Games as boundary objects: Charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of York
cg.contributor.affiliationResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationEnvironment and Climate Research Centre, Ethiopia
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Bank
cg.contributor.affiliationSokoine University of Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Nazi Boni de Bobo-Dioulasso
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut du Développement Rural, Burkina Faso
cg.contributor.affiliationAgriculture and Rural Development Research Center, Ethiopia
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJoanne Morris: 0000-0002-0068-0515
cg.creator.identifierJonathan Ensor: 0000-0003-2402-5491
cg.creator.identifierCatherine Pfeifer: 0000-0001-9738-8758
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1738769
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn1473-5903
cg.issue5-6
cg.journalInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SYSTEMS
cg.subject.ilriKNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODS
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK
cg.subject.ilriPOLICY
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCH
cg.volume19
dc.contributor.authorMorris, J.
dc.contributor.authorEnsor, J.E.
dc.contributor.authorPfeifer, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorMarchant, R.
dc.contributor.authorMulatu, D.
dc.contributor.authorSoka, G.
dc.contributor.authorOuédraogo-Koné, S.
dc.contributor.authorWakeyo, M.B.
dc.contributor.authorTopi, C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-17T15:03:34Zen
dc.date.available2020-06-17T15:03:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108505
dc.titleGames as boundary objects: Charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformationen
dcterms.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, labour, 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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2020-03-27
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMorris, J., Ensor, J., Pfeifer, C., Marchant, R., Mulatu, D., Soka, G., Ouédraogo-Koné, S., Mekonnen, B.W. and Topi, C. 2020. Games as boundary objects: Charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainabilityen
dcterms.extentpp. 525-548
dcterms.issued2021-11-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limited
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectsustainable agricultureen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.subjectcollaborationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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