Tools for transitions : An inventory of approaches, methods and tools for stakeholder engagement in developing transition pathways to sustainable food systems

Koning, Susan de; Haas, Wim de; Roo, Nina de; Kraan, Marloes; Dijkshoorn-Dekker, M.W.C.

doi:10.18174/538961

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“…Starting with an extensive list of documented mechanisms that have been used to support innovation in the broad field of agriculture, we eliminated those we perceived to be tools or approaches-tools being means to fulfill a task, and approaches being paradigms that inform the way that development or research is done (de Koning et al, 2021)-leaving a list of 12 instruments. We developed a data collection framework prior to reviewing literature and gathering information.…”

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A critical comparative review of evidence on alternative instruments for supporting research and innovation in agri-food systems in the Global South

Letty¹,

Hart²,

Murugan³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Financial support is a critical enabling factor for healthy agri-food innovation systems, particularly within resource-limited settings, though additional forms of support are also necessary. This motivated a critical comparative review of evidence in peer-reviewed and gray literature on the range of instruments that support innovation in agri-food systems in the Global South, toward achieving sustainable agriculture intensification. The main aim is to provide recommendations to innovation managers on the choice of different instruments for supporting innovation. The key guiding questions for the comparative analysis were whether the instrument fosters uptake of innovation and whether it promotes inclusive development. A review of the literature was supplemented with a scan of websites for sources of peer-reviewed and gray literature documenting the application of the 12 selected instruments. The study revealed three categories of instruments: (Type A) those that support entrepreneurship; (Type B) those that primarily finance innovation; and (Type C) those that support innovation in real-life contexts. Our analysis indicates that innovation managers and funders need to select instruments that are likely to fit the specific context as well as to address the mandates of their organizations, and in so doing, they must consider how to ensure the sustainability of their investments and meet the needs of their beneficiaries. This review represents one of a handful that have compared the use of multiple instruments across multiple continents in the Global South, and can serve as an important decision-making tool for investors and funders looking to invest in agri-food innovation systems.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A critical comparative review of evidence on alternative instruments for supporting research and innovation in agri-food systems in the Global South

Letty¹,

Hart²,

Murugan³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…As a result, challenges with stakeholder engagement faced by health research priority setting exercises (McGregor et al, 2014;Hauck et al, 2015) will be even more prominent in food system research priority setting. de Koning et al (2021) suggested different approaches at different level to support stakeholder engagement: an approach that recognizes the value of different types of knowledge and paradigms from different disciplines, a method that is open, inclusive, and reflexive with different steps, and tools that support exploration, positioning and identifying pathways and actions from the perspective of stakeholders.…”

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Improving Food Systems: A Participatory Consultation Exercise to Determine Priority Research and Action Areas in Viet Nam

Nguyen

Berg

Raneri

et al. 2021

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With increased burden of malnutrition on global health, there is a need to set clear and transparent priorities for action in food systems at a global and local level. While priority settings methods are available for several adjacent domains, such as nutrition and health policies, setting priorities for food system research has not been documented and streamlined. The challenges involve food systems' multisector, multi-stakeholder and multi-outcome nature. Where data exists, it is not easy to aggregate data from across food system dimensions and stakeholders to make an informed analysis of the overall picture of the food system, as well as current and potential food system trade-offs to inform research and policy. Once research priorities are set, they risk staying on paper and never make their ways to concrete outputs and outcomes. In this paper, we documented and assessed the inclusive process of setting research priorities for a local food system, taking Vietnamese food systems as a case study. From this exercise, we examined how priority setting for food systems research could learn from and improve upon earlier priority setting research practices in other domains. We discussed the lessons for research and policies in local food systems, such as the need for a concrete follow-up plan accompanying the priority setting process.

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“…Therefore, understanding this power relation and fostering fundamental change to this power relation are key to making sure transitions become profoundly more just(Newell et al, 2021). This depth of change is what the operational framework should enable De Koning, et al (2021). andNewell et al (2021) indicated that a specific type of knowledge is needed to encourage this fundamental change in power relation: knowledge about the pluralistic norms and values in society that affects world views, knowledge about how systems are perceived and knowledge about all types of options for change.…”

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Just transition: an operational frameworkto make transitions more just : Lessons learned from science and practice

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Rooij

Casu³

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Tools for transitions : An inventory of approaches, methods and tools for stakeholder engagement in developing transition pathways to sustainable food systems

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

A critical comparative review of evidence on alternative instruments for supporting research and innovation in agri-food systems in the Global South

A critical comparative review of evidence on alternative instruments for supporting research and innovation in agri-food systems in the Global South

Improving Food Systems: A Participatory Consultation Exercise to Determine Priority Research and Action Areas in Viet Nam

Just transition: an operational frameworkto make transitions more just : Lessons learned from science and practice

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