Bello-Bravo Julia, Medendorp John William, Pittendrigh Barry
Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Department of Entomology, Purdue University, 901 W. State Street, Suite 105D, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
Heliyon. 2022 Jun 25;8(7):e09808. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09808. eCollection 2022 Jul.
While a wide consensus acknowledges that participation is critical for the successful implementation of change that improves the livelihoods of people and communities around the world, justly securing that participation from stakeholders (at both the design and implementation stages) remains a demanding problem. This paper proposes a heuristic model for increasing participation that not only helps to investigate instances of nonparticipation but also opens up alternative intervention strategies and pathways for designers and implementers to consider toward more justly increasing participation and overcoming nonparticipation. Applied to a successful case of participation in Gurúè District, Mozambique-where an 89% solution adoption of an improved postharvest seed storage method was measured two years after initial training-this paper demonstrates the key importance of designing opportunities and motivations for participation into any solutions or innovations but especially justice as a factor for successful realization of theory of change efforts (all the more so in developing nation contexts). Applied to a second case study, this paper also explores participation despite little to no motivation to do so. Aiming to afford designers and implementers of theory of change interventions a tool for more successfully and exactly matching innovation goals with innovation outcomes, the paper also addresses broader implications for the model within theory of change approaches generally.
虽然广泛的共识认为参与对于成功实施改善世界各地人民和社区生计的变革至关重要，但从利益相关者那里合理确保这种参与（在设计和实施阶段）仍然是一个艰巨的问题。本文提出了一种促进参与的启发式模型，该模型不仅有助于调查不参与的情况，还为设计师和实施者开辟了替代干预策略和途径，以考虑如何更合理地增加参与并克服不参与的情况。本文将该模型应用于莫桑比克古鲁埃区一个成功的参与案例——在初始培训两年后，改进的收获后种子储存方法的采用率达到了89%——证明了将参与的机会和动机设计到任何解决方案或创新中，尤其是将正义作为成功实现变革理论努力的一个因素（在发展中国家背景下更是如此）的关键重要性。将该模型应用于第二个案例研究时，本文还探讨了即使几乎没有或完全没有参与动机的情况下的参与情况。旨在为变革理论干预的设计师和实施者提供一种工具，以便更成功、准确地使创新目标与创新成果相匹配，本文还阐述了该模型在一般变革理论方法中的更广泛影响。
