@article{fdi:010073709,
  title = {{P}roblemshed or watershed ? {P}articipatory modeling towards {IWRM} in {N}orth {G}hana},
  author = {{D}are, {W}. and {V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {L}e {P}age, {C}. and {A}duna, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper is a reflexive analysis of a three-year participatory water research project conducted in the {U}pper {E}ast {R}egion ({UER}) of {G}hana, whose explicit objective was to initiate a multi-level dialogue to support the national {I}ntegrated {W}ater {R}esources {M}anagement ({IWRM}) policy framework. {T}he transdisciplinary team adopted the {C}ompanion {M}odeling approach ({C}om{M}od), using role-playing games and a computerized agent-based model to support the identification of a problemshed centered on issues of river bank cultivation, erosion, and flooding, and initiate a multi-level dialogue on ways that this problemshed could be tackled. {O}n the basis of this experience, we identify three key criteria for transdisciplinary research to support innovative water governance: (1) the iterative adaptation of tools and facilitation techniques based on feedback from participants; (2) a common understanding of the objectives pursued and the approach used among researchers, who need to explicit their posture, and crucially; (3) the co-identification of a problemshed that diverse stakeholders are interested in tackling. {F}inally, we argue that the context in which research is funded and conducted in the development sector constitutes a challenge for researchers to be participants like any other in the projects they coordinate, which constitutes a barrier to true transdisciplinarity.},
  keywords = {water resources ; companion modeling ; role-playing game ; agent-based model ; {S}ub-{S}aharan {A}frica ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {GHANA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}ater},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {art. 721 [23 p.]},
  ISSN = {2073-4441},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.3390/w10060721},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073709},
}