Serious games and decision support tools: Supporting farmer decision making for land use net zero.

Thompson, Chloe, Urquhart, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5000-4630, Maye, Damian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-6630 and Goodenough, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0862-2894 (2025) Serious games and decision support tools: Supporting farmer decision making for land use net zero. In: Farming and land use change to achieve net zero: Achieving multi-functional landscapes. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. (In Press)

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Abstract

Significant land use change is needed if global net zero targets are to be met. This is likely to involve changes to the way that farmers operate. Farmers will need appropriate tools to make decisions that deliver net zero goals while also maintaining their business enterprise. A range of decision support tools (DSTs) are increasingly available to support farmers to make informed decisions based on data and evidence. However, DST uptake in the context of net zero is limited. The chapter explores how ‘serious games’ are already being used as land use DSTs and to support the design and use of land use DSTs, and how through their continued use in this area serious games can help to address some of the challenges of DST uptake, particularly through co-design, establishing trust, visualisation of outcomes, demonstrating links between environmental action and profitability, and integration with other tools.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Serious games; Decision support tools; Agriculture; Land use; Net zero
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > S589.75 Agriculture and the environment S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > S589.7 Agricultural ecology (General) S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > S604.5 Agricultural conservation
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > Countryside and Community Research Institute
Depositing User:	Nick Lewis
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2025 14:39
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2025 15:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15549

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