Too often participation of project beneficiaries has been limited to the implementation stages of projects. Involvement of stakeholders at the planning stage is crucial. Based on a case study from the Himalayas, this paper analyses the differences in perception of needs/ problem areas between planners and the people, highlighting in particular the issue of gender.
This paper provides an analytical description of the planning process used by the Indo-British Rainfed Farming Project (KRIBP) and illustrates some of the issues, problems and points of learning which arose.
The book outlines the idea of Landcare group management skills and strategies. It provides ideas to landholders on how to organise their resources for better land and water management involving personal involvement and community action.
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A letter from Ethiopia outlining a study process prior to implementing a large irrigation project. Local people, who were to lose land, strongly resisted the study. Transparency and negotiation are recommended.
This document reports and reflects on research undertaken in three regions of Malawi. The reserch was initially based on a very narrow narrow research question and moved to an action-oriented approach focussing on participatory research carried out by communities using videos. The villagers involved presented the findings of their research on video to national policy makers
This report presents the results of a one year study of poverty in Shinyanga based on eight sectoral studies and also participatory poverty assessments which were carried out in eight villages.