Decision analysis methods guide; Agricultural policy for nutrition

Whitney, Cory; Luedeling, Eike

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“…In either case, evidence from research syntheses or models can be superimposed onto the map or conceptual model to link disparate pieces of research and to expose gaps. Expert elicitation, e.g., through Delphi processes, can be used to fill gaps and estimate uncertainty (Fischer et al, 2014;Whitney et al, 2018a).…”

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A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management

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Nodari

Phillips

et al. 2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management

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Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…To generate comprehensive understanding of a complex system it is important that selected participatory approaches are able to integrate the diverse knowledge of the actors involved . Decision analysis approaches seek to integrate all available expert knowledge (Whitney et al, 2018c). Collaborative workshops can be used to collect people's knowledge by gathering a large variety of experts concerned with the system under investigation.…”

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“…All generated graphical impact models can be summarized and adjusted using feedback and further group work processes until all participants agree on a model structure. This can then be translated into a mathematical code representing the final decision model (Whitney et al, 2018c).…”

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Model-based evaluation of management options in ornamental plant nurseries

Ruett

Whitney

Luedeling

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…This challenge is particularly pertinent for decision-making in data-poor environment of development contexts (Luedeling and Shepherd 2016). Decision analysis is based on a participatory process where actors with diverse perspectives are invited to discuss and illustrate all the important aspects of a particular intervention (Whitney et al 2018). The approach allows for a comprehensive system analysis without assumptions of certainty that may oversimplify the complexity of an intervention's real-world implications.…”

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Prioritizing farm management interventions to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes—a case study for banana plantations

Fernández

Luedeling

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Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Intervening into agricultural systems necessarily includes risks, uncertainties, and ultimately unknown outcomes. Decision analysis embraces uncertainty through an interdisciplinary approach that involves relevant stakeholders in evaluating complex decisions. We applied decision analysis approaches to prioritize 21 farm management interventions, which could be considered in certification schemes for banana production. We estimated their contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as ecological outcomes. We used a general model that estimated the impacts of each intervention on adaptation (benefits minus costs), mitigation (global warming potential), ecological parameters (e.g., biodiversity and water and soil quality), and farming aspects (e.g., yield, implementation costs and production risks). We used expert and documented knowledge and presented uncertainties in the form of 90% confidence intervals to feed the model and forecast the changes in system outcomes caused by each intervention compared to a baseline scenario without the measure. By iterating the model function 10,000 times, we obtained probability distributions for each of the outcomes and farm management interventions. Our results suggest that interventions associated with nutrient management (e.g., composting and nutrient management plan) positively affect climate change adaptation, mitigation, and ecological aspects. Measures with no direct yield benefits (e.g., plastic reduction) correlate negatively with adaptation but have positive impacts on ecology. Creating buffer zones and converting low-productivity farmland (incl. unused land) also have positive ecological and adaptation outcomes. Decision analysis can help in prioritizing farm management interventions, which may vary considerably in their relationship with the expected outcomes. Additional work may be required to elaborate a comprehensive assessment of the underlying aspects modulating the impacts of a given measure on the evaluated outcome. Our analysis provides insights on the most promising interventions for banana plantations and may help practitioners and researchers in focusing further studies.

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Decision analysis methods guide; Agricultural policy for nutrition

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management

A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management

Model-based evaluation of management options in ornamental plant nurseries

Prioritizing farm management interventions to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes—a case study for banana plantations

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