From the ground up: Experiential learning strengthens water governance

After the final round of a groundwater learning game in a village in India, the buzz of discussion and decision-making among farmers settled into reflection during the post-game community debriefing meeting. One participant said to the game’s facilitators: “you have been coming here and telling us a...

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Autores principales: Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Falk, Thomas, ElDidi, Hagar, Kosec, Katrina, Zhang, Wei, Carrillo, Lucia, Priyadarshini, Pratiti, Duche, Vishwambhar, Melesse, Mequanint B.
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Publicado: CGIAR System Organization 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179442
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author Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Falk, Thomas
ElDidi, Hagar
Kosec, Katrina
Zhang, Wei
Carrillo, Lucia
Priyadarshini, Pratiti
Duche, Vishwambhar
Melesse, Mequanint B.
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Duche, Vishwambhar
ElDidi, Hagar
Falk, Thomas
Kosec, Katrina
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Melesse, Mequanint B.
Priyadarshini, Pratiti
Zhang, Wei
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description After the final round of a groundwater learning game in a village in India, the buzz of discussion and decision-making among farmers settled into reflection during the post-game community debriefing meeting. One participant said to the game’s facilitators: “you have been coming here and telling us about sustainable management for a long time. But now we finally get it.” This was both a subtle critique of traditional teaching, and a commendation of how the groundwater game approach unlocks changes in behaviour through demonstrating what sustainability and cooperation really mean. These experiential learning games simulate real-life decisions, where participants can play out the collective consequences of individual actions and the process of co-creating water management rules.
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spelling CGSpace1794422026-01-07T02:08:39Z From the ground up: Experiential learning strengthens water governance Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Falk, Thomas ElDidi, Hagar Kosec, Katrina Zhang, Wei Carrillo, Lucia Priyadarshini, Pratiti Duche, Vishwambhar Melesse, Mequanint B. water governance natural resources management experiential learning water governance After the final round of a groundwater learning game in a village in India, the buzz of discussion and decision-making among farmers settled into reflection during the post-game community debriefing meeting. One participant said to the game’s facilitators: “you have been coming here and telling us about sustainable management for a long time. But now we finally get it.” This was both a subtle critique of traditional teaching, and a commendation of how the groundwater game approach unlocks changes in behaviour through demonstrating what sustainability and cooperation really mean. These experiential learning games simulate real-life decisions, where participants can play out the collective consequences of individual actions and the process of co-creating water management rules. 2025-12-31 2026-01-06T22:09:09Z 2026-01-06T22:09:09Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179442 en https://doi.org/10.5751/es13862-280130 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1317 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Falk, Thomas; ElDidi, Hagar; Kosec, Katrina; Zhang, Wei; et al. 2025. From the ground up: Experiential learning strengthens water governance. WEFE Nexus Policy Impact Story. CGIAR System Organization. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179442
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Falk, Thomas
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Kosec, Katrina
Zhang, Wei
Carrillo, Lucia
Priyadarshini, Pratiti
Duche, Vishwambhar
Melesse, Mequanint B.
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title_full From the ground up: Experiential learning strengthens water governance
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title_full_unstemmed From the ground up: Experiential learning strengthens water governance
title_short From the ground up: Experiential learning strengthens water governance
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governance
natural resources management
experiential learning
water governance
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