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Implementation of a companion modelling approach for studying the sustainability of yam cultivation in West Africa: the J\u2019IGNAME Role-Playing Game<\/h1>\n

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Partners<\/h2>\n

Study funded by ETH Zurich\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Background<\/h2>\n

Yam is the staple food of 300 million people around the world. It represents a significant food crop in terms of food security, income and culture for the people who cultivate it in West Africa. Despite this potential, the current crop practices of yam producers, mainly oriented towards slash-and-burn agriculture with very little or no inputs, are very unproductive and not environmentally sustainable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The research-action YAMSYS<\/a> project therefore aims to develop accepted innovations in biophysical, institutional and economic management of soils and plants to increase the sustainability of the yam production systems in the African subregion. In order to (1) test the innovations developed and their degree of acceptability by all the stakeholders in the yam sector in the countries of the project (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast), and (2) create a support for the diffusion of these innovations, a role-playing game called “J’IGNAME” was set up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Study objectives and expected results<\/h2>\n

IFSRA was mandated by the YAMSYS project to participate in the design and implementation of the role-playing game through participatory workshops. These play sessions were conducted on the Burkinabe field with the double objective of validating the J\u2019IGNAME game protocol, and of progressively passing on the facilitating approach to the project team so that they can then realize by themselves the participatory workshops for the project sites in Ivory Coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Partner institutions and study team<\/h2>\n

This specific study is an interdisciplinary effort between a Swiss University and research institutions based in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. The core team of the study consisted of members of the following research institutions:<\/p>\n