A sustainable game changer? Systematic review of serious games used for agriculture and research agenda
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104178
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Elsa T.A. Berthet & C�cile Barnaud & Nathalie Girard & Julie Labatut & Guillaume Martin, 2016. "How to foster agroecological innovations? A comparison of participatory design methods," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(2), pages 280-301, February.
- Claude A. Garcia & Sini Savilaakso & René W. Verburg & Natasha Stoudmann & Philip Fernbach & Steven A. Sloman & Garry D. Peterson & Miguel B. Araújo & Jean-François Bastin & Jürgen Blaser & Laurence B, 2022. "Strategy games to improve environmental policymaking," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 5(6), pages 464-471, June.
- Cyrille Rigolot, 2020. "Transdisciplinarity as a discipline and a way of being: complementarities and creative tensions," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 1-5, December.
- Guillaume Martin & Sandrine Allain & Jacques-Eric Bergez & Delphine Burger-Leenhardt & Julie Constantin & Michel Duru & Laurent Hazard & Camille Lacombe & Danièle Magda & Marie-Angélina Magne & Julie , 2018. "How to Address the Sustainability Transition of Farming Systems? A Conceptual Framework to Organize Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-20, June.
- Salvini, G. & van Paassen, A. & Ligtenberg, A. & Carrero, G.C. & Bregt, A.K., 2016. "A role-playing game as a tool to facilitate social learning and collective action towards Climate Smart Agriculture: Lessons learned from Apuí, Brazil," Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 113-121.
- Robert-Jan Den Haan & Mascha C. Van der Voort, 2018. "On Evaluating Social Learning Outcomes of Serious Games to Collaboratively Address Sustainability Problems: A Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-26, December.
- Sylvain Depigny & Yves Michelin, 2007. "SHRUB BATTLE: Understanding the making of landscape," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 38(2), pages 263-277, June.
- Michel Etienne, 2003. "SYLVOPAST: a Multiple Target Role-Playing Game to Assess Negotiation Processes in Sylvopastoral Management Planning," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 6(2), pages 1-5.
- Nees Jan Eck & Ludo Waltman, 2017. "Citation-based clustering of publications using CitNetExplorer and VOSviewer," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 111(2), pages 1053-1070, May.
- Washington-Ottombre, C. & Pijanowski, B. & Campbell, D. & Olson, J. & Maitima, J. & Musili, A. & Kibaki, T. & Kaburu, H. & Hayombe, P. & Owango, E. & Irigia, B. & Gichere, S. & Mwangi, A., 2010. "Using a role-playing game to inform the development of land-use models for the study of a complex socio-ecological system," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 103(3), pages 117-126, March.
- Prost, Lorène, 2021. "Revitalizing agricultural sciences with design sciences," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
- Leslie Martin & Piotr Magnuszewski & Jan Sendzimir & Felicjan Rydzak & Karolina Krolikowska & Hubert Komorowski & Anna Lewandowska-Czarnecka & Joanna Wojanowska & Anna Lasut & Jadwiga Magnuszewska & P, 2007. "Microworld gaming of a local agricultural production chain in Poland," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 38(2), pages 211-232, June.
- Craig L. Dobbins & Michael Boehlje & Steven Erickson & Taylor Robert, 1995. "Using Games to Teach Farm and Agribusiness Management," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 17(3), pages 247-255.
- Valerie Angeon & Sylvie Lardon, 2008. "Participation and governance in territorial development projects: the 'territory game' as a local project leadership system," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(2/3/4), pages 262-281.
- María Elena Orduña Alegría & Niels Schütze & Samuel C. Zipper, 2020. "A Serious Board Game to Analyze Socio-Ecological Dynamics towards Collaboration in Agriculture," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-19, June.
- Dolinska, Aleksandra, 2017. "Bringing farmers into the game. Strengthening farmers' role in the innovation process through a simulation game, a case from Tunisia," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 129-139.
- Michael Boehlje & Vernon Eidman & Odell Walker, 1973. "An Approach to Farm Management Education," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 55(2), pages 192-197.
- Olivier Barreteau & François Bousquet & Jean-Marie Attonaty, 2001. "Role-Playing Games for Opening the Black Box of Multi-Agent Systems: Method and Lessons of Its Application to Senegal River Valley Irrigated Systems," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 4(2), pages 1-5.
