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Article ; Online: Interstitial pastoralism at the economic frontier of Kenya’s Central Rift Valley

Volpato, Gabriele / Mattia Zocchi, Dauro / Ellena, Rachele

The Journal of Peasant Studies. 2024 Feb. 23, v. 51, no. 2 p.358-380

2024

Abstract: This article explores pastoral change in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley. It discusses how local pastoralists have adapted livestock mobility to a landscape subjected to the advancement of economic frontiers and rapid urbanization. We argue that the set of ... ...

Abstract	This article explores pastoral change in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley. It discusses how local pastoralists have adapted livestock mobility to a landscape subjected to the advancement of economic frontiers and rapid urbanization. We argue that the set of strategies deployed is constitutive of ‘interstitial pastoralism.’ This is present in many contemporary contexts where pastoralists are squeezed in the interstices of rangelands that they no longer control, and struggle for access to grazing grounds and social recognition. This struggle configures as part of peasants’ adaptation and resistance vis-à-vis global capital expansion and its manifestations.
Keywords	capital ; landscapes ; livestock ; pastoralism ; peasantry ; rangelands ; urbanization ; Kenya ; Pastoral livelihoods ; livestock mobility ; fragmented rangelands ; commodity frontiers ; agrarian change ; Eastern Africa ; Maasai
Language	English
Dates of publication	2024-0223
Size	p. 358-380.
Publishing place	Routledge
Document type	Article ; Online
ISSN	1743-9361
DOI	10.1080/03066150.2023.2225452
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Article ; Online: The relational and dynamic nature of biocultural diversity. Foods and gastronomic knowledge in multi-ethnic migrants’ settlements in Naivasha, Kenya

Volpato, Gabriele / Ellena, Rachele

Food, Culture & Society. 2023 May 27, v. 26, no. 3 p.643-665

2023

Abstract: In this study, we discuss the relational and dynamic nature of biocultural diversity in urban and multi-ethnic settlements inhabited by migrants working in flower and horticultural farms in Naivasha, Kenya. Migrants cope with vulnerable livelihoods and ... ...

Abstract	In this study, we discuss the relational and dynamic nature of biocultural diversity in urban and multi-ethnic settlements inhabited by migrants working in flower and horticultural farms in Naivasha, Kenya. Migrants cope with vulnerable livelihoods and low wages by devising several strategies for food procurement, among which food transfers and exchange play a key role. Through semi-structured and retrospective interviews with migrant workers, we investigated the diversity of foods generated by transfers from migrants’ rural areas of origin to Naivasha and by further exchange of these foods and associated knowledge among fellow workers in the settlements where they live. As the foods traveling to Naivasha reflect the biological, ethnic, and gastronomic diversity of all Kenya, as much as migrant workers do, we argue that biocultural diversity converges to the informal settlements, which become sites where foods overcome ethnic boundaries, food meanings are reconfigured, and gastronomic syncretism and innovation occur.
Keywords	flowers ; gastronomy ; horticulture ; nationalities and ethnic groups ; Kenya ; Rural-Urban Food Transfers ; Food Exchange ; Gastronomic Heritage ; Reciprocity ; Multi-Local Networks ; Migrant Ethnobiology
Language	English
Dates of publication	2023-0527
Size	p. 643-665.
Publishing place	Routledge
Document type	Article ; Online
ZDB-ID	2240542-2
ISSN	1751-7443 ; 1552-8014
ISSN (online)	1751-7443
ISSN	1552-8014
DOI	10.1080/15528014.2022.2037331
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Article ; Online: Integrated pond aquaculture and regional identity: ethnobiology of the golden humped tench of Poirino highlands, Northwest Italy.

Delpero, Alessandro / Volpato, Gabriele

Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine

2022 Volume 18, Issue 1, Page(s) 31

Abstract: Background: Social-ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The 'golden humped tench' or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench-Tinca tinca (L., 1758)-traditionally bred in artificial ponds ... ...

