Group 3 Breakout Report

Polly E., Leslie L., Kaisa K., Lance R., Hallie E.

Mechanisms of Influence(Levers, Conditions)

Narratives & Framings

Governance Arrangements

Strategies

Implementation

Farm-level outcomes(e.g., climate smart ag)

Learning

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Mechanisms of InfluenceNarratives & Framings

Interests Ideas

InformationAssets/ $$

Governance Arrangements

Public-private partnerships

Market structures

Social movements &coalitions Knowledge

Mobilization & networks

State policy & institutional organization Donors

Politics

Strategies

Formal institutions Informal institutionsInformation

Knowledge/ IdeasInvestments

Implementation

Farm-level outcomes(e.g., climate smart ag)

Learning

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Research Questions/ Gaps1. How do particular conditions and levers lead to specific forms of

governance arrangements? What are the conditions and levers for creating appropriate or desirable

governance arrangements?

2. What strategies are associated with which governance arrangements and why?

3. What governance arrangements and associated strategies work best for what CRA goals? Why?  

4. What governance arrangements are most conducive to adaptive learning?  How does information and knowledge production about governance &

institutions affect change in governing organizations? (particularly relevant for CGIAR)

How do organizations/ governance actors learn and adapt, or not? How do they learn from experience of farmers and incorporate insights into

governance arrangements? [a lot already known about this]

5. What are the indicators of good enough governance for climate resilient agriculture/ food systems?

Methods and Approaches• Narratives/ Framing

– STEPS Pathways approach– Multi-criteria Decision Mapping– Discourse analysis– Q analysis

• Conditions, levers, mechanisms of influence on governance:– QCA– Econometrics/ statistical

modeling– New Institutional Economics– Transitions management (re:

power analysis)

• Governance arrangements and strategies– IAD– Stakeholder analysis (i.e., players,

influence, interest mapping)– Institutional mapping– Social Network analysis

• Indicators of good governance– Meta analysis– MCDA/ expert consultation– Statistical correlations of good

governance indicators with food security/ climate adaptations

• (Evidence of) Learning– Scenario analysis (incl. Backcasting)– Social learning analysis

Possible Partnerships

• FAO – scenario analysis, new institutional economics, indicator development

• STEPS center – Framing/ narratives; multicriteria mapping• IAD scholars and organizations• “Political-economy of food system” scholars and

institutions (i.e., Wageningen U?; Cornell; …)• Comparative politics (Compon network)• Resilience Alliance (as source of research approach)• IDGEC scholars (former IHDP node)• MIT Poverty Lab