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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Conversation: Socio-economic levers to scale up more sus
 tainable farming - Dr Aiora Zabala\, Assistant Professor\, Environmental P
 olicy\, Department of Land Economy\, University of Cambridge Prisca Kouako
 u\, PhD Candidate\, Department of Geography\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:A B Youngman
DESCRIPTION:Knowing what influences individuals' decisions to adopt sustai
 nable land-use practices can guide strategies to encourage these. However\
 , such individuals' decisions are complex\, and interdisciplinary social s
 ciences are needed to understand drivers of sustainable land-use adoption 
 and the appropriate socio-economic incentives.\n\nDr Aiora Zabala is Assis
 tant Professor at the Department of Land Economy and Director of the MSt C
 limate\, Environmental and Urban Policy. Her research interests are in env
 ironmental governance and sustainability policy implementation and effecti
 veness. This includes adoption and diffusion of innovative land-use practi
 ces\, policy acceptability\, and drivers and motivations of behavioural ch
 ange. \n\nPrisca Kouakou is studying for a PhD in Human Geography\, superv
 ised by Professor Rachael Garrett and co-supervised by Professor Johan Six
 .  She has an interdisciplinary background in environmental science\, ecol
 ogy\, and policy analysis. Her Ph.D. focuses on understanding the conditio
 ns under which supply chain sustainability initiatives can lead to agrofor
 estry adoption and how that influences social and ecological outcomes in t
 he cocoa sector of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Please click here to find ou
 t more about her PhD research.\n \n\nImage: Fieldwork Cote d’Ivoire\, 20
 23 (Cocoa agroforestry farm\, Abengourou\, Cote d’Ivoire) by Prisca Koua
 kou\n\nLunchtime Conversations are interdisciplinary exchanges designed to
  inspire new thinking about global food security and food system resilienc
 e. Our speakers will discuss their research\, followed  by a Q&A with the 
 audience.\nOpen to all staff and students\; you are welcome to join and co
 ntribute to the discussion\, whatever your area of expertise!\nFor further
  information please mail Francesca Re Manning fr224@cam.ac.uk.
LOCATION:Main Seminar Room\, David Attenborough Building\, New Museums Sit
 e and online
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