Abstract	Background: Social-ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The 'golden humped tench' or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench-Tinca tinca (L., 1758)-traditionally bred in artificial ponds called peschiere in Poirino highlands, northwest Italy, is one of such species. The aim of the study is to investigate the traditional farming of the golden humped tench, the associated knowledge, practices, and gastronomy, and to discuss the changes that the tench, the ponds, and their role in the local social-ecological system are going through. Methods: The data analyzed were collected in different locations of Poirino highlands during May-September 2021. Fieldwork included semi-structured interviews (n = 23) with current and former tench farmers about the breeding and gastronomy of the tench and the management of the peschiere. The interviewees' selection occurred through an exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling, and interview transcripts were qualitatively analyzed through inductive thematic content analysis. Results: The golden humped tench has been farmed for centuries in ponds used also to water livestock and to irrigate cultivated fields, and managed by every peasant household in the area. This integrated aquaculture system is underpinned by detailed knowledge on the peschiera ecosystem and on the tench life cycle and supports a gastronomic knowledge that is part of the local heritage. The ongoing process of gastronomic valorization of the tench is sustaining the role of the fish in locals' livelihoods and as a marker of regional identity, but it is also transforming tench farming, already threatened by livelihood change, pesticides, and invasive species, in controversial ways. Conclusions: We argue that ponds and tenches are core elements of the local social-ecological system, defining the cultural landscape and engendering a form of regional identity around them. Studying integrated aquaculture systems and associated knowledge and practices is relevant to design sustainable systems of food production and to address possibilities of conservation of biodiversity and livelihoods in aquatic environments.
MeSH term(s)	Animals ; Aquaculture ; Biodiversity ; Cyprinidae ; Ecosystem ; Ponds
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-04-11
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2202544-3
ISSN	1746-4269 ; 1746-4269
ISSN (online)	1746-4269
ISSN	1746-4269
DOI	10.1186/s13002-022-00529-5
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Article ; Online: The long reach of commodity frontiers: social reproduction and food procurement strategies among migrant workers in Kenya’s flower farms

Volpato, Gabriele / Benegiamo, Maura / Ellena, Rachele

The Journal of Peasant Studies. 2023 June 07, v. 50, no. 4 p.1455-1477

2023

Abstract: Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are ... ...

Abstract	Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embedded into global chains of cut flowers. We argue that considering reproductive labour strategies is critical to understand the functioning and expansion of commodity frontiers and their impact on peasant families and food circulation.
Keywords	floriculture ; flowers ; labor force ; peasantry ; reproduction ; Kenya ; Global commodities ; reproductive labour ; floriculture industry ; rural-urban food transfers ; food exchange ; reciprocity ; Naivasha
Language	English
Dates of publication	2023-0607
Size	p. 1455-1477.
Publishing place	Routledge
Document type	Article ; Online
ISSN	1743-9361
DOI	10.1080/03066150.2022.2051492
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Article ; Online: Integrated pond aquaculture and regional identity

Alessandro Delpero / Gabriele Volpato

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-

ethnobiology of the golden humped tench of Poirino highlands, Northwest Italy

2022 Volume 14

Abstract: Abstract Background Social–ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The ‘golden humped tench’ or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench—Tinca tinca (L., 1758)—traditionally bred in artificial ...

Abstract	Abstract Background Social–ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The ‘golden humped tench’ or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench—Tinca tinca (L., 1758)—traditionally bred in artificial ponds called peschiere in Poirino highlands, northwest Italy, is one of such species. The aim of the study is to investigate the traditional farming of the golden humped tench, the associated knowledge, practices, and gastronomy, and to discuss the changes that the tench, the ponds, and their role in the local social–ecological system are going through. Methods The data analyzed were collected in different locations of Poirino highlands during May–September 2021. Fieldwork included semi-structured interviews (n = 23) with current and former tench farmers about the breeding and gastronomy of the tench and the management of the peschiere. The interviewees’ selection occurred through an exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling, and interview transcripts were qualitatively analyzed through inductive thematic content analysis. Results The golden humped tench has been farmed for centuries in ponds used also to water livestock and to irrigate cultivated fields, and managed by every peasant household in the area. This integrated aquaculture system is underpinned by detailed knowledge on the peschiera ecosystem and on the tench life cycle and supports a gastronomic knowledge that is part of the local heritage. The ongoing process of gastronomic valorization of the tench is sustaining the role of the fish in locals’ livelihoods and as a marker of regional identity, but it is also transforming tench farming, already threatened by livelihood change, pesticides, and invasive species, in controversial ways. Conclusions We argue that ponds and tenches are core elements of the local social–ecological system, defining the cultural landscape and engendering a form of regional identity around them. Studying integrated aquaculture systems and associated knowledge and ...
Keywords	Ethnoichthyology ; Tinca Gobba Dorata ; Ethnoecological knowledge ; Peschiera ; Sustainable fish production ; Gastronomic heritage ; Other systems of medicine ; RZ201-999 ; Botany ; QK1-989
Subject code	910
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	BMC
Document type	Article ; Online
Database	BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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Article ; Online: Integrated pond aquaculture and regional identity: ethnobiology of the golden humped tench of Poirino highlands, Northwest Italy

Delpero, Alessandro / Volpato, Gabriele

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine. 2022 Dec., v. 18, no. 1 p.31-31

2022

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Social–ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The ‘golden humped tench’ or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench—Tinca tinca (L., 1758)—traditionally bred in artificial ponds ... ...

