Multi-disciplinary north-south collaboration in participatory action research on food value chains: a German Tanzanian case study on per-ceptions, experiences and challenges

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dc.contributor.authorF. Graef
dc.contributor.authorK. D. Mutabazi
dc.contributor.authorS. Sieber
dc.contributor.authorF. Asch
dc.contributor.authorB. Makoko
dc.contributor.authorM. Bonatti
dc.contributor.authorM. Brüntrup
dc.contributor.authorC. Gornott
dc.contributor.authorL. Herrmann
dc.contributor.authorR. Herrmann
dc.contributor.authorL. Kaburire
dc.contributor.authorF. C. Kahimba
dc.contributor.authorA. Kimaro
dc.contributor.authorA. Kuntosch
dc.contributor.authorH. J. König
dc.contributor.authorP. Lagwen
dc.contributor.authorM. A. Lana
dc.contributor.authorC. Lambert
dc.contributor.authorC. Levy
dc.contributor.authorK. Löhr
dc.contributor.authorC. Maeda
dc.contributor.authorH. Mbwana
dc.contributor.authorD. Mchau
dc.contributor.authorM. T. Mnimbo
dc.contributor.authorS. Munder
dc.contributor.authorL. Mwinuka
dc.contributor.authorP. Ngwenya
dc.contributor.authorE. Nickson
dc.contributor.authorE. Nkonya
dc.contributor.authorP. Saidia
dc.contributor.authorM. P. Schäfer
dc.contributor.authorJ. Schindler
dc.contributor.authorV. Silayo
dc.contributor.authorG. Uckert
dc.contributor.authorJ. Wambura
dc.contributor.authorL. William
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-16T07:01:45Z
dc.date.available2024-08-16T07:01:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-018-9458-7
dc.description.abstractUpgrading local food value chains is a promising approach to invigorating African food systems. This endeavour warrants multi-disciplinary North-South collaboration and partnerships through participatory action research (PAR) to help leverage appropriate upgrading strategies (UPSs) with a focus on local stakeholders. The more disciplines, cultures, and partner institutions that are involved, the more a project will present challenges in terms of communication and coordinating activities. Our aim was to determine the costs and investigate whether PAR with a multi-disciplinary approach was feasible in rural Tanzania with over 600 local stakeholders and more than 100 scientists. This article presents a self-evaluation of the collaboration and communication of project scientists during their research activities. Despite the overall high satisfaction, the more complex and complicated PAR activities required more cooperation, instructions and communication among the project scientists than had been anticipated in this multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and multi–institutional context, resulting in greater tension and dissatisfaction. The findings indicate that this type of large multi-disciplinary PAR is challenging in terms of flexibility in the planning of research activities, the administration of finances, and cross-cultural communication. Potential avenues to overcome these obstacles include a) more communication on PAR activities across cultures to develop a shared vocabulary; b) developing other modes of shared responsibility for a more horizontal collaboration; and c) more face-to-face cross-cultural activities to overcome cultural, disciplinary and geographical distance.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11213-018-9458-7
dc.identifier.otherURL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-018-9458-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.udom.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12661/4556
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofSystemic Practice and Action Research
dc.subjectLocal food value chains
dc.subjectLocal food
dc.subjectParticipatory research
dc.subjectFood value chains
dc.subjectParticipatory action research
dc.subjectCollaborative projects
dc.titleMulti-disciplinary north-south collaboration in participatory action research on food value chains: a German Tanzanian case study on per-ceptions, experiences and challenges
dc.typeArticle
oaire.citation.issue4
oaire.citation.volume32
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