This document briefly outlines several projects which are exploring PRA as a methodology for achieving more democratic participation in local level (Barangay) development planning.
Report of a "training for trainers" workshop in PLA. The workshop had a special focus on behavioural aspects of PLA and also on its use in stages of project planning other than needs assessment, where it is most commonly utilised, including its application in project monitoring and also in rural extension activities.
This article describes how mapping of local peoples perceptions of child malnutrition was used to improve the quality of focus group discussions. Time was taken at the beginning of the study to understand all the words related to malnutrition and ensure that all members of the group had the same definition, since in the urban setting there was no one single language which all members shared.
This report (based largely on the discussions held at the 5th Asia Forest Network meeting held at Surajkund, India in 1996), synthesises the experiences of community forestry management in the region.
The report begins by outlining the main trends in forest policy in each country.
The elements considered necessary for transition of forest management to local communities are examined, including enabling policies, the need for reorientation of Forestry Agencies and ways of enhancing development support agency programs.
A collection of articles all focusing on rejuvenating local knowledge, practices and institutions as a starting point for adapting them to meet contemporary conditions.
The authors of the paper prepared a sequence of checklists of what is to be in place prior to, during and post training. The paper also explains what is expected in every step of the sequence of checklists. Among the areas covered in the paper are duration of training, trainer/trainee, training content and budget.
When working with family farmers is New South Wales, Australia, researchers from Hawkesbury observed the importance of issues faced by families associated with the transfer of farms to the next generation. This forms the topic of this paper. Interviews with families revealed a number of common questions which were related to the household life cycle. The paper explores these issues in detail. Interviews with accountants, solicitors, bank managers and a social worker provided different perspectives on these issues.
This guide is for training research and extension personnel in rapid appraisal for development of agroforestry in peasant land use systems. The introduction outlines the training course and the key principles underlying the methods used: learning by interaction with farmers, experiential learning, interdisciplinarity and an understanding of the conflicts over access to productive resources.
This report derives from a soil and water conservation project in Thailand. Ecological and agricultural conditions and practices are changing in the area. To assess the general applicability of existing extension contents, quantitative data are needed on the frequency and distribution of key farm characteristics. A focused formal survey, prepared with the help of an RRA, resulting in a limited number of variables and requiring low input data collection methods, was executed. A method is suggested for making it generally applicable in the form of guidelines for similar projects.