LED2LEAP 2020 - Freising Team 8

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Area	Bani Knanah County
Place	Irbid City
Country	Jordan
Topics	Agriculture / Rural development
Author(s)	Amal-Kanimozhi-Kamolshanok-Doraed

Landscape Democracy Rationale

• Why do you think this community context is relevant from a landscape democracy perspective? What is your hypothesis considering the landscape democracy challenges?
• It is a rural region with good agricultural land and natural resources. meanwhile, farmers in this community are facing some issues regarding their activities which make it less profitable and force them to live in bad economic situation. these farmers are not involved on the policy making process. which make the national or state policies to play a negative role in their community

Location and scope

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• Next to showing us where you are, you may also use this map to localise different focus themes of your community

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6120593479735:32.74483592201403,35.80024046652661~study area ~Bani Knanah county

Phase A: Mapping your Community

Bani Kinanah County is one of nine counties in Irbid. It represents an important center for agriculture because of the breadth of its fertile land, its rich red soil and its moderate climate. It is one of the largest counties in Irbid governorate in terms of population, the majority of its residents work in the public sector, trade and agriculture. The county includes 27 towns with population ranging between 165 and 11706 inhabitants

• add 1-2 graphical representations to the image gallery based on your PPT presentation, you can add more if you like

• The county is an extension of three types of terrains; plain, mountain and valley. Its land is considered as one of the richest agricultural lands in the country where it produces about 11% of total olives productions in Jordan.
• = Groups of actors and stakeholders in our community =
• Smallholder farmers : Involved in Small agricultural businesses / local trading or family consumption .
• Stakeholder farmers who are involved in:
• Large agricultural businesses / importing and exporting agricultural products
• Agro-industrial businesses(like olive oil production) / local and international trading.
• Jordanian Farmers union: Group of people from the civil society involved in the issues of the agricultural sector.
• Commuters
• Rural-Urban job commuters
• Local workers : people who have a job inside the county in the private or public sector .
• King Abdullah fund for development: involved in the development and supporting of small and medium economic projects for people who don’t have a decent job. (Governmental organization).
• Woman microfinance fund association : involved in the development of improving the socio-economics of women.
• International NGO’s : involved in infrastructure development , economic development and refugees.
• Policy makers
• National policy maker (such as ministry of transportation / ministry of economics/ Ministry of agriculture)
• State policy makers (Greater Irbid Municipality )
• Local policy makers
• Local authorities / municipalities: involved in the monitoring and development.
• Refugees
• Investors in tourism sector : local and national investors in the historical sites and natural resources in the region .

Relationships between your actors and groups

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Summary of your learnings from the transnational discussion panel on April 22

On April 22 you will present the PPT version of this first assignment to other seminar groups working in other geographical community contexts. Please give here a short summary of your learnings during this presentation, for example:

• Other analytical approaches
• Other representation styles
• Other value schemes: any surprises?
• Constructive comments we received on our presentation

Theory reflection

• Reflect on at least three readings from the first section 'Democratic Landscape Transformation
• You can choose references from our reading list or suggest others
• Scope: 250 words

References

• give a full list of the references you have used for this section

Phase B: Democratic Landscape Analysis and Assessment

The Scene in your Story of Analysis

• Describe your landscape democracy challenge. What is the physical scene, specific description of the landscape? What are the socio-economic and political characteristics of place? Are there any important contextual elements?
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The Actors in your Story of Analysis

• Describe the characters and their role in the story. Are they major or minor characters? Are there any key relationships that need to be defined?
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The Story of Analysis

• Describe the plot of the story and how it plays out.
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Reflect on your Story of Analysis

• How did the tools you chose for landscape analysis fit your community? Reflect on the questions: What did you carry? Why did you carry? How did you carry? What remains after you've left? (150 words)
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Phase C: Collaborative Visioning and Goal Setting

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Phase D: Collaborative Design, Transformation and Planning

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Phase E: Collaborative Design, Transformation and Planning

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= Phase E: Collaborative Evaluation and Future Agendas * template coming

Process Reflection

• Reflect in your intercultural and interdisciplinary team on the outcomes of your study
• Which limitations were you facing?
• What have you learnt from each other?
• What would you do differently next time?
• You can also use diagrams/visuals
• 250 words text

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