Co-designing climate-smart farming systems with local stakeholders: A methodological framework for achieving large-scale change

Andrieu Nadine, Howland Fanny, Acosta Alba Ivonne, Le Coq Jean-François, Osorio-García Ana Milena, Martínez-Barón Deissy, Gamba-Trimiño Catherine, Loboguerrero Ana Maria, Chia Eduardo. 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, 19

https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00037

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Résumé : 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.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : système de culture, changement climatique, adaptation aux changements climatiques, innovation, approche participative, rendement des cultures

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Colombie, Honduras, Amérique latine

Mots-clés libres : Climatic Change, Innovation platform, Latin America, Smallholder farmers, Participatory research

Classification Agris : F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
E50 - Sociologie rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

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