Participatory Methodologies of Research and Survey in Third World Rural Development.
The first part of this MSc dissertation discusses participatory and action-research approaches. The second and third parts discuss the various efforts of integrating farmers into agricultural research, and their implications for varying degrees of participation and the usefulness of the research outcomes. The fourth part deals with participatory appraisal and participatory learning approaches. It tackles the question of whether PRA will be distorted and abused by powerful institutions.