Jens A Andersson
Biographic Data
| ID | 80799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jens A Andersson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jens A |
| FAMILY NAME | Andersson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSSON J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade‐offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid‐hills of Nepal
Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade‐offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade‐off…
Regenerative Agriculture
Agriculture is in crisis. Soil health is collapsing. Biodiversity faces the sixth mass extinction. Crop yields are plateauing. Against this crisis narrative swells a clarion call for Regenerative Agriculture. But what is Regenerative Agriculture, and why is it gaining such prominence? Which problems does it solve, and how? Here we address these questions from an agronomic perspective. The term Regenerative Agriculture has actually been in use for…
Why are lions killing us? Human-wildlife conflict and social discontent in Mbire District, northern Zimbabwe
An emerging perspective on Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Zimbabwe is that increased authoritarianism in governance has enabled elite capture of wildlife resources and silenced local people's voices. This paper qualifies this perspective, showing how ordinary people continue to raise their concerns about local governance. In the Mbire district, people's interpretations of an upsurge in lion attacks on livestock and people …
From adoption claims to understanding farmers and contexts
Failing to Yield? Ploughs, Conservation Agriculture and the Problem of Agricultural Intensification
Agricultural intensification, or increasing yield, has been a persistent theme in policy interventions in African smallholder agriculture. This article focuses on two hegemonic policy models of such intensification: (1) the ‘Alvord model’ of plough-based, integrated crop-livestock farming promoted in colonial Zimbabwe; and (2) minimum-tillage mulch-based, Conservation Agriculture, as currently preached by a wide range of international agricultura…
Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in Livelihood Vulnerability Analysis
Murungweni, C., M. T. Van Wijk, J. A. Andersson, E. M. A. Smaling, and K. E. Giller. 2011. Application of fuzzy cognitive mapping in livelihood vulnerability analysis. Ecology and Society 16(4): 8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04393-160408
Competing Claims on Natural Resources
Giller, K. E., C. Leeuwis, J. A. Andersson, W. Andriesse, A. Brouwer, P. Frost, P. Hebinck, I. Heitkönig, M. K. van Ittersum, N. Koning, R. Ruben, M. Slingerland, H. Udo, T. Veldkamp, C. van de Vijver, M. T. van Wijk, and P. Windmeijer. 2008. Competing claims on natural resources: what role for science?. Ecology and Society 13(2): 34. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02595-130234
Starter Packs
Although Starter Packs are nowadays often associated with the introductory packages of mobile telephone providers, in rural Malawi they refer to a policy that sought to achieve national food security through the distribution of tiny bags of free inputs—improved maize seed, legumes and fertilizer—to smallholder farmers. First implemented in 1998/99 as a universal policy, the Starter Pack programme was continued up to 2003/04, albeit in a scaled-do…
Informal moves, informal markets
International migration from Malawi has changed profoundly since centrally organized mine migration to South Africa ended in the 1980s. Contemporary movements are more diverse and less tied to labour, as informal trade has developed alongside. This article replaces a common ‘productivist’ perspective on migration with a decentralized approach, using ethnographic observation and anthropological case studies to understand interrelated flows of peop…
Administrators' Knowledge and State Control in Colonial Zimbabwe
The power of the state to impose its self-produced categories of thought poses a major problem to Zimbabwe historiography which has often taken as unproblematic the relation between knowledge about, and control over, African societies as presented in the state's archives. This article challenges this hegemonic view of the colonial state, presenting an alternative interpretation of administrative reports on Buhera district. It shows how Buhera soc…
Sorcery in the Era of 'Henry IV
Recent studies of witchcraft and sorcery in Africa have described this domain as an all-powerful and inescapable discourse. This article, on a migrant labour society in Zimbabwe, discloses a situation in which this discourse and its interpretation are contested. It shows how existential insecurity, which gives rise to witchcraft accusations, relates to the high incidence of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses and death - euphemistically called Henry IV (H…
Reinterpreting the Rural-Urban Connection
