eprintid: 11569
rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2020-08-24 12:30:13
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creators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
creators_name: Moyo, M
creators_name: Bjornlund, H
creators_name: Dube, T
creators_name: Parry, K
creators_name: Stirzaker, R
icrisatcreators_name: van Rooyen, A F
icrisatcreators_name: Moyo, M
icrisatcreators_name: Dube, T
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia
affiliation: CSIRO Agriculture and Food , Canberra
country: Zimbabwe
country: Australia
title: Identifying leverage points to transition dysfunctional irrigation schemes towards complex adaptive systems
ispublished: pub
subjects: S21
subjects: s17
subjects: s4004
subjects: s53
divisions: CRPS5
crps: crp1.13
full_text_status: public
keywords: Small-scale irrigation, Complex adaptive systems,
Leverage points, System diagnostics, Zimbabwe
note: This research was part of the project Increasing Irrigation Water Productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through On-Farm Monitoring, Adaptive Management and Agricultural Innovation Platforms, funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (FSC/
2013/006) and supported in Zimbabwe by the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), supported by the CGIAR Trust Fund.
abstract: This article explores the value of Ostrom’s socio-ecological systems
framework and Meadows’s leverage point hierarchy, as structured diagnostics, to define systemic problems and avoid approaches based on linear thinking. These frameworks were applied as an ex post analysis of an irrigation scheme in Zimbabwe, drawing on the scheme’s baseline condition and the intervention outcomes. Strong leverage points, particularly those driving feedback mechanisms
and institutional design, interacted with other intervention points, initiating systemic change. This analysis suggests that dysfunctional schemes can be transitioned towards complex adaptive systems by
using agricultural innovation platforms to identify systemic challenges and intervention points.
date: 2020-05
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI)
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: 1-28
id_number: doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1747409
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1747409
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.1080%2F07900627.2020.1747409&btnG=
funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
funders: CGIAR Trust Fund
citation:   Van Rooyen, A F and Moyo, M and Bjornlund, H and Dube, T and Parry, K and Stirzaker, R  (2020) Identifying leverage points to transition dysfunctional irrigation schemes towards complex adaptive systems.  International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI).  pp. 1-28.  ISSN 0790-0627     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11569/1/07900627.2020_B.pdf