Journal
FOOD POLICY
Volume 68, Issue -, Pages 53-64Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.01.002
Keywords
Multi-stakeholder processes; Social capital; Stakeholder analysis; Social network analysis; Smallholder farming systems
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- International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada
- Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada
- IDRC Doctoral Research Award, McGill University
- Schulich Graduate Fellowship, McGill University
- Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship, McGill University
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Increasingly, multi-stakeholder processes have been recognized as being necessary to the development of public policies seeking to promote systemic innovation in response to complex and multidimensional challenges, such as household food security, rural development, and environmental change. Saint Lucia, a small island developing state located in the Caribbean, has been grappling with a wide range of agriculture, food and nutrition security challenges with varying degrees of policy success. Recognizing the significance of the challenge, this paper explores the nature of the stakeholder interactions surrounding the development of Saint Lucia's 2009-2015 National Agricultural Policy and considers some of the implications for food and agriculture-related policy outcomes. Results reveal a general lack of supportive conditions for effective multi-stakeholder processes, including low stakeholder participation levels, conflicting roles of different forms of social capital in the interactions between stakeholders, and missing boundary organizations capable of facilitating a transition towards more flexible and adaptive institutions, enhanced knowledge exchange and learning, and greater trust among stakeholders in the policy network. Future avenues for research and development are subsequently identified. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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