In the academic debate on labour migration and urbanisation in Southern Africa the persistence of links between urban workers and people in rural areas has proved a pertinent issue. As is implied by the term labour migration, economic forces have always been regarded as a major determinant of migratory behaviour. State-centred perspectives have dominated studies of rural–urban migration in Zimbabwe, where a restrictive legal framework regulated m…
The Politics of Land Scarcity
Conflicts over land, a major theme in Zimbabwe's rural history, are widely recognized as 'most serious' in the densely populated Communal Areas. Pressure on land in these areas is considerable because of population growth and the segregationist policies of the colonial government that concentrated Africans on marginal lands. Land scarcity in the Communal Areas does not, however, mean that conflicts over land are always economically motivated. As …
Reinterpreting the Rural-Urban Connection
In the academic debate on labour migration and urbanisation in Southern Africa the persistence of links between urban workers and people in rural areas has proved a pertinent issue. As is implied by the term labour migration, economic forces have always been regarded as a major determinant of migratory behaviour. State-centred perspectives have dominated studies of rural–urban migration in Zimbabwe, where a restrictive legal framework regulated m…
Informal moves, informal markets
International migration from Malawi has changed profoundly since centrally organized mine migration to South Africa ended in the 1980s. Contemporary movements are more diverse and less tied to labour, as informal trade has developed alongside. This article replaces a common ‘productivist’ perspective on migration with a decentralized approach, using ethnographic observation and anthropological case studies to understand interrelated flows of peop…
The Politics of Land Scarcity
Conflicts over land, a major theme in Zimbabwe's rural history, are widely recognized as 'most serious' in the densely populated Communal Areas. Pressure on land in these areas is considerable because of population growth and the segregationist policies of the colonial government that concentrated Africans on marginal lands. Land scarcity in the Communal Areas does not, however, mean that conflicts over land are always economically motivated. As …
Sorcery in the Era of 'Henry IV
Recent studies of witchcraft and sorcery in Africa have described this domain as an all-powerful and inescapable discourse. This article, on a migrant labour society in Zimbabwe, discloses a situation in which this discourse and its interpretation are contested. It shows how existential insecurity, which gives rise to witchcraft accusations, relates to the high incidence of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses and death - euphemistically called Henry IV (H…
Competing Claims on Natural Resources
Giller, K. E., C. Leeuwis, J. A. Andersson, W. Andriesse, A. Brouwer, P. Frost, P. Hebinck, I. Heitkönig, M. K. van Ittersum, N. Koning, R. Ruben, M. Slingerland, H. Udo, T. Veldkamp, C. van de Vijver, M. T. van Wijk, and P. Windmeijer. 2008. Competing claims on natural resources: what role for science?. Ecology and Society 13(2): 34. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02595-130234
Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in Livelihood Vulnerability Analysis
Murungweni, C., M. T. Van Wijk, J. A. Andersson, E. M. A. Smaling, and K. E. Giller. 2011. Application of fuzzy cognitive mapping in livelihood vulnerability analysis. Ecology and Society 16(4): 8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04393-160408
Administrators' Knowledge and State Control in Colonial Zimbabwe
The power of the state to impose its self-produced categories of thought poses a major problem to Zimbabwe historiography which has often taken as unproblematic the relation between knowledge about, and control over, African societies as presented in the state's archives. This article challenges this hegemonic view of the colonial state, presenting an alternative interpretation of administrative reports on Buhera district. It shows how Buhera soc…
Why are lions killing us? Human-wildlife conflict and social discontent in Mbire District, northern Zimbabwe
An emerging perspective on Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Zimbabwe is that increased authoritarianism in governance has enabled elite capture of wildlife resources and silenced local people's voices. This paper qualifies this perspective, showing how ordinary people continue to raise their concerns about local governance. In the Mbire district, people's interpretations of an upsurge in lion attacks on livestock and people …
The Politics of Land Scarcity
Conflicts over land, a major theme in Zimbabwe's rural history, are widely recognized as 'most serious' in the densely populated Communal Areas. Pressure on land in these areas is considerable because of population growth and the segregationist policies of the colonial government that concentrated Africans on marginal lands. Land scarcity in the Communal Areas does not, however, mean that conflicts over land are always economically motivated. As …
Reinterpreting the Rural-Urban Connection
