Participatory Evaluation of Rice

Publication year: 
1995

Matrix ranking was used to evaluate rice varieties, which had been grown on trial plots. The first ranking compared 50 varieties, with several criteria, using fixed scoring with beans. The second only ranked 13 varieties, this time using pieces of coloured card. This worked better, mainly because there were fewer varieties. A great deal of discussion was generated, consensus was often reached, and the potential of ranking as a tool for monitoring and evaluation was confirmed.

Interest groups: 
Of interest to agricultural workers at field level as well as researchers and planners
Source publication information
Journal Title: 
Organic Matter, Journal of the Philippine low external input sustainable agriculture
Pages: 
40-45
Publisher
Available at IDS for reference

How to find this resource

Shelfmark in IDS Resource Centre
D : Agriculture 922
Post date: 01/01/2000 - 00:00