Participatory Rural Appraisal

Participatory Rural Appraisal
Author: N Narayanasamy
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 8178298856

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods, now known as Participatory Learning and Action (PLA), have been extensively used in development research, action and evaluation. This book is based on the author’s decade-long intensive field experience—each method is explained by drawing on field-based illustrations. The book vividly describes the methods of PRA, highlighting the essential features as well as the application, merits and limitations of each method. Participatory Rural Appraisal: Principles, Methods and Application outlines the application of PRA methodology in areas like participatory poverty assessment, sustainable livelihood analysis, assessment of hunger, vulnerability analysis, organizational analysis, monitoring and evaluation. Separate sections on SWOT analysis and on the method of interview and dialogue are also included in the book. Besides, the author has provided guidelines for sector-wise application of PRA, which would serve as a ready reference for students and practitioners alike. A chapter on the roles of members of a PRA team is another key feature of this book, which would be immensely valuable for students, researchers and academicians working in the areas of social work, rural development, agriculture, and environmental science, and also for NGO workers and trainers and researchers in the development field.

The World Bank Participation Sourcebook

The World Bank Participation Sourcebook
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821335581

Presents case studies resulting from participation in the World Bank by developing countries such as Chad, Brazil, and Nigeria

Rural Appraisal

Rural Appraisal
Author: Robert Chambers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 1992
Genre: Agricultural industries
ISBN: 9780903715843

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture
Author: Carolyn E. Sachs
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2020-10-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0429576358

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture. Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organization of production, international restructuring of value chains, climate change, the global pandemic, and national and multinational policy changes. This book provides a cutting-edge assessment of the field of gender and agriculture, with contributions from both leading scholars and up-and-coming academics as well as policymakers and practitioners. The handbook is organized into four parts: part 1, institutions, markets, and policies; part 2, land, labor, and agrarian transformations; part 3, knowledge, methods, and access to information; and part 4, farming people and identities. The last chapter is an epilogue from many of the contributors focusing on gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems during the coronavirus pandemic. The chapters address both historical subjects as well as ground-breaking work on gender and agriculture, which will help to chart the future of the field. The handbook has an international focus with contributions examining issues at both the global and local levels with contributors from across the world. With contributions from leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and with a global outlook, the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture is an essential reference volume for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in gender and agriculture. Chapter 13 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Participatory Techniques for Community Forestry

Participatory Techniques for Community Forestry
Author: W. J. Jackson
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9782831703848

Provides a wealth of practical tools and methods for our field workers who work with local communities in developing collaborative management of forests. While the manual focuses on participatory techniques for community forests in Nepal, many of the techniques can be readily applied to other forms of collaborative natural resource management.

The Guide to National Professional Certification Programs

The Guide to National Professional Certification Programs
Author: Philip M. Harris
Publisher: Human Resource Development
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0874256321

The job market continues to change. Highly skilled and specialized workers are in demand. Traditional education cannot meet all the needs to create specialty skill workers. Certification provides up-to-date training and development while promoting individual or professional skills and knowledge in a focused manner. Certification as a way of continuing professional eduction can also be more cost effective.

The Water Footprint Assessment Manual

The Water Footprint Assessment Manual
Author: Maite M. Aldaya
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136538526

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. More specifically it: o Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment o Shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses o Contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints o Describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product o Includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction