Social-ecological-technological solutions to waste reuse in food, energy, and water systems (ReFEWS)

Where did your study take place: Magic Valley, Idaho

When did you engage stakeholders: Throughout the project

How did you identify stakeholders? Contacts plus recommendations of contacts

Who did you engage?

  • Farmers
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  • Ranchers
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  • Local government
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  • Tribal/indigenous members
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  • Local districts (soil, water, fire, conservation)
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  • NGOs
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  • University extension
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  • University or academic

To what extent did your team engage stakeholders? 

  • Engagement that helped stakeholders view issues from different perspectives
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  • Engagement that allowed stakeholders to plan for the future
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  • Engagement that helped stakeholders to identify solutions

What methods did you use to engage stakeholders? 

  • Questionnaire or Survey
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  • Workshops or Conferences
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  • Participatory Scenario Planning

What actions did you take, if any, to meet stakeholder needs?

  • Took into account the biophysical and social context in which the stakeholders were embedded
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  • Shared values with and showed stakeholders respect
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  • Engaged stakeholders early and iterated to keep them engaged
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  • Co-owned the engagement process with stakeholders
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  • Co-generated knowledge with stakeholders
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  • Co-generated outcomes with stakeholders
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  • Explicitly integrated stakeholder knowledge into the research project
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  • Made changes to our practices based on reflective and reflexive practices and/or stakeholder feedback
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  • Regularly and transparently communicated with stakeholders
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  • Assessed with worked and what did not work with our stakeholders

What process did you use, if any, to evaluate and monitor your stakeholder engagement?

Assessed stakeholder understanding of concepts, please describe how often this was done.

Ongoing throughout the engagement process

Assessed stakeholder satisfaction with the process, please describe how often this was done.

Ongoing throughout the engagement process

Did you identify, propose, or implement solutions with stakeholders?

  • Identified

Describe what your team did well engaging stakeholders.

The team did well building relationships with most of the stakeholders, and incorporating their input into the project. The project outcomes were much more robust as a result of the interactions with and feedback from the stakeholders.

Describe what your team did well engaging stakeholders.

We were not well-prepared to manage the power dynamics between stakeholders. A couple of stakeholders with minority views stopped attending workshops. I don’t think we gave this enough thought from the beginning of the project.The team did well building relationships with most of the stakeholders, and incorporating their input into the project. The project outcomes were much more robust as a result of the interactions with and feedback from the stakeholders.

PI Contact:akliskey@uidaho.edu

AndrewKliskey

University of Idaho

akliskey@uidaho.edu