Participatory Research and Development for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: A Sourcebook - Vol. 1

Table of contents

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• Title Page i
• Participatory Research and Development: a Sourcebook Overview iii
• Acknowledgements viii
• Table of Contents xi
• User's Guide xvi
• Index xix
• Volume 1 Understanding Participatory Research and Development 1
• Volume Overview 2
• Typologies and Concepts 3
• 1 - Definitions, Assumptions, Characteristics and Types of Farmer Participatory Research 5
• 2 - Prototypical Approaches to Innovation Development 16
• 3 - Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Extension 23
• 4 - The Quality of Participation: Critical Reflections on Decision Making, Context and Goals 32
• 5 - An Agroecological Basis for Natural Resource Management among Poor Farmers in Fragile Lands 41
• 6 - Participatory Research and Development in Natural Resource Management: towards Social and Gender Equity 51
• 7 - Understanding and Getting the Most from Farmers' Local Knowledge 58

• Title Page i
• Participatory Research and Development: a Sourcebook Overview iii
• Acknowledgements viii
• Table of Contents xi
• User's Guide xvi
• Index xix
• Volume 1 Understanding Participatory Research and Development 1
• Volume Overview 2
• Typologies and Concepts 3
• 1 - Definitions, Assumptions, Characteristics and Types of Farmer Participatory Research 5
• 2 - Prototypical Approaches to Innovation Development 16
• 3 - Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Extension 23
• 4 - The Quality of Participation: Critical Reflections on Decision Making, Context and Goals 32
• 5 - An Agroecological Basis for Natural Resource Management among Poor Farmers in Fragile Lands 41
• 6 - Participatory Research and Development in Natural Resource Management: towards Social and Gender Equity 51
• 7 - Understanding and Getting the Most from Farmers' Local Knowledge 58
• 8 - Indigenous Knowledge: a Conceptual Framework and a Case from Solomon Islands 65
• 9 - Participatory Research Approaches: Some Key Concepts 75
• 10 - Property Rights, Collective Action and Technologies for Natural Resource Management 79
• 11 - Innovation Systems Perspective: from Measuring Impact to Learning Institutional Lessons 87
• 12 - Participatory Development Communication: Reinforcing the Participatory Nrm Research and Action Process 94
• 13 - Monitoring and Evaluating Participatory Research and Development: Some Key Elements 104
• 14 - Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation with Pastoralists 113
• 15 - Outcome Mapping: Striking a Balance between Accountability and Learning 118
• Approaches 127
• 16 - Beyond the Problem-Solving Approach to Sustainable Rural Development 129
• 17 - Participatory Methods in the Analysis of Poverty 135
• 18 - Rethinking the Development, Dissemination and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies 145
• 19 - Importance of Methodological Diversity in Research and Development Innovation Systems 151
• Participatory Technology Development 157
• 20 - Farmer Innovation as Entry Point to Participatory Research and Extension 159
• 21 - Participatory Technology Development Where There Is No Researcher 165
• 22 - Developing Agricultural Solutions with Smallholder Farmers: How to Get Started with Participatory Approaches 172
• 23 - Participatory Market Chai Approach 181
• 24 - Participatory Varietal Selection and Participatory Plant Breeding: the Last 10 Years 188
• 25 - Decentralized Participatory Plant Breeding: a Case from Syria 193
• Participatory Natural Resource Management 201
• 26 - Participatory Natural Resource Management Research: a New Integration Domain in the Agricultural Sciences 203
• 27 - A Livelihood Systems Framework for Participatory Agricultural Research: the Case of Upward 212
• 28 - Challenges of Participatory Natural Resource Management Research 220
• 29 - Research through Action with Nomadic Pastoralists in Iran 228
• 30 - Action Research as a Strategy for Advancing Community-Based Natural Resource Management 235
• 31 - Adaptive Collaborative Management 241
• About the Collaborating Institutions 250