- Boulestreau, Yann & Casagrande, Marion & Navarrete, Mireille, 2023. "A method to design coupled innovations for the agroecological transition. Implementation for soil health management in Provencal sheltered vegetable systems," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
- Julia Jouan & Mireille De Graeuwe & Matthieu Carof & Rim Baccar & Nathalie Bareille & Suzanne Bastian & Delphine Brogna & Giovanni Burgio & Sébastien Couvreur & Michał Cupiał & Benjamin Dumont & Anne-, 2020. "Learning Interdisciplinarity and Systems Approaches in Agroecology: Experience with the Serious Game SEGAE," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, May.
- Martin, G., 2015. "A conceptual framework to support adaptation of farming systems – Development and application with Forage Rummy," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 52-61.
- Sari, Rika Ratna & Tanika, Lisa & Speelman, Erika N. & Saputra, Danny Dwi & Hakim, Arief Lukman & Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. & Hairiah, Kurniatun & van Noordwijk, Meine, 2024. "Farmer Options and Risks in Complex Ecological-Social systems: The FORCES game designed for agroforestry management of upper watersheds," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 213(C).
- Esgalhado, Catarina & Guimarães, Helena & Debolini, Marta & Guiomar, Nuno & Lardon, Sylvie & Ferraz de Oliveira, Isabel, 2020. "A holistic approach to land system dynamics – The Monfurado case in Alentejo, Portugal," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
- Ditzler, Lenora & Klerkx, Laurens & Chan-Dentoni, Jacqueline & Posthumus, Helena & Krupnik, Timothy J. & Ridaura, Santiago López & Andersson, Jens A. & Baudron, Frédéric & Groot, Jeroen C.J., 2018. "Affordances of agricultural systems analysis tools: A review and framework to enhance tool design and implementation," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 20-30.
- Speelman, E.N. & García-Barrios, L.E. & Groot, J.C.J. & Tittonell, P., 2014. "Gaming for smallholder participation in the design of more sustainable agricultural landscapes," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 62-75.
- Apurba Shee & Calum G. Turvey & Joshua Woodard, 2015. "A field study for assessing risk-contingent credit for Kenyan pastoralists and dairy farmers," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 75(3), pages 330-348, September.
- Olivier Barreteau & Géraldine Abrami, 2007. "Variable time scales, agent-based models, and role-playing games: The PIEPLUE river basin management game," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 38(3), pages 364-381, September.
- Kristy de Salas & Louise Ashbarry & Mikaela Seabourne & Ian Lewis & Lindsay Wells & Julian Dermoudy & Erin Roehrer & Matthew Springer & James D. Sauer & Jenn Scott, 2022. "Improving Environmental Outcomes With Games: An Exploration of Behavioural and Technological Design and Evaluation Approaches," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 53(5), pages 470-512, October.
- Andreas Gerber & Markus Ulrich & Flurin X. Wäger & Marta Roca-Puigròs & João S. V. Gonçalves & Patrick Wäger, 2021. "Games on Climate Change: Identifying Development Potentials through Advanced Classification and Game Characteristics Mapping," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-26, February.
- Christophe Le Page & Anne Dray & Pascal Perez & Claude Garcia, 2016. "Exploring How Knowledge and Communication Influence Natural Resources Management With ReHab," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 47(2), pages 257-284, April.
- Sarah Velten & Julia Leventon & Nicolas Jager & Jens Newig, 2015. "What Is Sustainable Agriculture? A Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(6), pages 1-33, June.
- Joffre, Olivier M. & Bosma, Roel H. & Ligtenberg, Arend & Tri, Van Pham Dang & Ha, Tran Thi Phung & Bregt, Arnold K., 2015. "Combining participatory approaches and an agent-based model for better planning shrimp aquaculture," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 149-159.
- Lairez, Juliette & Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago & Jourdain, Damien & Falconnier, Gatien N. & Lienhard, Pascal & Striffler, Bruno & Syfongxay, Chanthaly & Affholder, François, 2020. "Context matters: Agronomic field monitoring and participatory research to identify criteria of farming system sustainability in South-East Asia," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
- Samuel M. Curtis, 1968. "The Use of a Business Game for Teaching Farm Business Analysis to High School and Adult Students," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 50(4), pages 1025-1033.
