Linley Chiwona‐karltun
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linley Chiwona‐karltun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linley |
| FAMILY NAME | Chiwona‐karltun |
| SIGNATURE | KARLTUN L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2441-3814 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Analyzing environmental communication and citizen science in the context of environmental monitoring and assessment for Agenda 2030 in rural settings of Chile and Sweden
Introduction This article offers an analysis of environmental communication (EC) and citizen science (CS) in the context of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMA) for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Life on Land) in Chile and Sweden. Methods The paper is based on fieldwork in two rural study areas of Chile and Sweden where we followed different CS initiatives in relation to EMA and Agenda 2030. We conducted interview…
Rendering smallholders social
Drawing on 36 studies in 19 countries and three continents, conducted over forty years, this paper revisits the question of how and why smallholders – and smallholdings – persist in the Global South even under conditions of rapid social and economic transformation. The paper argues that a significant part of the answer to this question can be found by taking a social relational approach: by ‘rendering’ the smallholder social. We identify five soc…
Local community perception on medicinal plant knowledge use and influencing variables among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia
Background: In Ethiopia, affordability, religious beliefs, and access to healthcare facilities are theoretically linked with the preferences for medicinal plant knowledge uses. Yet, there is still insufficient information about the factors contributing to the link between medicinal plant knowledge use and associated drivers. This study aimed to assess the factors influencing local communities' preferences and perceptions of medicinal plant knowle…
Influence of socio-demographic factors on medicinal plant knowledge among three selected ethnic groups in south-central Ethiopia
Background The influence of socio-demographic variables was widely explored to evaluate their impact on indigenous and local ethnobotanical knowledge. However, the studies conducted in Ethiopia mainly focused on rural areas. They were limited to exploring and documenting ethnobotanical knowledge and the associated impacts of socio-demographic variables in rural-urban interface areas among ethnic groups. Hence, this study aimed to document plant-b…
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia
Background Documenting traditional knowledge on plant use among ethnic groups has enabled researchers to obtain a better understanding of how indigenous flora is seen and used in daily life. Their therapeutic applications will also encourage future conservation and phytochemical research, potentially leading to the development of novel drugs. However, past ethnobotanical studies conducted in Ethiopia mainly focused on rural areas, and limited cov…
Critical Reflexivity in Political Ecology Research
It is not just the world but our ways of producing knowledge that are in crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed our interconnected vulnerabilities in ways never seen before while underscoring the need for emancipation in particular from the hegemonic knowledge politics that underpin “business-as-usual” academic research that have both contributed to and failed to address the systemic challenges laid bare by the pandemic. Political ecologists t…
Rural entrepreneurship and the context
Purpose This study aims to examine how women's groups help women to navigate context-related barriers to their engagement in rural entrepreneurship. The paper combines the contextualisation of entrepreneurship framework and the feminist separatist theory to describe how women's groups in patriarchal rural communities enable women to circumvent context-related barriers and actively engage in rural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Base…
Covid-19
Like the rest of the world, African countries are reeling from the health, economic and social effects of COVID-19. The continent’s governments have responded by imposing rigorous lockdowns to limit the spread of the virus. The various lockdown measures are undermining food security, because stay at home orders have among others, threatened food production for a continent that relies heavily on agriculture as the bedrock of the economy. This arti…
Coping with the Double Crisis
Farmer Preference, Utilization, and Biochemical Composition of Improved Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Varieties in Southeastern Africa
Bio-Ethanol Production from Non-Food Parts of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
The importance of being bitter—a qualitative study on cassava cultivar preference in Malawi
We conducted qualitative interviews in Nkhata‐Bay district in Malawi to elucidate why farmers preferentially grow cassava cultivars providing bitter roots. Cassava was mainly grown to produce flour for making the staple food, kondowole. Plants were identified as belonging to one of the 54 mentioned cultivars with local names. All the farmers stated that bitter taste of roots predicted toxicity and necessity for processing. Cultivars were grouped …
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia
Background Documenting traditional knowledge on plant use among ethnic groups has enabled researchers to obtain a better understanding of how indigenous flora is seen and used in daily life. Their therapeutic applications will also encourage future conservation and phytochemical research, potentially leading to the development of novel drugs. However, past ethnobotanical studies conducted in Ethiopia mainly focused on rural areas, and limited cov…
Critical Reflexivity in Political Ecology Research
It is not just the world but our ways of producing knowledge that are in crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed our interconnected vulnerabilities in ways never seen before while underscoring the need for emancipation in particular from the hegemonic knowledge politics that underpin “business-as-usual” academic research that have both contributed to and failed to address the systemic challenges laid bare by the pandemic. Political ecologists t…
Rendering smallholders social
Drawing on 36 studies in 19 countries and three continents, conducted over forty years, this paper revisits the question of how and why smallholders – and smallholdings – persist in the Global South even under conditions of rapid social and economic transformation. The paper argues that a significant part of the answer to this question can be found by taking a social relational approach: by ‘rendering’ the smallholder social. We identify five soc…
