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

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dc.contributor.authorMorris, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorEnsor, Jonathan E.
dc.contributor.authorPfeifer, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorMarchant, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMulatu, Dawit W.
dc.contributor.authorSoka, Geofrey
dc.contributor.authorOuedraogo-Kone, Salifou
dc.contributor.authorWakeyo, Mekonnen B.
dc.contributor.authorTopi, Corrado
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-21T15:55:56Z
dc.date.available2022-01-21T15:55:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-27
dc.description.abstractAttempts 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.en
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/36858
dc.identifier.issn1473-5903
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36858
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBOUNDARY OBJECT
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectTRADE-OFF
dc.subjectCOLLABORATION
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE SHARING
dc.subjectAGRI-FOOD SYSTEM
dc.subjectSIMULATION
dc.titleGames as Boundary Objectsen
dc.title.subtitleCharting Trade-offs in Sustainable Livestock Transformationen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14735903.2020.1738769 Journal website (version of record)en
okr.date.disclosure2022-01-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:36:58.990775Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.guid707231643348627661
okr.identifier.doi10.1080/14735903.2020.1738769
okr.identifier.report168218
okr.journal.nbpages525-48
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryBurkina Faso
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicAgriculture::Livestock & Animal Husbandry
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.unitEnvironment, Natural Resources, and Blue Economy Global Practice
okr.volume19(5-6)
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