Means, motive, and opportunity: A method for understanding stakeholder agency within food–energy–water systems

dc.contributor.author Bird, Kate I. T.
dc.contributor.author Nichols, Virginia A.
dc.contributor.author Garay, Eduardo S.
dc.contributor.author Nowatzke, Matthew
dc.contributor.author Essary, Ch'Ree
dc.contributor.author Post, Kimberly K.
dc.contributor.author Deviney, Alison V.
dc.contributor.author Welles, Jacqueline S.
dc.contributor.author Alao, Mumuni O.
dc.contributor.author Dorbu, Freda Elikem
dc.contributor.author Classen, John J.
dc.contributor.author Koziel, Jacek
dc.contributor.author Cortus, Erin L.
dc.contributor.department Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
dc.contributor.department Food Science and Human Nutrition
dc.contributor.department Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
dc.contributor.department Agronomy
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-23T19:37:27Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-23T19:37:27Z
dc.date.issued 2022-03-04
dc.description.abstract Wicked problems are inherent in food–energy–water systems (FEWS) due to the complexity and interconnectedness of these systems, and addressing these challenges necessitates the involvement of the diverse stakeholders in FEWS. However, successful stakeholder engagement requires a strong understanding of the relationships between stakeholders and the specific wicked problem. To better account for these relationships, we adapted a means, motive, and opportunity (MMO) framework to develop a method of stakeholder analysis that evaluates the agency of stakeholders related to a wicked problem in FEWS. This method involves two key components: (1) identification of a challenge at the FEWS nexus and (2) evaluation of stakeholder agency related to the challenge using the dimensions of MMO. This approach provides a method for understanding the characteristics of stakeholders in FEWS and provides information that could be used to inform stakeholder engagement in efforts to address wicked problems at the FEWS nexus. In this article, we present the stakeholder analysis method and describe an example application of the MMO method by examining stakeholder agency related to the adoption of improved swine waste management technology in North Carolina, USA.
dc.description.comments This article is published as Bird, KIT, Nichols, VA, Garay, ES, Nowatzke, M, Essary, C, Post, KK, Deviney, AV, Welles, JS, Alao, MO, Dorbu, FE, Classen, JJ, Koziel, JA, Cortus, EL. 2022. Means, motive, and opportunity: A method for understanding stakeholderagency within food–energy–water systems. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 10(1). DOI: 10.1525/elementa.2021.00066. Copyright 2022 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Posted with permission.
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/7wbO2dWv
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of California Press
dc.source.uri https://doi.org/10.1525/ elementa.2021.00066 *
dc.subject.keywords Stakeholder analysis
dc.subject.keywords FEWS
dc.subject.keywords Environmental sustainability
dc.subject.keywords Transdisciplinary research
dc.subject.keywords Stakeholder engagement
dc.subject.keywords Livestock production
dc.title Means, motive, and opportunity: A method for understanding stakeholder agency within food–energy–water systems
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