Influence of socio-demographic factors on medicinal plant knowledge among three selected ethnic groups in south-central Ethiopia
Background The influence of socio-demographic variables was widely explored to evaluate their impact on indigenous and local ethnobotanical knowledge. However, the studies conducted in Ethiopia mainly focused on rural areas. They were limited to exploring and documenting ethnobotanical knowledge and the associated impacts of socio-demographic variables in rural-urban interface areas among ethnic groups. Hence, this study aimed to document plant-b…
Covid-19
Like the rest of the world, African countries are reeling from the health, economic and social effects of COVID-19. The continent’s governments have responded by imposing rigorous lockdowns to limit the spread of the virus. The various lockdown measures are undermining food security, because stay at home orders have among others, threatened food production for a continent that relies heavily on agriculture as the bedrock of the economy. This arti…
Rural entrepreneurship and the context
Purpose This study aims to examine how women's groups help women to navigate context-related barriers to their engagement in rural entrepreneurship. The paper combines the contextualisation of entrepreneurship framework and the feminist separatist theory to describe how women's groups in patriarchal rural communities enable women to circumvent context-related barriers and actively engage in rural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Base…
Farmer Preference, Utilization, and Biochemical Composition of Improved Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Varieties in Southeastern Africa
The importance of being bitter—a qualitative study on cassava cultivar preference in Malawi
We conducted qualitative interviews in Nkhata‐Bay district in Malawi to elucidate why farmers preferentially grow cassava cultivars providing bitter roots. Cassava was mainly grown to produce flour for making the staple food, kondowole. Plants were identified as belonging to one of the 54 mentioned cultivars with local names. All the farmers stated that bitter taste of roots predicted toxicity and necessity for processing. Cultivars were grouped …
Bio-Ethanol Production from Non-Food Parts of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
Farmer Preference, Utilization, and Biochemical Composition of Improved Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Varieties in Southeastern Africa
Coping with the Double Crisis
Critical Reflexivity in Political Ecology Research
It is not just the world but our ways of producing knowledge that are in crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed our interconnected vulnerabilities in ways never seen before while underscoring the need for emancipation in particular from the hegemonic knowledge politics that underpin “business-as-usual” academic research that have both contributed to and failed to address the systemic challenges laid bare by the pandemic. Political ecologists t…
Rural entrepreneurship and the context
Purpose This study aims to examine how women's groups help women to navigate context-related barriers to their engagement in rural entrepreneurship. The paper combines the contextualisation of entrepreneurship framework and the feminist separatist theory to describe how women's groups in patriarchal rural communities enable women to circumvent context-related barriers and actively engage in rural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Base…
Covid-19
Like the rest of the world, African countries are reeling from the health, economic and social effects of COVID-19. The continent’s governments have responded by imposing rigorous lockdowns to limit the spread of the virus. The various lockdown measures are undermining food security, because stay at home orders have among others, threatened food production for a continent that relies heavily on agriculture as the bedrock of the economy. This arti…
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia
Background Documenting traditional knowledge on plant use among ethnic groups has enabled researchers to obtain a better understanding of how indigenous flora is seen and used in daily life. Their therapeutic applications will also encourage future conservation and phytochemical research, potentially leading to the development of novel drugs. However, past ethnobotanical studies conducted in Ethiopia mainly focused on rural areas, and limited cov…
Analyzing environmental communication and citizen science in the context of environmental monitoring and assessment for Agenda 2030 in rural settings of Chile and Sweden
Introduction This article offers an analysis of environmental communication (EC) and citizen science (CS) in the context of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMA) for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 15 (Life on Land) in Chile and Sweden. Methods The paper is based on fieldwork in two rural study areas of Chile and Sweden where we followed different CS initiatives in relation to EMA and Agenda 2030. We conducted interview…
Rendering smallholders social
Drawing on 36 studies in 19 countries and three continents, conducted over forty years, this paper revisits the question of how and why smallholders – and smallholdings – persist in the Global South even under conditions of rapid social and economic transformation. The paper argues that a significant part of the answer to this question can be found by taking a social relational approach: by ‘rendering’ the smallholder social. We identify five soc…
Local community perception on medicinal plant knowledge use and influencing variables among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia
Background: In Ethiopia, affordability, religious beliefs, and access to healthcare facilities are theoretically linked with the preferences for medicinal plant knowledge uses. Yet, there is still insufficient information about the factors contributing to the link between medicinal plant knowledge use and associated drivers. This study aimed to assess the factors influencing local communities' preferences and perceptions of medicinal plant knowle…
Influence of socio-demographic factors on medicinal plant knowledge among three selected ethnic groups in south-central Ethiopia
Background The influence of socio-demographic variables was widely explored to evaluate their impact on indigenous and local ethnobotanical knowledge. However, the studies conducted in Ethiopia mainly focused on rural areas. They were limited to exploring and documenting ethnobotanical knowledge and the associated impacts of socio-demographic variables in rural-urban interface areas among ethnic groups. Hence, this study aimed to document plant-b…
Geography (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · African Botany and Ecology Studies (3 works) · Agronomy (3 works)