eprintid: 11350
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3170
dir: disk0/00/01/13/50
datestamp: 2019-12-18 08:41:58
lastmod: 2019-12-18 08:41:58
status_changed: 2019-12-18 08:41:58
type: experiment
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Falk, T
creators_name: Bartels, L
creators_name: Agrawal, I
creators_name: Shalander, K
creators_name: Duche, V
icrisatcreators_name: Falk, T
icrisatcreators_name: Bartels, L
icrisatcreators_name: Agrawal, I
icrisatcreators_name: Shalander, K
icrisatcreators_name: Duche, V
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: University of Marburg (Germany)
affiliation: Foundation for Ecological Security (Germany)
affiliation: University of Giessen (Germany)
country: India
country: Germany
title: Experimental games help communities explore solutions
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.14
subjects: s23
divisions: CRPS4
crps: crp1.13
full_text_status: public
keywords: watershed management,water infrastructure management
note: This study is a direct contribution to the GIZ-implemented project named Soil protection and rehabilitation for food
security in India (ProSoil) under the special initiative - ‘One World No Hunger’. It is a global initiative of the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Government of Germany. The project is being implemented in
India in strategic partnership with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and in close
collaboration with partner NGOs – Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR), BAIF Development Research Foundation
(BAIF) and Foundation for Ecological Securities (FES). The project is supported and guided by National Institute for
Agriculture Extension Management (MANAGE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India
(MOAFW), State Agriculture Department in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Urban Development Department,
Maharashtra, and agriculture research institutions. We thank all participating communities and experts for their time, assistance and hospitality. We also thank GIZ for entrusting this study to us. We also thank all the assistants who contributed to this study.
abstract: The results of our games show that farmers act less selfish
than theory predicts. Nevertheless, even in the presence
of transparent decisions and repeated possibilities to
discuss, groups manage to produce enough water for
everyone to grow crops only in approximately 50% of the
played rounds. The red line in Figure 3 indicates the social
optimal investment level in our game. At this level, all
players of a particular group could grow the water-efficient
rabi (postrainy) crop (chickpea). Still, in 15% of the crop
decisions in the game, players decided to grow the waterintensive crop (wheat). It was very transparent in the
design of our game that this was an uncooperative action.
date: 2019-11
date_type: published
official_url: http://www.globalwaterforum.org/2019/11/12/experimental-games-help-communities-explore-solutions-for-better-water-management/
projects: Soil protection and rehabilitation for food
citation:   Falk, T and Bartels, L and Agrawal, I and Shalander, K and Duche, V  (2019) Experimental games help communities explore solutions.  [Experiment]     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11350/1/Flyer%20Experimental%20games.pdf