CONTEXT

Livestock farming systems have received particular attention in the news and scientific media. However, do these considerations ever come to a real debate? Nothing is less certain. There is much attention on the negative impacts of livestock farming on the environment, and it remains difficult to have a fruitful dialogue on the desirable developments of livestock farming areas. This is also true at a local scale, where antagonisms among stakeholders can be strong.

OBJECTIVE

We present La Grange®, a generic serious game that reveals trade-offs and synergies in livestock farming areas. Its aim is to promote horizontal knowledge and dialogue among stakeholders on locally-adapted transition for livestock farming.

METHODS

After presenting the conceptual model underlying the game with the different game components and phases, we report the outputs of four case studies with groups of farmers or students in agriculture.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

We show that La Grange® fills a gap in the toolbox for understanding livestock farming, making it possible to integrate generic and local knowledge and incorporating its biotechnical, environmental, economic, and sociocultural dimensions. In each case study, La Grange® not only revealed trade-offs and synergies between these dimensions, but also allowed new cooperation and strategic roadmaps to be set up for a livestock farming area. Both farmers and students perceived the game as a less top-down way of learning. When played with citizens, two of them joined the steering committee on an experimental farm after the game session.

SIGNIFICANCE

As a low-tech, easy-to-access game, La Grange® can be easily used by extension services and agricultural teachers. Outputs from the four case-studies makes it possible to classify La Grange® as a “Game for Change” due to its impact on supporting sustainability.

中文翻译：

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La Grange®：一种通用游戏，用于揭示畜牧养殖区利益相关者之间的权衡取舍和协同作用

语境

畜牧养殖系统在新闻和科学媒体中受到了特别关注。然而，这些考虑是否会引起真正的争论？没有什么是不确定的。畜牧业对环境的负面影响备受关注，就畜牧业地区的理想发展进行富有成果的对话仍然困难重重。在地方层面也是如此，利益相关者之间的对抗可能很强烈。

客观的

我们推出了 La Grange®，这是一款通用的严肃游戏，揭示了畜牧业地区的权衡取舍和协同作用。其目的是促进利益相关者之间关于畜牧业因地制宜的转型的横向知识和对话。

方法

在介绍了具有不同游戏组件和阶段的游戏基础概念模型之后，我们报告了四个与农业农民或学生群体进行的案例研究的结果。

结果和结论

我们表明，La Grange® 填补了了解畜牧业的工具箱中的空白，使整合通用知识和当地知识并纳入其生物技术、环境、经济和社会文化维度成为可能。在每个案例研究中，La Grange® 不仅揭示了这些维度之间的权衡和协同作用，而且还允许为畜牧养殖区建立新的合作和战略路线图。农民和学生都认为游戏是一种不太自上而下的学习方式。与市民一起玩时，其中两人在游戏结束后加入了实验农场的指导委员会。

意义

作为一款技术含量低、易于上手的游戏，La Grange® 很容易被推广服务人员和农业教师使用。由于 La Grange® 对支持可持续发展的影响，这四个案例研究的结果使我们有可能将 La Grange® 归类为“变革游戏”。