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Co-creation of knowledge in the research work of the West Africa Community of Practice
Bucini, Gabriela Baker, Emily
Bucini, Gabriela
Baker, Emily
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The West Africa Community of Practice (CoP) of the Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
(CRFS; McKnight Foundation, 2023) program includes Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali, and is a valuable
space for co-creating knowledge and critically reflecting on participatory action research approaches.
The program focuses on agroecology and places particular emphasis on scientific research that
strengthens transdisciplinary collaborations and dialogues as a means of promoting sustainable and
equitable transformation of food systems. The research work is mainly carried out in farmer-researcher
networks (FRNs; Nelson et al., 2019; Richardson et al., 2022) and is sometimes in synergy among several
projects within the program. Participants include actors from farmer organizations, scientific
institutions, civil society, and non-governmental organizations. FRNs aim to stimulate the participation
of producers in research work and serve as a structure for the co-creation of knowledge with rigorous
scientific content relevant to the network's territory. Over time, the CoP's commitment to the principles
of agroecology, as defined by the FAO (FAO, 2018), as well as the principles of FRNs (CRFS, 2021;
Richardson et al., 2021), has inspired a deeper understanding of their meaning in both agricultural
practices and participatory research methodologies.
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2025-11
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Bucini, G. and Baker, E. (2025, November). Co-creation of knowledge in the research work of the West Africa Community of Practice. UVM Institute for Agroecology.