The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, and Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems has produced a report on a facilitated game titled "Happy Strategies Game," which is adaptable to different participants and target groups, and can be used to build knowledge on local landscapes and knowledge on integrated water management.
December 2012: In the context of attempting to identify robust water and land management strategies, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s (CGIAR) Challenge Program on Water and Food, and Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems has produced a report on a facilitated game that aims to help participants develop robust bundles of interventions on rainwater management strategies.
The “Happy Strategies Game” helps groups of participants consider trade-offs between objectives of different user groups. The game defines interventions as anything that governments, NGOs or other actors undertake to support change, and is built on rainwater management practices undertaken in the Blue Nile Basin.
The game is adaptable to different participants and target groups, and can be used to build knowledge on local landscapes and knowledge on integrated water management. It provides a forum for people from different backgrounds to discuss multi-dimensional unstructured and complex environmental problems. [Publication: The ‘Happy Strategies’ Game: Matching Land and Water Interventions with Community and Landscape Needs]