Abstract	BACKGROUND: Social–ecological systems are based on particular species and on their direct and human-mediated interactions. The ‘golden humped tench’ or tinca gobba dorata, a variety of tench—Tinca tinca (L., 1758)—traditionally bred in artificial ponds called peschiere in Poirino highlands, northwest Italy, is one of such species. The aim of the study is to investigate the traditional farming of the golden humped tench, the associated knowledge, practices, and gastronomy, and to discuss the changes that the tench, the ponds, and their role in the local social–ecological system are going through. METHODS: The data analyzed were collected in different locations of Poirino highlands during May–September 2021. Fieldwork included semi-structured interviews (n = 23) with current and former tench farmers about the breeding and gastronomy of the tench and the management of the peschiere. The interviewees’ selection occurred through an exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling, and interview transcripts were qualitatively analyzed through inductive thematic content analysis. RESULTS: The golden humped tench has been farmed for centuries in ponds used also to water livestock and to irrigate cultivated fields, and managed by every peasant household in the area. This integrated aquaculture system is underpinned by detailed knowledge on the peschiera ecosystem and on the tench life cycle and supports a gastronomic knowledge that is part of the local heritage. The ongoing process of gastronomic valorization of the tench is sustaining the role of the fish in locals’ livelihoods and as a marker of regional identity, but it is also transforming tench farming, already threatened by livelihood change, pesticides, and invasive species, in controversial ways. CONCLUSIONS: We argue that ponds and tenches are core elements of the local social–ecological system, defining the cultural landscape and engendering a form of regional identity around them. Studying integrated aquaculture systems and associated knowledge and practices is relevant to design sustainable systems of food production and to address possibilities of conservation of biodiversity and livelihoods in aquatic environments.
Keywords	Tinca tinca ; aquaculture ; biodiversity ; cultural landscape ; ecosystems ; fish ; food production ; gastronomy ; invasive species ; livelihood ; livestock ; peasantry ; traditional medicine ; Italy
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-12
Size	p. 31.
Publishing place	BioMed Central
Document type	Article ; Online
ZDB-ID	2202544-3
ISSN	1746-4269
ISSN	1746-4269
DOI	10.1186/s13002-022-00529-5
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Article: From cattle to camels: trajectories of livelihood adaptation and social-ecological resilience in a Kenyan pastoralist community

Volpato, Gabriele / Elizabeth G. King

Regional environmental change. 2019 Mar., v. 19, no. 3

2019

Abstract: In drylands across the globe, natural resource-dependent societies are experiencing rapid rates of environmental change as well as transforming social, economic, and political contexts. When novel adaptation strategies are adopted in response to changing ...

Abstract	In drylands across the globe, natural resource-dependent societies are experiencing rapid rates of environmental change as well as transforming social, economic, and political contexts. When novel adaptation strategies are adopted in response to changing climatic and environmental conditions, outcomes are often contingent on individual households’ adaptive capacities as well as broader environmental, social, economic, and political contexts. Understanding the heterogeneous and context-dependent outcomes of adaptation strategies is critical information for dryland sustainability policy, and is a burgeoning focus in climate adaptation science. We evaluated the 30-year process of novel adoption of camel husbandry by a group of Kenyan pastoralists, using a five-stage analytical approach that disaggregated dynamics in three ways: at the level of each individual who adopted camel husbandry; at the processual level by distinguishing assets that influenced decision-making, enactment, and streams of livelihood benefits; and at the temporal level by assessing changes in broader social-ecological contexts that occurred over the 30-year period. Our study revealed that adaptation unfolded as a heterogeneous, multi-phase process, contingent on individuals’ different sources of adaptive capacity utilized at different junctures in their adaptation experience, as well as on temporal shifts in the broader social-ecological context. Synthesizing the findings using a multi-dimensional vulnerability framework, we concluded that because of inequality in access to assets among households and a concomitant weakening of social norms of reciprocity and social cohesion, the livelihood adaptation is generating contradictory effects on household-level and community-level resilience.
Keywords	analytical methods ; arid lands ; assets ; camels ; cattle ; climate ; decision making ; environmental factors ; households ; issues and policy ; livelihood ; pastoralism ; politics ; social cohesion
Language	English
Dates of publication	2019-03
Size	p. 849-865.
Publishing place	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	1464515-4
ISSN	1436-3798
ISSN	1436-3798
DOI	10.1007/s10113-018-1438-z
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Article: General guidelines for the optimal economic aggregation of prosumers in energy communities

Volpato, Gabriele / Carraro, Gianluca / Cont, Marco / Danieli, Piero / Rech, Sergio / Lazzaretto, Andrea

Energy. 2022 July 10,

2022

Abstract: Energy communities are regulatory tools promoting aggregations of users to foster the shift towards a renewable distributed generation. First in the literature, this paper addresses together three main aspects affecting the convenience of these ... ...

