FLSP, CIALs and….FLSP, CIALs and….Agroecosystems Analysis (AEA), Beneficiary Assessment, Development Education Leadership Teams (DELTA), Diagnosis and Design (D&D), Diagnostico Rural Participativo (DRP), Farmer Participatory Research (FPR), Groupe de Recherche et d’Appui pour l’Auto-promotion Paysanne (GRAAP), Methode Active de Recherche et de Planification Participative (MARP), Participatory Analysis and Learning Methods (PALM), Participatory Action Research (PAR), Participatory Research Methodology (PRM), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Participatory Rural Appraisal and Planning (PRAP), Participatory Technology Development (PTD), Participatory Urban Appraisal (PUA), Planning for Real, Process Documentation, Rapid Appraisal (RA), Rapid Assessment for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (RAAKS), Rapid Assessment Procedure (RAP), Rapid Assessment Techniques (RAT), Rapid Catchment Analysis (RCA), Rapid Ethnographic Assessment (REA), Rapid Food Security Assessment (RFSA), Rapid Multi-perspective Appraisal (RMA), Rapid Organisational Assessment (ROA), Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), Samuhik Brahman (Joint Trek), Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), Story Methodology (SM), Theatre for Development, Training for Transformation, Visualisation in Participatory Programmes (VIPP), ZOPP…

A great diversity of methods, but all share a few basic

principles

A great diversity of methods, but all share a few basic

principles

Principles of good practice in PR

Farmers are involved in decision-making at every stage

Site selection Diagnosis Planning Experimentation Evaluation Analysis Feedback Monitoring and

evaluation Socialise lessons

learned

Principles of good practice in PR

The research is based on a clear common agenda or set of priorities defined jointly by farmers and researchers and based on principles of social equity

Principles of good practice in PR

The research draws on multiple sources of information and methods and links together various knowledge worlds

Principles of good practice in PR

The research process is based on cyclical learning and feedback loops and there is two-way sharing of information among farmers and researchers

FLSP

Selecting villages

Agreeing on issuesSelect a focus-group

Searching for options to test

Focus group MeetingVillage Planning

Integrating solutions on farms

Reaching other farmers in the village

Sharing with other villages

Testing and evaluating options

Principles of good practice in PR

The research process is based on cyclical learning and feedback loops and there is two-way sharing of information among farmers and researchers

CIAL

Train facilitator

s

Select region

Motivation

Election

Planning

Diagnosis

Experimenting Evaluation

Analysis

Feedback

Principles of good practice in PR

The research process is based on cyclical learning and feedback loops and there is two-way sharing of information among farmers and researchers

Integral elements of PR Processes

FacilitationM & E

Social equity

Capacity-building

Sources: Braun, Horne, Vernooy & McDougall, Ashby, CIAT-IPRA

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