Local agency, adaptation and the shadow system: The institutional architecture of social learning in rural areas of the UK and India
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This paper draws on learning from two research projects: (i) “Rapid climate change in the UK: towards an institutional theory of adaptation”, funded by the UK Economic and Social Science Research Council’s Environment and Human Behaviour Programme, and (ii) “Thaan Vuzha Nilam Tharisu: The land without a farmer becomes barren”, carried out by SPEECH, a Tamil NGO, as part of a larger International Institute for Environment and Development research programme – “Policies that Work for Sustainable Agriculture and Regenerating Rural Economies.” The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial and institutional assistance that made this research possible.
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