Publication year:
1987
Appendix 2: This appendix discusses the comparative advatages and complementarity between RRA and formal surveys. The surveys examined local forest use, forest products and other aspects relating to community forests such as rights and access. In terms of listing forest products, the findings from RRA and formal survey showed no significant differences in terms of data coverage (RRA 23 interviewees compared with 215 in the formal survey). RRA was found to be a better research methodology in dealing with sensitive issues such as land tenure and government-owned forest areas. RRA is recommended as a rapid means to refute irrelevant hypotheses and start focusing on the major factors. (p. 61-64)
Interest groups:
This may be an interesting article to forestry researchers contemplating the respective merits of qualitative and quantitative techniques. The reader will need to persevere in order to understand what appear to be ambiguous conclusions.
Holdings:
IDS
Publisher reference:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Royal Forest Department; Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives; Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations