Combining role-playing games and policy simulation exercices: An experience with Maroccan smallholder farmers

Dionnet Mathieu, Kuper Marcel, Hammani Ali, Garin Patrice. 2008. Combining role-playing games and policy simulation exercices: An experience with Maroccan smallholder farmers. Simulation and Gaming, 39 (4) : 498-514.

Liste HCERES des revues (en SHS) : oui

Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : Moroccan agriculture is currently undergoing major political, socioeconomic, and environmental transitions. Smallholder farmers involved in large-scale irrigation schemes need to modernize their systems to face these challenges. In this study, a participatory process incorporating different simulation and gaming tools was designed and applied to accompany farmer groups in designing joint irrigation projects, generally drip irrigation systems. A role-playing game was used in the first phase of the process to raise awareness among farmers about the scope and contents of a joint irrigation project and list the different knowledge gaps. During the second phase, a policy simulation exercise based on the actual field situation enabled farmer groups to design their own joint drip irrigation project. As a result, several farmer groups produced a feasibility study for their joint drip irrigation system. Our experience highlighted the complementarity of these tools in a process of change. The abstract role-playing game provided valid learning experience while the realistic simulation supported concrete decision making.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : irrigation goutte à goutte, méthode d'irrigation, modèle de simulation, petite exploitation agricole, participation, approche participative

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Maroc

Mots-clés complémentaires : Jeu de role

Classification Agris : U30 - Méthodes de recherche
F06 - Irrigation
E14 - Économie et politique du développement

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2005-2013) - Intensification écologique

Auteurs et affiliations

• Dionnet Mathieu, CEMAGREF (FRA)
• Kuper Marcel, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (MAR) ORCID: 0000-0002-1240-0592
• Hammani Ali, IAV Hassan II (MAR)
• Garin Patrice, CEMAGREF (FRA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/547544/)

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