- Ryschawy, Julie & Grillot, Myriam & Charmeau, Anaïs & Pelletier, Aude & Moraine, Marc & Martin, Guillaume, 2022. "A participatory approach based on the serious game Dynamix to co-design scenarios of crop-livestock integration among farms," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
- Intissar Ferchichi & Insaf Mekki & Mohamed Elloumi & Lamia Arfa & Sylvie Lardon, 2020. "Actors, Scales and Spaces Dynamics Linked to Groundwater Resources use for Agriculture Production in Haouaria Plain, Tunisia. A Territory Game Approach," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-15, March.
- Apurba Shee & Calum G. Turvey & Joshua Woodard, 2015. "A field study for assessing risk-contingent credit for Kenyan pastoralists and dairy farmers," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 75(3), pages 330-348, September.
- J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera & Max Mauerman & Alexandra Herrera & Kathryn Vasilaky & Walter Baethgen & Ana Maria Loboguerrero & Rahel Diro & Yohana Tesfamariam Tekeste & Daniel Osgood, 2020. "Games and Fieldwork in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science," Games, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-22, October.
- Gissi, Elena & Garramone, Vito, 2018. "Learning on ecosystem services co-production in decision-making from role-playing simulation: Comparative analysis from Southeast Europe," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 34(PB), pages 228-253.
- William's Daré & Olivier Barreteau, 2003. "A Role-Playing Game in Irrigated System Negotiation: Between Play and Reality," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 6(3), pages 1-6.
- Marian Simón-Rojo & Andrés Couceiro & Julia del Valle & José Fariña Tojo, 2020. "Public Food Procurement as a Driving Force for Building Local and Agroecological Food Systems: Farmers’ Skepticism in Vega Baja del Jarama, Madrid (Spain)," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(9), pages 1-20, September.
- Tina-Simone Neset & Sirkku Juhola & Lotten Wiréhn & Janina Käyhkö & Carlo Navarra & Therese Asplund & Erik Glaas & Victoria Wibeck & Björn-Ola Linnér, 2020. "Supporting Dialogue and Analysis on Trade-Offs in Climate Adaptation Research With the Maladaptation Game," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 51(3), pages 378-399, June.
- Olivier Barreteau & G. Abrami, 2007. "Variable time scales, agent-based models, and role-playing games: The PIEPLUE river basin management game," Post-Print hal-00453892, HAL.
- Pigford, Ashlee-Ann E. & Hickey, Gordon M. & Klerkx, Laurens, 2018. "Beyond agricultural innovation systems? Exploring an agricultural innovation ecosystems approach for niche design and development in sustainability transitions," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 116-121.
- Matthew J Page & Joanne E McKenzie & Patrick M Bossuyt & Isabelle Boutron & Tammy C Hoffmann & Cynthia D Mulrow & Larissa Shamseer & Jennifer M Tetzlaff & Elie A Akl & Sue E Brennan & Roger Chou & Jul, 2021. "The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(3), pages 1-15, March.
- David Crookall, 2014. "Engaging (in) Gameplay and (in) Debriefing," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 45(4-5), pages 416-427, August.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Sari, Rika Ratna & Tanika, Lisa & Speelman, Erika N. & Saputra, Danny Dwi & Hakim, Arief Lukman & Rozendaal, Danaë M.A. & Hairiah, Kurniatun & van Noordwijk, Meine, 2024. "Farmer Options and Risks in Complex Ecological-Social systems: The FORCES game designed for agroforestry management of upper watersheds," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 213(C).
- Ditzler, Lenora & Klerkx, Laurens & Chan-Dentoni, Jacqueline & Posthumus, Helena & Krupnik, Timothy J. & Ridaura, Santiago López & Andersson, Jens A. & Baudron, Frédéric & Groot, Jeroen C.J., 2018. "Affordances of agricultural systems analysis tools: A review and framework to enhance tool design and implementation," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 20-30.
