, and (3) the necessity of new approaches to the study on agricultural crisis in Africa are examined.
It has become clear that we need new approach to the study on agricultural crisis in Africa, which entail the shift of conceptual framework reflecting recent development in the study on sustainability and political ecology.
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