Participatory Learning and Action 3:
Issue 3 Contents 1. Ranking of browse species by Cattlekeepers in Nigeria 2. Direct matrix ranking in Papua New Guinea 3. Sustainability analysis 4. Oral histories and local calendars 5. Portraits and stories |
RRA Notes 3: General Issue
IIED, December 1988. 24 pp.
Out of print except as part of a complete set of back issues:
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1. Ranking of browse species by Cattlekeepers in Nigeria
Wolfgang Bayer
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This article illustrates the technique of ranking different browse species (ie types of trees and shrubs commonly eaten by cattle) used within the agro-pastoral system. The exercise aimed to assess the relative importance of various browse species, to see whether and how this forage resource could be improved. The paper describes the procedure for carrying out the ranking, and concludes with an evaluation of the methods used.
2. Direct matrix ranking in Papua New Guinea
Robin Mearns
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This paper reports on the problems in using 'repertory grid analysis' -a technique very similar to direct matrix ranking- to compare a formal, 'scientific' land evaluation with local people's own evaluation of the same land resources in Papua New Guinea.
3.Sustainability analysis
Iain Craig
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The NERAD project has been creating user-oriented handbooks on RRA methods. This report describes NERAD's attempt to do this for 'Sustainability Analysis', one of the first tools to be documented as a handbook in both Thai and English.
4. Oral histories and local calendars
Robin Mearns
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Describes the use of local calendars and oral history for dating and putting ages to people, for nutritional studies, to put a timescale on local vegetation change, and also as an icebreaker.
5. Portraits and stories
Jules Pretty
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The notion of using stories recounted by people met in the field as an important source of information was explored during a zoning exercise conducted in North West Pakistan. Portraits and stories are used to describe information that is difficult to incorporate into diagrams and draw attention to how rural people perceive problems and opportunities