Conservation and Agriculture: A Manual for Trainers.

Publication year: 
1992

This manual "is designed to provide ideas on how to learn from and with rural women (and men!)". Its aim is to convince the readers of the need to consider gender and environmental issues in the planning, implementation and M&E of any development activity. The introduction reviews the general issues. Section 2 is a set of guide-lines on communication, learning and analysis of techniques for use in investigating local natural resources issues with rural women. These techniques are largely drawn from the RRA repertoire but their specific application to gender and the environment makes this volume more than 'just another RRA manual'. There are useful boxed examples of the use of various techniques and a list of books and organisations which offer more information on the subject. Section 3 comprises a number of illustrative case studies by groups of rural women. Section 4 describes some simple techniques which have been applied in conservation projects and case studies of how groups of rural women have used these ideas.

Interest groups: 
This thoughtfully-produced and comprehensive manual, is directed at fieldworkers working with rural women and natural resource management, and trainers (and trainers of trainers). Those working in the South at project or community level (especially in NGOs) are particularly targeted.
Publisher
Women and Development programme, Commonwealth Secretariat
Women and Development Programme, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX
London
Publisher reference: 
Women and Development programme, Commonwealth Secretariat

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D : Monitoring and evaluation 602
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