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Navigating the participatory turn in agricultural and food research: Best practice from citizen science.

Raquel Ajates, Petra Benyei, Helen Avery, Egle Butkeviciene, Alexandra Czeglédi, Dominique Desclaux, Gerid Hager, Barbara Heinisch, Peter N Hoebe, Toos C G E van Noordwijk and 1 more

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Raquel AjatesUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Obispo Trejo, nº2, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Petra BenyeiInstituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Albasanz 26, 28037, Madrid, Spain. petra.benyei@cchs.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-5772
Helen AveryCentre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University, Box 117, 221 00, Lund, Sweden.
Egle ButkevicieneFaculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, A. Mickevičiaus str. 37, 44244, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Alexandra CzeglédiEnvironmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG), Bükkszentkereszt, 42. Táncsics Street, Budapest, 3557, Hungary.
Dominique DesclauxInstitut National de Recherche Pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Domaine de Melgueil, 34130, Mauguio, France.
Gerid HagerInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, 2361, Laxenburg, Austria.
Barbara HeinischUniversity of Vienna, Porzellangasse 4, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Peter N HoebeEarthwatch Europe, 102-104 St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1BT, UK.
Toos C G E van NoordwijkEarthwatch Europe, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands.
Marco BarzmanInstitut National de Recherche Pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), 147 rue de l'Université, 75007, Paris, France.

Funding

Horizon 2020 862731Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Food systems have enormous impacts on people and the planet, with agriculture and food research becoming strategic for many countries. However, the way this research is conducted and the rise of new agri-food technologies have ethical and socio-economic implications. To address these, many scholars are gaining interest in participatory methods, such as citizen science, but are unfamiliar with the latest debates on ethical and methodological issues surrounding non-academic stakeholder engagement. In this perspective paper, we revisit the European Citizen Science Association's (ECSA) Ten Principles of Citizen Science under the specific lens of agri-food research. The discussion presented is based on a review of the state of the art from academic literature, secondary data from agri-food citizen science projects, and the reflections of 11 scientist and practitioners, members of ECSA's Agri-Food Working Group. The findings reflect theoretical, methodological, and practical implications for navigating the participatory turn in agriculture and food research.

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AgricultureCitizen ScienceFood SupplyHumansResearchAgricultureECSA principlesEthicsFood systemsMethodologiesParticipation

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PMID39982654
PMCPMC12214145

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