- Dolinska, Aleksandra & Hassenforder, Emeline & Loboguerrero, Ana Maria & Sultan, Benjamin & Bossuet, Jérôme & Cottenceau, Jeanne & Bonatti, Michelle & Hellin, Jon & Mekki, Insaf & Drogoul, Alexis & Va, 2023. "Co-production opportunities seized and missed in decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture – How do we practice the “best practice”?," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
- Moojen, Fernanda Gomes & Ryschawy, Julie & dos Santos, Davi Teixeira & Barth Neto, Armindo & Vieira, Paulo Cardozo & Portella, Elisa & de Faccio Carvalho, Paulo César, 2022. "The farm coaching experience to support the transition to integrated crop–livestock systems: From gaming to action," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
- Eastwood, C.R. & Turner, F.J. & Romera, A.J., 2022. "Farmer-centred design: An affordances-based framework for identifying processes that facilitate farmers as co-designers in addressing complex agricultural challenges," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
- Meunier, Clémentine & Casagrande, Marion & Rosiès, Blandine & Bedoussac, Laurent & Topp, Cairistiona F.E. & Walker, Robin L. & Watson, Christine A. & Martin, Guillaume, 2022. "Interplay: A game for the participatory design of locally adapted cereal–legume intercrops," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
- Inga C. Melchior & Jens Newig, 2021. "Governing Transitions towards Sustainable Agriculture—Taking Stock of an Emerging Field of Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-27, January.
- Sylvain, Dernat & Bertrand, Dumont & Dominique, Vollet, 2023. "La Grange®: A generic game to reveal trade-offs and synergies among stakeholders in livestock farming areas," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 209(C).
- Robert-Jan Den Haan & Mascha C. Van der Voort, 2018. "On Evaluating Social Learning Outcomes of Serious Games to Collaboratively Address Sustainability Problems: A Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-26, December.
- Clémence Moreau & Cécile Barnaud & Raphaël Mathevet, 2019. "Conciliate Agriculture with Landscape and Biodiversity Conservation: A Role-Playing Game to Explore Trade-Offs among Ecosystem Services through Social Learning," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-20, January.
- Chantal Gascuel & Michèle Tixier-Boichard & Benoit Dedieu & Cécile Détang-Dessendre & Pierre Dupraz & Philippe Faverdin & Laurent Hazard & Philippe Hinsinger & Isabelle Litrico-Chiarelli & Françoise M, 2019. "Réflexion prospective interdisciplinaire pour l’agroécologie. Rapport de synthèse," Post-Print hal-02154433, HAL.
- Michael Mensah & Grace B. Villamor & Benedicta Y. Fosu-Mensah & Paul L. G. Vlek, 2021. "Exploring the Gender-Specific Adaptive Responses to Climate Variability: Application of Grazing Game in the Semi-Arid Region of Ghana," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-19, October.
- Aravindakshan, Sreejith & Krupnik, Timothy J. & Amjath-Babu, T.S. & Speelman, Stijn & Tur-Cardona, Juan & Tittonell, Pablo & Groot, Jeroen C.J., 2021. "Quantifying farmers' preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh's risk prone farming systems," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
- García-Barrios, L.E. & Speelman, E.N. & Pimm, M.S., 2008. "An educational simulation tool for negotiating sustainable natural resource management strategies among stakeholders with conflicting interests," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 210(1), pages 115-126.
- Joffre, Olivier M. & Bosma, Roel H. & Ligtenberg, Arend & Tri, Van Pham Dang & Ha, Tran Thi Phung & Bregt, Arnold K., 2015. "Combining participatory approaches and an agent-based model for better planning shrimp aquaculture," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 149-159.
- Panagiota Xanthopoulou & Alexandros Sahinidis, 2024. "Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention and Its Influencing Factors: A Systematic Literature Review," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-28, May.
- Kenny, Ursula & Regan, Áine & Hearne, Dave & O'Meara, Christine, 2021. "Empathising, defining and ideating with the farming community to develop a geotagged photo app for smart devices: A design thinking approach," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 194(C).
- Novotny, Ivan P. & Boul Lefeuvre, Nastasia & Attiogbé, Koffi S. & Wouyo, Atakpama & Fousseni, Folega & Dray, Anne & Waeber, Patrick O., 2024. "Exploring farmer choices in Southern Togo: Utilizing a strategy game to understand decision-making in agricultural practices," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 218(C).
- Della Rossa, Pauline & Mottes, Charles & Cattan, Philippe & Le Bail, Marianne, 2022. "A new method to co-design agricultural systems at the territorial scale - Application to reduce herbicide pollution in Martinique," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
- Paul Guyot & Shinichi Honiden, 2006. "Agent-Based Participatory Simulations: Merging Multi-Agent Systems and Role-Playing Games," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 9(4), pages 1-8.
More about this item
Keywords
Farming; Sustainability; AKIS; Serious games; Codesign; Assessment;All these keywords.
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:222:y:2025:i:c:s0308521x24003287. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/agsy .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.