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022 _a1540-9295
022 _a1540-9309 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2591
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 _aeng
100 1 _aSnapp, S.S.
_8001712907
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
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245 1 0 _aParticipatory action research generates knowledge for Sustainable Development Goals
260 _aUnited States of America :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_c2023.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen Access
520 _aNew approaches to generating knowledge are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Participatory action research (PAR) builds on and expands the scientific process through engagement of scientists (ecological, agricultural, and social) with stakeholders in a systematic manner. To illustrate iterative co-learning cycles, we report on two decades of PAR in rural communities in Malawi. Novel findings include the expansion of agricultural diversity beyond agroforestry to meet farmer requirements while enhancing redundancy and supporting a broad range of functions. Insights from farmers facilitated identification of the value of intermediate growth habits (such as those of shrubs and vines) as “goldilocks” crop types that tighten nutrient cycles in mixed farming systems while providing multiple harvests of nutritious seeds and forage. This illustrates how PAR involves co-design with stakeholders and learning by doing, to meet local needs and mediate trade-offs, as well as generate knowledge that addresses SDGs.
546 _aText in English
591 _aChikowo, R. : No CIMMYT Affiliation
650 7 _aSustainable Development Goals
_2AGROVOC
_910990
650 7 _aAgroforestry
_2AGROVOC
_92210
650 7 _aMixed farming
_2AGROVOC
_910706
650 7 _aFarming systems
_2AGROVOC
_91109
650 7 _aParticipatory action research
_2AGROVOC
_922054
651 7 _aMalawi
_2AGROVOC
_91319
700 1 _aBezner Kerr, R.
_917766
700 1 _aBybee‐Finley, K.A.
_917305
700 1 _aChikowo, R.
_8001713580
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
_93959
700 1 _aDakishoni, L.
_919627
700 1 _aGrabowski, P.
_98547
700 1 _aLupafya, E.
_919629
700 1 _aMhango, W.
_929203
700 1 _aMorrone, V.
_938002
700 1 _aShumba, L.
_919630
700 1 _aKanyama-Phiri, G.
_938016
773 0 _tFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment
_gv. 21, no. 7, p. 341-349
_dUnited States of America : Wiley-Blackwell, 2023.
_x1540-9295
856 4 _yOpen Access through DSpace
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/35419
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