集体行动和身份认同在保护孟加拉国达科佩灌溉通道中的作用

Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI:10.3390/su16156279
Md Ashik Ur Rahman, Christine M. Beitl
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农业是恒河三角洲最重要的文化和经济生计活动之一。近年来,沿岸社区经历了更长的旱季和盐分入侵,而土地使用权的登记错误导致孟加拉国 Dacope 分区日益受到外部利益集团的侵占,加剧了这一问题。这些挑战有可能破坏小农使用作为共有资源(CPR)进行集体管理的运河的可持续性。本文探讨了身份认同和集体行动如何使农民有能力在面对外部压力时确保获得灌溉。我们主要通过与 Dacope 的农民进行焦点小组讨论收集定性数据,研究结果表明,身份认同是推动集体行动和农业社区可持续发展的强大力量。共同的职业认同感培养了农民的归属感和集体责任感,使他们能够通过施工、年度疏浚和旱季临时保护来维持水流。然而,尽管农民们对维护灌溉系统有着坚定的承诺,但他们在与社区中较富裕成员的强大利益作斗争的能力方面仍面临挑战,因为这些利益可能会破坏灌溉公地的生存能力。因此,有必要通过政策和立法途径提供正式支持,以保障共同产权免受私有化和非法占用渠道的威胁。这些发现进一步强调,有必要开展更多研究,探讨在缺乏强有力的制度安排来维护社区权利和共有资源使用权的情况下,集体身份如何加强集体行动、生计和可持续性。
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The Role of Collective Action and Identity in the Preservation of Irrigation Access in Dacope, Bangladesh
Agriculture is one of the most culturally and economically important livelihood activities of the Ganges River Delta. In recent years, coastal communities have experienced longer dry seasons and salinity intrusion, which is exacerbated by registration errors in land tenure that have led to increasing encroachment by external interests in the Dacope sub-district of Bangladesh. These challenges threaten to undermine the sustainability of smallholder access to canals that are collectively managed as common-pool resources (CPR). This paper explores how identity and collective action may empower farmers to secure irrigation access in the face of external pressures. Drawing primarily on qualitative data collected through focus group discussions with farmers in Dacope, our findings reveal that identity serves as a powerful force driving collective action and the sustainability of the agricultural community. A shared occupational identity fosters a sense of belonging and collective responsibility among farmers to maintain water flow through construction, annual dredging, and temporary dry-season protections. However, despite a strong commitment to maintaining their irrigation system, challenges remain in farmers’ ability to combat the powerful interests of wealthier members of the community that threaten to undermine the viability of the irrigation commons. Thus, formal support through policy and legislative avenues is also necessary to safeguard common property rights against the threat of privatization and illegal occupation of canals. These findings further underscore the need for more research on how collective identity may strengthen collective action, livelihoods, and sustainability in the absence of strong institutional arrangements that uphold community rights and access to common-pool resources.
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