Volume
62
Issue
4
DOI
10.34068/joe.62.04.23
Abstract
With climate-smart agriculture as the context, we explore one aspect of transdisciplinarity, the co-development of knowledge (CDK). Challenges were identified via matrix coding and word frequency queries of field day, meeting, and interview transcripts. Focusing on the Research-Extension team, we found they highly value collaboration and participatory-based projects, but developing trust-based relationships, enhancing long-term stakeholder investment, and understanding both team and stakeholder capacity was difficult. This paper informs transdisciplinary projects aimed at climate adaptation by illustrating the need for Research-Extension teams to take incremental steps towards CDK, to engage stakeholders before program planning, and to increase both interaction and reflexivity.
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Recommended Citation
Worosz, M. R., Stewart, H., Robinette, M., Ortiz, B., Prasad, R., Gambel, A., & Duzy, L. (2024). The Challenges of Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies, Practices, and Technologies among Research and Extension Teams. The Journal of Extension, 62(4), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.62.04.23
