Modeling and experiments to better understand rural livelihoods decision-making
GreenReserve
How do shared reserves and dry forages help pastoralists optimize pasture resources under climate uncertainty?
This game includes mechanisms for group ‘voting,’ for effort-constrained movement and action, as well as tap mechanisms for associating household members with herds and choosing their activities. Many of the GUI mechanisms developed here are used in the later games interpreters. This game is probably of use in other problems where detailed tracking of time spent managing a herd vs. in other activities is of importance.
Publications
Bell, A. R., Rakotonarivo, S. O., Zhang, W., De Petris, C., Kipchumba, A., & Meinzen-Dick, R. S. (2025). Understanding pastoralist adaptations to drought via games and choice experiments : field testing among Borana communities. Ecology & Society, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15836-300125
Code Base
This code was the first careful reorganization of the original NonCropShare code base, and was later used to develop the games template.