Of dialogue, debate and development: the use of Participatory Rural Appraisal methods to improve farmer managed irrigation systems in Kenya.

Publication year: 
1990

A participatory rural appraisal approach is presented in which a multidisciplinary team works with the community to assess its problems and opportunities relating to resource management. Water supply and distribution are one aspect of the approach. It takes a holistic perspective of the factors that impinge on a community's progress and seeks to help the local people to identify their problems and select strategies to help mitigate the situation.

Interest groups: 
Of relevance to fieldworkers interested in natural resource management
Pages: 
pp. 179-188
In: 
Design issues in farmer managed irrigation systems: proceedings of an international workshop of the Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems Network, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 12-15 December 1989
Publisher
International Irrigation Management Institute, Sri Lanka
Colombo
Editor: 
R. Yoder R. and J. Thurston
Publisher reference: 
International Irrigation Management Institute

How to find this resource

Shelfmark in IDS Resource Centre
D : Irrigation 485
Post date: 01/01/2000 - 00:00