Bringing evidence to bear for negotiating tradeoffs in sustainable agricultural intensification using a structured stakeholder engagement process

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dc.creatorWinowiecki, Leigh Ann
dc.creatorBourne, Mieke
dc.creatorMagaju, Christine
dc.creatorNeely, Constance
dc.creatorMassawe, Boniface
dc.creatorMasikati, Patricia
dc.creatorVågen, Tor-Gunnar
dc.creatorMusili, Faith
dc.creatorNabi, Muhammad
dc.creatorNguyo, Anthony
dc.creatorSeid, Hadia
dc.creatorHadgu, Kiros
dc.creatorShoo, Aikande
dc.creatorTembo, Howard
dc.creatorChipatela, Floyd
dc.creatorChesterman, Sabrina
dc.creatorHughes, Karl
dc.creatorTemu, Emmanuel
dc.creatorKimaro, Anthony Anderson
dc.creatorSinclair, Fergus
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-06T11:33:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-05T07:17:12Z
dc.date.available2021-07-06T11:33:54Z
dc.date.created2021-07-06T11:33:54Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) has the potential to increase food security without detrimental effects on ecosystem services. However, adoption of SAI practices across sub-Saharan Africa has not reached transformational numbers to date. It is often hampered by lack of context-specific practices, sub-optimal understanding of tradeoffs and synergies among stakeholders, and lack of approaches that bring diverse evidence sources together with stakeholders to collectively tackle complex problems. In this study, we asked three interconnected questions: (i) What is the accessibility and use of evidence for SAI decision making; (ii) What tools could enhance access and interaction with evidence for tradeoff analysis; and (iii) Which stakeholders must be included? This study employed a range of research and engagement methods including surveys, stakeholder analysis, participatory trade-off assessments and co-design of decision dashboards to better support evidence-based decision making in Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia. At the inception, SAI evidence was accessible and used by less than half of the decision makers across the three countries and online dashboards hold promise to enhance access. Many of the stakeholders working on SAI were not collaborating and tradeoff analysis was an under-utilized tool. Structured engagement across multiple stakeholder groups with evidence is critical.
dc.identifierLeigh Ann Winowiecki, Mieke Bourne, Christine Magaju, Constance Neely, Boniface Massawe, Patricia Masikati, Tor-Gunnar Vågen, Faith Musili, Muhammad Nabi, Anthony Nguyo, Hadia Seid, Kiros Hadgu, Aikande Shoo, Howard Tembo, Floyd Chipatela, Sabrina Chesterman, Karl Hughes, Emmanuel Temu, Anthony Anderson Kimaro & Fergus Sinclair (2021): Bringing evidence to bear for negotiating tradeoffs in sustainable agricultural intensification using a structured stakeholder engagement process, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2021.1897297
dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3635
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.costech.or.tz/handle/20.500.14732/96697
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subjectSustainable agricultural
dc.subjectIntensification
dc.subjectStakeholder
dc.subjectEngagement
dc.subjectSHARED
dc.subjectEvidence-based decision
dc.subjectMaking
dc.subjectTradeoff analysis
dc.titleBringing evidence to bear for negotiating tradeoffs in sustainable agricultural intensification using a structured stakeholder engagement process
dc.typeArticle

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