@article{bird_nichols_garay_nowatzke_essary_post_deviney_welles_alao_dorbu_et al._2022, title={Means, motive, and opportunity}, volume={10}, ISSN={2325-1026}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00066}, DOI={10.1525/elementa.2021.00066}, abstractNote={Wicked problems are inherent in food–energy–water systems (FEWS) due to the complexity and interconnectedness of these systems, and addressing these challenges necessitates the involvement of the diverse stakeholders in FEWS. However, successful stakeholder engagement requires a strong understanding of the relationships between stakeholders and the specific wicked problem. To better account for these relationships, we adapted a means, motive, and opportunity (MMO) framework to develop a method of stakeholder analysis that evaluates the agency of stakeholders related to a wicked problem in FEWS. This method involves two key components: (1) identification of a challenge at the FEWS nexus and (2) evaluation of stakeholder agency related to the challenge using the dimensions of MMO. This approach provides a method for understanding the characteristics of stakeholders in FEWS and provides information that could be used to inform stakeholder engagement in efforts to address wicked problems at the FEWS nexus. In this article, we present the stakeholder analysis method and describe an example application of the MMO method by examining stakeholder agency related to the adoption of improved swine waste management technology in North Carolina, USA.}, number={1}, journal={Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene}, publisher={University of California Press}, author={Bird, Kate I. T. and Nichols, Virginia A. and Garay, Eduardo S. and Nowatzke, Matthew and Essary, Ch’Ree and Post, Kimberly K. and Deviney, Alison V. and Welles, Jacqueline S. and Alao, Mumuni O. and Dorbu, Freda Elikem and et al.}, year={2022} }
 @article{welles_soriano_dorbu_pereira_rubeck_timmermans_ndayambaje_deviney_classen_koziel_et al._2021, title={Socio-Economic and Governance Conditions Corresponding to Change in Animal Agriculture: South Dakota Case Study}, volume={13}, ISSN={2071-1050}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131910682}, DOI={10.3390/su131910682}, abstractNote={Understanding sustainable livestock production requires consideration of both qualitative and quantitative factors in a temporal and/or spatial frame. This study adapted Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to relate conditions of social, economic, and governance factors to changes in livestock inventory across several counties and over time. This paper presents an approach that (1) identified factors with the potential to relate to a change in livestock inventory and (2) analyzed commonalities within these factors related to changes spatially and temporally. This paper illustrates the approach and results when applied to five counties in eastern South Dakota. The specific response variables were periods of increasing, no change, or decreasing beef cattle, dairy cattle, and swine inventories in the specific counties for five-year census periods between 1992 and 2017. In the spatial analysis of counties, stable beef inventories and decreasing dairy inventories related to counties with increasing gross domestic products. The presence of specific social communities related to increases in county swine inventories. In the temporal analysis of census periods, local governance and economic factors, particularly market price influences, were more prevalent. Swine inventory showed a stronger link to cash crop markets than to livestock markets, whereas cattle market price increases associated with stable inventories for all animal types. Local governance tools had mixed effects for the different animal types across space and time. The factors and analysis results are context-specific. However, the process considers the various socio-economic processes in livestock production and community development applicable to agricultural sustainability questions in the Midwest and beyond.}, number={19}, journal={Sustainability}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Welles, Jacqueline S. and Soriano, Noelle Cielito T. and Dorbu, Freda Elikem and Pereira, G. M. and Rubeck, Laura M. and Timmermans, Erica L. and Ndayambaje, Benjamin and Deviney, Alison V. and Classen, John J. and Koziel, Jacek A. and et al.}, year={2021}, month={Sep}, pages={10682} }