In the academic debate on labour migration and urbanisation in Southern Africa the persistence of links between urban workers and people in rural areas has proved a pertinent issue. As is implied by the term labour migration, economic forces have always been regarded as a major determinant of migratory behaviour. State-centred perspectives have dominated studies of rural–urban migration in Zimbabwe, where a restrictive legal framework regulated m…
Administrators' Knowledge and State Control in Colonial Zimbabwe
The power of the state to impose its self-produced categories of thought poses a major problem to Zimbabwe historiography which has often taken as unproblematic the relation between knowledge about, and control over, African societies as presented in the state's archives. This article challenges this hegemonic view of the colonial state, presenting an alternative interpretation of administrative reports on Buhera district. It shows how Buhera soc…
Sorcery in the Era of 'Henry IV
Recent studies of witchcraft and sorcery in Africa have described this domain as an all-powerful and inescapable discourse. This article, on a migrant labour society in Zimbabwe, discloses a situation in which this discourse and its interpretation are contested. It shows how existential insecurity, which gives rise to witchcraft accusations, relates to the high incidence of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses and death - euphemistically called Henry IV (H…
Informal moves, informal markets
International migration from Malawi has changed profoundly since centrally organized mine migration to South Africa ended in the 1980s. Contemporary movements are more diverse and less tied to labour, as informal trade has developed alongside. This article replaces a common ‘productivist’ perspective on migration with a decentralized approach, using ethnographic observation and anthropological case studies to understand interrelated flows of peop…
Starter Packs
Although Starter Packs are nowadays often associated with the introductory packages of mobile telephone providers, in rural Malawi they refer to a policy that sought to achieve national food security through the distribution of tiny bags of free inputs—improved maize seed, legumes and fertilizer—to smallholder farmers. First implemented in 1998/99 as a universal policy, the Starter Pack programme was continued up to 2003/04, albeit in a scaled-do…
Competing Claims on Natural Resources
Giller, K. E., C. Leeuwis, J. A. Andersson, W. Andriesse, A. Brouwer, P. Frost, P. Hebinck, I. Heitkönig, M. K. van Ittersum, N. Koning, R. Ruben, M. Slingerland, H. Udo, T. Veldkamp, C. van de Vijver, M. T. van Wijk, and P. Windmeijer. 2008. Competing claims on natural resources: what role for science?. Ecology and Society 13(2): 34. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02595-130234
Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in Livelihood Vulnerability Analysis
Murungweni, C., M. T. Van Wijk, J. A. Andersson, E. M. A. Smaling, and K. E. Giller. 2011. Application of fuzzy cognitive mapping in livelihood vulnerability analysis. Ecology and Society 16(4): 8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04393-160408
Failing to Yield? Ploughs, Conservation Agriculture and the Problem of Agricultural Intensification
Agricultural intensification, or increasing yield, has been a persistent theme in policy interventions in African smallholder agriculture. This article focuses on two hegemonic policy models of such intensification: (1) the ‘Alvord model’ of plough-based, integrated crop-livestock farming promoted in colonial Zimbabwe; and (2) minimum-tillage mulch-based, Conservation Agriculture, as currently preached by a wide range of international agricultura…
From adoption claims to understanding farmers and contexts
Why are lions killing us? Human-wildlife conflict and social discontent in Mbire District, northern Zimbabwe
An emerging perspective on Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Zimbabwe is that increased authoritarianism in governance has enabled elite capture of wildlife resources and silenced local people's voices. This paper qualifies this perspective, showing how ordinary people continue to raise their concerns about local governance. In the Mbire district, people's interpretations of an upsurge in lion attacks on livestock and people …
Regenerative Agriculture
Agriculture is in crisis. Soil health is collapsing. Biodiversity faces the sixth mass extinction. Crop yields are plateauing. Against this crisis narrative swells a clarion call for Regenerative Agriculture. But what is Regenerative Agriculture, and why is it gaining such prominence? Which problems does it solve, and how? Here we address these questions from an agronomic perspective. The term Regenerative Agriculture has actually been in use for…
Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade‐offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid‐hills of Nepal
Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade‐offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade‐off…
Political science (9 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works)