Prioritizing options for multi-objective agricultural development through the Positive Deviance approach.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural development must integrate multiple objectives at the same time, including food security, income, and environmental sustainability. To help achieve these objectives, development practitioners need to prioritize concrete livelihood practices to promote to rural households. But trade-offs between objectives can lead to dilemmas in selecting practices. In addition, heterogeneity among farming households requires targeting different strategies to different types of households. Existing diversity of household resources and activities, however, may also bear solutions. We explored a new, empirical research method that identifies promising options for multi-objective development by focusing on existing cases of strong multi-dimensional household performance. The "Positive Deviance" a

SUBMITTER: Steinke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6388925 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature