Farm to Table: Understanding Collaboration and Information Practices among Stakeholders in the Process of Produce Production, Sales, and Consumption

Chien Wen Tina Yuan, Nanyi Bi, Ya Fang Lin, An Pang Lu, Tsai Wei Chiang

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Abstract

Collaboration comes in many forms. How relevant stakeholders collaborate at the scale of a system deserves scholarly attention because their practices may differ from traditional teams like dyads or small groups. This study investigates how stakeholders of a local produce supply-and-demand system, namely experts, farmers, sellers, and consumers, in Taiwan collaborate and communicate for information as a case to illustrate how they depend on one another for information collaboration in the system. Using qualitative in-depth interview, we found that stakeholders had diverse collaboration goals within the system and encountered challenges in acquiring information from one another. In addition to establishing a holistic understanding of stakeholders' individual and collective practices in the system of produce supply-and-demand, we propose several design suggestions to address the needs and challenges we identified.

Original languageEnglish
Article number53
JournalProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Volume7
Issue numberCSCW1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Apr 16
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • accountability
  • collaboration
  • information interdependence
  • stakeholders
  • transparency
  • trust

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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