Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation

Attempts to structurally transform segments of the agri-food system inevitably involve trade-offs between the priorities of actors with different incentives, perspectives and values. Trade-offs are context-specific, reflecting different socio-economic and political realities. We investigate the pote...

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Main Authors:	Morris, Joanne, Ensor, Jonathan E., Pfeifer, Catherine, Marchant, Robert, Mulatu, Dawit W., Soka, Geofrey, Ouedraogo-Kone, Salifou, Wakeyo, Mekonnen B., Topi, Corrado
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2022
Subjects:	BOUNDARY OBJECT LIVESTOCK TRADE-OFF COLLABORATION KNOWLEDGE SHARING AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM SIMULATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36858

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spelling	okr-10986-368582022-01-28T16:18:13Z Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation Morris, Joanne Ensor, Jonathan E. Pfeifer, Catherine Marchant, Robert Mulatu, Dawit W. Soka, Geofrey Ouedraogo-Kone, Salifou Wakeyo, Mekonnen B. Topi, Corrado BOUNDARY OBJECT LIVESTOCK TRADE-OFF COLLABORATION KNOWLEDGE SHARING AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM SIMULATION Attempts to structurally transform segments of the agri-food system inevitably involve trade-offs between the priorities of actors with different incentives, perspectives and values. Trade-offs are context-specific, reflecting different socio-economic and political realities. We investigate the potential of structured boundary objects to facilitate exposing and reconciling these trade-offs within the context of multi-stakeholder social learning processes with pastoral and mixed crop-livestock communities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Building on boundary objects as items flexible enough to be understood by all without having one common definition, structured boundary objects visualize actors’ input in a comparable format to facilitate knowledge sharing. Stakeholders in each country used a simulation tool and board game to explore the implications of changing livestock stocking and management practices for the environment and for actors’ future socio-economic priorities. Using structured boundary objects elicited trade-offs between household food and animal feed, and between livestock for income, labor, and/ or cultural functions, reflecting the context-specific and subjective evaluations actors make when attempting to plan livelihood changes. Our findings suggest to policy and decision-makers that sustainable transition plans can be developed when stakeholders in local agri-food systems employ approaches that allow shared understandings of trade-offs inherent to sustainable agriculture to emerge. 2022-01-21T15:55:56Z 2022-01-21T15:55:56Z 2020-03-27 Journal Article International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 1473-5903 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36858 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Africa Western and Central (AFW) Burkina Faso Ethiopia Tanzania
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topic	BOUNDARY OBJECT LIVESTOCK TRADE-OFF COLLABORATION KNOWLEDGE SHARING AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM SIMULATION
spellingShingle	BOUNDARY OBJECT LIVESTOCK TRADE-OFF COLLABORATION KNOWLEDGE SHARING AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM SIMULATION Morris, Joanne Ensor, Jonathan E. Pfeifer, Catherine Marchant, Robert Mulatu, Dawit W. Soka, Geofrey Ouedraogo-Kone, Salifou Wakeyo, Mekonnen B. Topi, Corrado Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation
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description	Attempts to structurally transform segments of the agri-food system inevitably involve trade-offs between the priorities of actors with different incentives, perspectives and values. Trade-offs are context-specific, reflecting different socio-economic and political realities. We investigate the potential of structured boundary objects to facilitate exposing and reconciling these trade-offs within the context of multi-stakeholder social learning processes with pastoral and mixed crop-livestock communities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Building on boundary objects as items flexible enough to be understood by all without having one common definition, structured boundary objects visualize actors’ input in a comparable format to facilitate knowledge sharing. Stakeholders in each country used a simulation tool and board game to explore the implications of changing livestock stocking and management practices for the environment and for actors’ future socio-economic priorities. Using structured boundary objects elicited trade-offs between household food and animal feed, and between livestock for income, labor, and/ or cultural functions, reflecting the context-specific and subjective evaluations actors make when attempting to plan livelihood changes. Our findings suggest to policy and decision-makers that sustainable transition plans can be developed when stakeholders in local agri-food systems employ approaches that allow shared understandings of trade-offs inherent to sustainable agriculture to emerge.
format	Journal Article
author	Morris, Joanne Ensor, Jonathan E. Pfeifer, Catherine Marchant, Robert Mulatu, Dawit W. Soka, Geofrey Ouedraogo-Kone, Salifou Wakeyo, Mekonnen B. Topi, Corrado
author_facet	Morris, Joanne Ensor, Jonathan E. Pfeifer, Catherine Marchant, Robert Mulatu, Dawit W. Soka, Geofrey Ouedraogo-Kone, Salifou Wakeyo, Mekonnen B. Topi, Corrado
author_sort	Morris, Joanne
title	Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation
title_short	Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation
title_full	Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation
title_fullStr	Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation
title_full_unstemmed	Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation
title_sort	games as boundary objects : charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2022
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36858
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Games as Boundary Objects : Charting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformation

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