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The study examines how structured boundary objects can expose and help reconcile these trade-offs within multistakeholder social learning processes in pastoral and mixed crop-livestock settings in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. A simulation tool and board game support comparable visualization of actor inputs, enabling knowledge sharing and collective planning. Findings highlight trade-offs between household food and animal feed, as well as livestock roles in income, labour, and cultural functions, informing sustainable transition planning.","International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability  \nISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: [https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tags20](https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tags20)  \nGames as boundary objects: charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation  \nJoanne Morris, Jonathan E. Ensor, Catherine Pfeifer, Robert Marchant, Dawit W. Mulatu, Geofrey Soka, Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné, Mekonnen B. Wakeyo & Corrado Topi  \nTo cite this article: Joanne Morris, Jonathan E. Ensor, Catherine Pfeifer, Robert Marchant, Dawit W. Mulatu, Geofrey Soka, Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné , Mekonnen B. Wakeyo & Corrado Topi (2021) Games as boundary objects: charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19:5-6, 525-548, DOI:  \n10. 1080/14735903 .2020.1738769  \nTo link to this article: [https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1738769](https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1738769)  \n © 2020 The Author(s) . Published by Informa  Published online: 27 Mar 2020.  \nUK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis  \n Group     \n Submit your article to this journal   Article views: 1370  \nPublic Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \n View related articles   View Crossmark data  \nFull Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at [https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tags20](https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tags20)  \nGames as boundary objects: charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation  \nJoanne Morris  a, Jonathan E. Ensor  a, Catherine Pfeifer b,c, Robert Marchant d,  \nDawit W. Mulatu e,f, Geofrey Soka  g, Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné h,i, Mekonnen B. Wakeyo j and Corrado Topi  a  \naStockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK; bResearch Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland; cInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya; dYork Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK; eEnvironment and Climate Research Centre (ECRC), Policy Studies Institute (PSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; fWorld Bank, Environment, Natural Resources and the Blue Economy Global Practice, Africa Region, Ethiopia; gSokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania; hUniversité Nazi Boni (UNB), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; iInstitut du Développement Rural (IDR), BoboDioulasso, Burkina Faso; jAgriculture and Rural Development Research Center, Policy Studies Institute (PSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  \nABSTRACT  \nAttempts to structurally transform segments of the agri-food system inevitably involve trade-offs between the priorities of actors with different incentives, perspectives and values. Trade-offs are context-specific, reflecting different socio-economic and political realities. We investigate the potential of structured boundary objects to facilitate exposing and reconciling these trade-offs within the context of multistakeholder social learning processes with pastoral and mixed crop-livestock communities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Building on boundary objects as items flexible enough to be understood by all without having one common definition, structured boundary objects visualize actors’ input in a comparable format to facilitate knowledge sharing. Stakeholders in each country used a simulation tool and board game to explore the implications of changing livestock stocking and management practices for the environment and for actors’ future socio-economic priorities. Using structured boundary objects elicited trade-offs between household food and animal feed, and between livestock for income, labour, and/ or cultural functions, reflecting the context-specific and subjective evaluations actors make when attempting to plan livelihood changes. 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