Abstract	Energy communities are regulatory tools promoting aggregations of users to foster the shift towards a renewable distributed generation. First in the literature, this paper addresses together three main aspects affecting the convenience of these aggregations: the complementarity between generation and demand of different prosumers, the criterion allocating the operating costs of energy communities, and the application of demand-response programs. The goal is quantifying the relative weight of these aspects using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming to minimize the operating costs of citizen and renewable energy communities, where prosumers are connected to the grid as single entity, or separately. Incentive- or price-based demand-response programs and a novel cost allocation criterion, which rewards the members with the highest economic benefit in passing from simple consumers to prosumers, are applied to each community configuration. Results allow identifying general guidelines for the optimal economic operation of energy communities: i) complementarity may reduce costs by 15–20%, ii) a fairer cost allocation criterion may reduce the bills of prosumers using free-of-charge renewables by 20–30% compared to those using dispatchable sources, and iii) price-based demand-response may reduce community costs beyond 50%. Eventually, directions of further research, as the impact of energy communities on a national power system, are drawn.
Keywords	energy ; financial economics ; renewable energy sources
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-0710
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article
Note	Pre-press version
ZDB-ID	2019804-8
ISSN	0360-5442 ; 0360-5442
ISSN (online)	0360-5442
ISSN	0360-5442
DOI	10.1016/j.energy.2022.124800
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Article ; Online: The role of Nucularia perrinii Batt. (Chenopodiaceae) in the camel-based Sahrawi social-ecological system.

Volpato, Gabriele / Di Nardo, Antonello

Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine

2017 Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 12

Abstract: Background: Pastoral social-ecological systems (SESs) are adaptive and complex systems rooted in the extensive exploitation of forage plants for livestock-based livelihoods and culture. There are species and relations that are foundational to the ... ...

Abstract	Background: Pastoral social-ecological systems (SESs) are adaptive and complex systems rooted in the extensive exploitation of forage plants for livestock-based livelihoods and culture. There are species and relations that are foundational to the existence of these SESs. Nucularia perrinii Batt. (Chenopodiaceae) is an endemic halophyte plant of central and western Sahara seldom cited in the scientific literature. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of this plant in the SES of the Sahrawi camel nomads of Western Sahara. Methods: The data analyzed were collected in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Algeria and in Western Sahara between 2006 and 2010. Fieldwork included semi-structured (n = 38) and retrospective (n = 12) interviews with Sahrawi refugees, nomads, and camel owners about N. perrinii and associated topics (e.g. distribution, importance for camels, camel diseases, associated grazing practices, other forage plants, etc.). Results: Askaf, as the Sahrawi call the plant, is crucial to camels' survival, providing salts and water even during dry spells. It holds a pivotal role in the Sahrawi culture, defining the geographical boundaries of the Sahrawi SES and relating the grazing territory with the taste it gives to camel milk, which support the inclusion of askaf as a main element of Sahrawi cultural identity. Conclusions: We argue that N. perrinii ties the ecology of the western Sahara desert with camel husbandry and associated livelihoods, and further with the culture and worldview of the Sahrawi nomads. We stress the keystone role that some forage plants may have in extensive pastoral SESs worldwide.
MeSH term(s)	Africa, Northern ; Algeria ; Animal Feed ; Animal Husbandry ; Animals ; Camelus ; Chenopodiaceae ; Ecology ; Ethnobotany ; Humans ; Livestock ; Medicine, Traditional ; Transients and Migrants
Language	English
Publishing date	2017-02-08
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2202544-3
ISSN	1746-4269 ; 1746-4269
ISSN (online)	1746-4269
ISSN	1746-4269
DOI	10.1186/s13002-017-0141-3
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Article: Is SARS-CoV-2 screening still necessary before hematopoietic stem cell donation? Observations from a single center and review of the literature.

Crocchiolo, Roberto / Volpato, Elisabetta / Bellio, Laura / Cuppari, Irene / Magliano, Gabriele / De Marco, Beatrice / Grillo, Giovanni / Rossini, Silvano

Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis

2022 Volume 61, Issue 5, Page(s) 103448

MeSH term(s)	Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19 Testing ; RNA, Viral ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Chemical Substances	RNA, Viral
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-04-09
Publishing country	England
Document type	Review ; Letter
ZDB-ID	2046795-3
ISSN	1878-1683 ; 1473-0502
ISSN (online)	1878-1683
ISSN	1473-0502
DOI	10.1016/j.transci.2022.103448
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