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Approach Development: A Contribution to Participatory Development of Techniques Based on a Practical Experience in Tinau Watershed Project, Nepal
The Approach Development method evolved from the need to do something practical under the complex conditions of rural reality which traditional approaches have ignored. Farming families are viewed as the main actors, and encouraged and assisted in identifying and formulating their problems enabling them to find their own solutions. A short description of other methods, Farming Systems Research (FSR) and Farmer First and Last (FFL), are made in order to compare them with AD.
Inititating participatory extension in countries in transition : an exploration based on first hand experiences.
Western notions of "participation" and "private initiative" are alien concepts in some of the post communist countries. In view of this, this paper discusses the challenges for participatory approaches in such societies.
Visualisation as a platform for entry into dialogue with farmers.
Describes how food-path analysis (developed by health-oriented workers to understand household constraints leading to malnutrition) was adapted to explore the millet-production system.