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dc.contributor.authorSsebunya, B.R.
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Erwin
dc.contributor.authorAsten, Piet J.A. van
dc.contributor.authorSchader, C.
dc.contributor.authorAltenbuchner, C.
dc.contributor.authorStolze, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:04:41Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:04:41Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationSsebunya, B.R., Schmid, E., van Asten, P., Schader, C., Altenbuchner, C. & Stolze, M. (2016). Stakeholder engagement in prioritizing sustainability assessment themes for smallholder coffee production in Uganda. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 1-18.
dc.identifier.issn1742-1705
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1481
dc.descriptionPublished online: 02 November 2016
dc.description.abstractMany sustainability assessment frameworks have been developed in recent years, but translating them into practical tools to guide decision making remains challenging. By engaging coffee stakeholders in Uganda, we demonstrate a process of translating the widely-accepted framework for Sustainability Assessments of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA), developed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), to smallholder production systems. Stakeholders prioritized the sustainability themes in terms of relevance and feasibility, and subsequently identified relevant sub-themes. We find that the structure and scope of some generally accepted themes need appropriate modifications in order to address the social and structural heterogeneity of smallholder production systems. Although importance and feasibility rankings significantly vary within and between stakeholder groups, governance and economic themes are commonly perceived as very important though equally the least feasible for smallholders. Thus, the inclusion of the ‘farmer-group’ structure as part of the sustainability assessment criteria is perceived as necessary especially toward achieving governance-related goals. These findings emphasize the need of engaging stakeholders in defining locally adapted sustainability assessment criteria.
dc.description.sponsorshipMercator Foundation Switzerland
dc.format.extent1-18
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCoffee
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectSafa
dc.subjectStakeholder Engagement
dc.subjectSmallholder Production
dc.titleStakeholder engagement in prioritizing sustainability assessment themes for smallholder coffee production in Uganda
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalRenewable Agriculture and Food Systems
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid80602
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742170516000363


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