Community-based resilience assessment tools

The gap

Evidence profile

Stated in the synthesized section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2012 and 2024, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 32 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Digitalization and Social Innovation in Rural Areas: A Case Study from Indonesia* (2021) · Rural Sociology · cited 32× · doi

  No prior work integrates digital technologies with agricultural community resilience in the East African context, particularly for smallholder farming systems. Existing studies examine digitalization in rural Indonesia or Australian disaster contexts, but lack evidence on how digital tools specifically enhance agricultural productivity and resilience in Ethiopian rural communities facing climate and resource constraints.

  generalstated in synthesizedevidence 5/5
  Keywords: prior work integrates digital technologies agricultural community resilience
• Participation at the coalface: translating local knowledges and institutions in post-war Tigray, North Ethiopia (2012) · Community Development Journal · doi

  The mechanisms by which digital community platforms can bridge local agricultural knowledge with external technical expertise remain unexplored in Ethiopian contexts. Prior work emphasizes the need for 'translation agents' between community and external institutions, but no study demonstrates how digital tools facilitate this knowledge exchange for agricultural development in East Shoa Zone specifically.

  generalstated in synthesizedevidence 5/5
  Keywords: mechanisms digital community platforms bridge local agricultural knowledge
• Digital Transformation in Villages: Its Impact On Human Resource Management And Community Empowerment (2024) · Asian Journal of Social and Humanities · doi

  Digital literacy and age-related technology adoption gaps in rural agricultural communities have been identified as barriers, but no targeted intervention framework exists for building digital capacity among older farmers in Ethiopian agricultural systems. Existing work notes generational differences in technology acceptance but does not address how to design inclusive digital platforms for mixed-age farming communities.

  generalstated in synthesizedevidence 5/5
  Keywords: digital literacy age-related technology adoption gaps rural agricultural
• Community Disaster Resilience and the Rural Resilience Index (2014) · American Behavioral Scientist · doi

  Community-based resilience assessment tools have been developed for disaster contexts and urban agriculture, but no validated framework exists for measuring agricultural resilience in rural Ethiopian communities using participatory digital methods. The Rural Resilience Index and other tools lack adaptation to smallholder farming systems in semi-arid East Shoa Zone conditions.

  generalstated in synthesizedevidence 5/5
  Keywords: community-based resilience assessment tools have been developed disaster
• Participation at the coalface: translating local knowledges and institutions in post-war Tigray, North Ethiopia (2012) · Community Development Journal · doi

  The role of social capital and community institutions in adopting and sustaining digital agricultural platforms in Ethiopia remains under-examined. While studies show social capital inadequacy in rural Uganda and the importance of local institutions in Ethiopia, no work investigates how digital tools can strengthen or leverage existing community social structures for agricultural resilience in East Shoa specifically.

  generalstated in synthesizedevidence 5/5
  Keywords: role social capital community institutions adopting sustaining digital

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