Participatory Rural Appraisal Technique for Farm Women

Local communities as users of localized natural resources tend to accumulate firsthand knowledge about status and functioning of such resources. Such ever-growingstore house of knowledge at the local level exists as powerful information banksscattered amongst local community members. The book discusses a methodology toapproach local communities to learn about their rich information systems andappreciate the logic of community involvement and participation as stakeholders inconservation and preservation of natural resources. The study brings out localcommunities’ knowledge-base perspectives experience problems priorities livelihoodpractices managerial expertise and organizational capabilities in the sphere of naturalresources. It explains and illustrates major participatory methods for learning fromlocal communities about localized natural resources. The book also includes analysisof selected participatory processes and reflections on community participation. Itdescribes case studies focused on relationship of local communities with naturalresources in the areas of poverty food insecurity specie-selection problemprioritisationassessment and valuation of benefits gender conflict-situation andparticipatory management of natural resources.