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_aFreed, S. _939007 |
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_aAgency and behavior change in agricultural research for development : _bnew directions for guiding agri-food system transformations |
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_aUnited Kingdom : _bElsevier Ltd, _c2025. |
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| 500 | _aPeer review | ||
| 520 | _aCONTEXT: Agri-food system transformations require change across sectors and actors within the system. Initiatives contributing to these changes need to connect system change processes to individual and collective agency and behaviors. OBJECTIVE: We propose a conceptual framework on agency and behavior change for transforming agri-food systems (ACT framework). ACT emphasizes agri-food system actors' behaviors with attention to their power, agency, and the influence of structural agri-food system elements. Researchers can apply ACT to assess an initiative's contributions to changes in system elements through individual and collective behaviors. METHODS: We conducted literature reviews and key informant interviews for 29 initiative case studies. Using ACT, we identified patterns in terms of initiatives' targeted actors, behaviors, and the factors shaping actors' agency and behavior. We then applied ACT in an initiative in Zimbabwe to develop a theory of change that links behavior change pathways with broader systems transformation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The reviewed initiatives focused heavily on shaping producers' behavior through knowledge transfer, less often considering other actors and structural challenges and opportunities. Key informants frequently reported enablers and impediments to achieve initiative outcomes that were associated with structural system elements. Few were able to articulate their initiative's theory of change and underlying assumptions. SIGNIFICANCE: ACT can support a more diverse and theory-based exploration of agri-food system initiatives' target actors, behaviors, and factors shaping behaviors. Development professionals can apply the ACT framework to design more effective TOCs that attend to diverse actor groups and leverage the factors influencing these actors' agency and behaviors. | ||
| 546 | _aText in English | ||
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_bAgroecology _dCGIAR Trust Fund _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174845 _fMultifunctional Landscapes _aGender equality, youth & social inclusion _aEnvironmental health & biodiversity _cSystems Transformation _cResilient Agrifood Systems |
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_aFrameworks _2AGROVOC _927939 |
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_aTheory of change _2AGROVOC _931793 |
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_aAgroecology _2AGROVOC _93995 |
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_8001712573 _aVoss, R.C. _gFormerly Socioeconomics Program _gFormerly Sustainable Agrifood Systems _gFormerly Global Maize Program _921703 |
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_aFalk, T. _939009 |
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_aRietveld, A. _97992 |
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_aAlary, V. _914635 |
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_aChimonyo, V.G.P. _8001712688 _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _919177 |
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_aFrija, A. _98304 |
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_aGuettou-Djurfeldt, N. _939010 |
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_aLestrelin, G. _939011 |
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_aSingh, S. _939012 |
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_aNdiwa, A.M. _939013 |
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_aZingwena, T. _932518 |
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_tAgricultural Systems _gv. 228, art. 104399 _dUnited Kingdom : Elsevier Ltd, 2025. _x0308-521X _wG444466 |
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_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/35710 |
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