Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change

The literature is increasing on how to prioritize climate-smart options with stakeholders but relatively few examples exist on how to co-design climate-smart farming systems with them, in particular with smallholder farmers. This article presents a methodological framework to co-design climate-smart...

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Autores principales: Andrieu, Nadine, Howland, Fanny C., Acosta-Alba, Ivonne, Le Coq, Jean-François, Osorio-Garcia, Ana Milena, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Gamba-Trimiño, Catherine, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Chía, Eduardo
Otros Autores: Wollenberg, Eva K
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frontiers Media 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101397
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author Andrieu, Nadine
Howland, Fanny C.
Acosta-Alba, Ivonne
Le Coq, Jean-François
Osorio-Garcia, Ana Milena
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Gamba-Trimiño, Catherine
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Chía, Eduardo
author2 Wollenberg, Eva K
author_browse Acosta-Alba, Ivonne
Andrieu, Nadine
Chía, Eduardo
Gamba-Trimiño, Catherine
Howland, Fanny C.
Le Coq, Jean-François
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Osorio-Garcia, Ana Milena
Wollenberg, Eva K
author_facet Wollenberg, Eva K
Andrieu, Nadine
Howland, Fanny C.
Acosta-Alba, Ivonne
Le Coq, Jean-François
Osorio-Garcia, Ana Milena
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Gamba-Trimiño, Catherine
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Chía, Eduardo
author_sort Andrieu, Nadine
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description The literature is increasing on how to prioritize climate-smart options with stakeholders but relatively few examples exist on how to co-design climate-smart farming systems with them, in particular with smallholder farmers. This article presents a methodological framework to co-design climate-smart farming systems with local stakeholders (farmers, scientists, NGOs) so that large-scale change can be achieved. This framework is based on the lessons learned during a research project conducted in Honduras and Colombia from 2015 to 2017. Seven phases are suggested to engage a process of co-conception of climate-smart farming systems that might enable implementation at scale: (1) “exploration of the initial situation,” which identifies local stakeholders potentially interested in being involved in the process, existing farming systems, and specific constraints to the implementation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA); (2) “co-definition of an innovation platform,” which defines the structure and the rules of functioning for a platform favoring the involvement of local stakeholders in the process; (3) “shared diagnosis,” which defines the main challenges to be solved by the innovation platform; (4) “identification and ex ante assessment of new farming systems,” which assess the potential performances of solutions prioritized by the members of the innovation platform under CSA pillars; (5) “experimentation,” which tests the prioritized solutions on-farm; (6) “assessment of the co-design process of climate-smart farming systems,” which validates the ability of the process to reach its initial objectives, particularly in terms of new farming systems but also in terms of capacity building; and (7) “definition of strategies for scaling up/out,” which addresses the scaling of the co-design process. For each phase, specific tools or methodologies are used: focus groups, social network analysis, theory of change, life-cycle assessment, and on-farm experiments. Each phase is illustrated with results obtained in Colombia or Honduras.
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spelling CGSpace1013972025-12-08T10:29:22Z Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change Andrieu, Nadine Howland, Fanny C. Acosta-Alba, Ivonne Le Coq, Jean-François Osorio-Garcia, Ana Milena Martínez Barón, Deissy Gamba-Trimiño, Catherine Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Chía, Eduardo Wollenberg, Eva K climate change climate-smart agriculture agriculture farming systems The literature is increasing on how to prioritize climate-smart options with stakeholders but relatively few examples exist on how to co-design climate-smart farming systems with them, in particular with smallholder farmers. This article presents a methodological framework to co-design climate-smart farming systems with local stakeholders (farmers, scientists, NGOs) so that large-scale change can be achieved. This framework is based on the lessons learned during a research project conducted in Honduras and Colombia from 2015 to 2017. Seven phases are suggested to engage a process of co-conception of climate-smart farming systems that might enable implementation at scale: (1) “exploration of the initial situation,” which identifies local stakeholders potentially interested in being involved in the process, existing farming systems, and specific constraints to the implementation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA); (2) “co-definition of an innovation platform,” which defines the structure and the rules of functioning for a platform favoring the involvement of local stakeholders in the process; (3) “shared diagnosis,” which defines the main challenges to be solved by the innovation platform; (4) “identification and ex ante assessment of new farming systems,” which assess the potential performances of solutions prioritized by the members of the innovation platform under CSA pillars; (5) “experimentation,” which tests the prioritized solutions on-farm; (6) “assessment of the co-design process of climate-smart farming systems,” which validates the ability of the process to reach its initial objectives, particularly in terms of new farming systems but also in terms of capacity building; and (7) “definition of strategies for scaling up/out,” which addresses the scaling of the co-design process. For each phase, specific tools or methodologies are used: focus groups, social network analysis, theory of change, life-cycle assessment, and on-farm experiments. Each phase is illustrated with results obtained in Colombia or Honduras. 2019-05-24 2019-05-27T20:04:43Z 2019-05-27T20:04:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101397 en Open Access Frontiers Media Andrieu N, Howland F, Acosta-Alba I, Le Coq J-F, Osorio-Garcia AM, Martinez-Baron D, Gamba-Trimiño C, Loboguerrero AM, Chia E. 2019. Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 3:37.
spellingShingle climate change
climate-smart agriculture
agriculture
farming systems
Andrieu, Nadine
Howland, Fanny C.
Acosta-Alba, Ivonne
Le Coq, Jean-François
Osorio-Garcia, Ana Milena
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Gamba-Trimiño, Catherine
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Chía, Eduardo
Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
title Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
title_full Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
title_fullStr Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
title_full_unstemmed Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
title_short Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
title_sort co designing climate smart farming systems with local stakeholders a methodological framework for achieving large scale change
topic climate change
climate-smart agriculture
agriculture
farming systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101397
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