Banlina, F.

This article starts from the thesis that farmers of different wealth even in the same areas will have different requirements and needs. This is illustrated by doing research on wealth and priority ranking with farmers in three villages in the Philippines - Pong-on, Barrack and Cogon. There are good descriptions of the free listing and card sorting methods of problem and need prioritisation. The project preparation phase is discussed in detail, and emphasized as a crucial part of PRA exercises.

Farmers of different wealth will have different problems and needs, and varying ability to adopt proposed technologies. Agricultural research should take into account such differences, in order that research priorities be correctly determined and the relevant innovations developed. This paper reports on a wealth ranking procedure carried out in three upland village in the Philippines: Pong-on, Barrack and Cogon. It contains sections on the following: the preparation for the project; the card sorting methodology adopted; and lessons learnt and recommendations.