Rapid rural appraisal rra and participatory rural appraisal. The use of participatory survey and planning methods in the development process encourages community ownership of projects, allows for information to flow between both the community and the development. Choose the most appropriate set of tools for your information needs. Become familiar with the full range of participatory research assessment pra and rapid rural appraisal rra tools that can be used for participatory assessments. Participatory rural appraisal pra is an approach used by nongovernmental organizations ngos and other agencies involved in international development. Literary translated, pra means to participatively understand a villagekelurahan. Participatory rural appraisal training material from manage pra is not a panacea and would not solve all the problems in the world, but it does open up some ways of trying to tackle these challenges chambers, 1997. The origins and practice of participatory rural appraisal.
It is used to depict key institutions, organizations and individuals and their relationship with the local community or others. As noted in the sections that follow, these methods are participatory and qualitative and are especially valuable in gathering information that will provide insights about people and the communities in which they live. Participation central place in development thinking pre requisite for sustainable development consensus on need for participation divergence of views what is participation. Pra tools and techniques participatory rural appraisal pra is an exercise for communication and transfer of knowledge. Evolution of participatory rural appraisal the concept and principles of participatory rural appraisal participatory mapping participatory modelling transects mobility map venn diagram or chappati diagram flow diagrams timeline trend analysis seasonal calendar daily schedule wealth or wellbeing ranking pairwise. It also reflects the early forms of participatory research employing participatory rural appraisal pra pretty et al. Venn diagrams normally comprise overlapping circles. Participatory rural appraisal pra is an approach that aims to involve rural.
It is a participatory method to gather collect information by involvement of rural local communities for decision making and implementation of the development project, for the rural community, by the rural community and with the rural community. A venn diagram or chapati diagram is useful if you want. During the 1980s, pra was firstly developed in india and kenya, mainly supported by ngos operating at grassroots level. Quang ngai rural development program rudep phase 2 participatory rural appraisal pra report 1 j. Training manual on participatory rural appraisal fsn network. Ppt participatory rural appraisal powerpoint presentation. Seeks to enable outsiders to gain information and insight from rural people and about rural conditions, and to do this in a more costeffective and timely manner use of visual, diagramming methods such as mapping. Field level handbook food and agriculture organization. An approach and methods for learning about rural life and conditions from, with and by rural people. Bringing this gradation of participatory practices to the attention of conservationists is a first step toward encouraging a higher level of local involvement, enablement, and selfreliance.
Appraisal of natural resources in terms of status problems and potential. A participatory landscapelifescape appraisal plla method was used within an agroecological framework to assess the farmers sense of agricultural. A venn diagram is constructed with a collection of simple closed curves drawn in the plane. This approach was developed in early 1990s with considerable shift in paradigm from topdown to bottomup approach, and from blueprint to the learning process. Participatory rural appraisal unnat bharat abhiyan. Participatory rural appraisal and participatory learning methods. Experienced and trained facilitators should use the participatory tools in the community.
Pdf on may, 2010, ganesh chandra and others published participatory rural appraisal find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The term rra is used here to refer to a discrete study or series of studies in one or. The pra and baseline studies produce information which forms basis to facilitate farmers to. Venn diagram it helps us to understand the network of relationships. Jul 14, 2016 pra it is considered one of the popular and effective approaches to gather information in rural areas. It has been used to identify periods of stress and to plan for when intervention is most required. Participatory rural appraisal an overview sciencedirect. Venn diagram and can generate the minimum data required. Some of the sources were modified to be utilized in a participatory mode, and the others were taken up as they were used for investigation and planning. Participatory rural appraisal pra an approach and family of methodologies for shared learning between local people and outsiders to enable development practitioners, government officials, and local people to plan together appropriate interventions also known as participatory learning and action pla five streams which stand out. Regardless of whether it is carried out as part of project identification or appraisal or as part of country economic and sector work, the learning by doing and teamwork spirit of pra requires transparent procedures. Venn diagram showing interrelationships among different organizations 46. Tools and techniques used in participatory rural appraisal. According to the terms pra represents a group of approaches and methods that will encourage the community of a village to actively participate in raising and analyzing their knowledge of.
Application of the participatory rural appraisal pra method i pra method pra stands for participatory rural appraisal. It was a shift of emphasis from rapid or quick to participatory and empowering which titled well with a participatory approach to rural development and became the starting point of participatory rural appraisal pha. Wellbeing ranking method venn diagram pair wise ranking method matrix scoring ranking method force field analysis pie diagram livelihood analysis spider diagram. Seasonal diagrams have been used to explore what happens during the year and when. Participatory means that people are involved in the process a bottomup approach that requires good communication skills and attitude of project staff. One way to understand the less sensitive aspects of social interaction in a community is to ask key informants to construct a venn diagram.
The approach aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programmes. The toolkits consist of a number of rapid rural and participatory rural appraisal tools, but include also a series of seaga questions to facilitate and deepen analysis. The rapid rural appraisal rra approach is the largest contributor, for both principle and techniques developed by the participatory rural appraisal pra. Pra is based on village experiences where communities effectively manage their. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
The venn diagram on institutions shows institutions, organisations, groups and. Resource map is one of the most commonly used pra methods next to social map. During the training a modified version of the pra manual developed by the. Venn diagrams have been used with in pra in institutional context to discuss.
Pdf manual for participatory rural appraisal pra in. It works in approximately 2,000 villages in south india, in. Manual for participatory rural appraisal pra in villages of tigray. Participatory rural appraisal is a citizencentred method of development. This technique is simply a collection of circles, each of which represents a different group or organization active in the community. Participatory rural appraisal pra is a methodology to enhance.
After training on the module participants will be able to use the pra tools, viz. Rra rapid rural appraisal and pra participatory rural appraisal. This tool enabled the survey team to assess the relative importance of the local or governmental institutions in terms of the service they are rendering to the community. Seasonal diagram helps to identify heavy workload periods, periods of relative ease, credit crunch, diseases, food security, wage availability etc.
Emergence of participatory rural appraisal pra core. The process empowers locals by including them directly in the issue identification and evaluation process and, in many cases, in the final implementation and postconstruction monitoring. Diagramming seasonal calendars, venn diagrams, bar charts. Participatory rapid appraisal pra and community participation at all stages of the project. Pra is one of the models of rra that is more participative. Doc 1 introduction rudep is a 10year poverty reduction and rural development initiative funded by the. This training module aims at developing skill of the front line staff for using participatory rural appraisal pra methods, tools andapproaches. Aug 07, 2014 participatory rural appraisal appraisal the finding out of information about problems, needs, and potential in a village. Participatory rural appraisal techniques pras are a range of survey. Participatory method to gather collect information by involvement of rural local communities for decision making and implementation of the project. Until today pra evolved so fast in terms of the methodology, the creation of new tools and specifically in the different ways it is applied. Participatory rural appraisal pra manual government of himachal. Participatory rural appraisal pra methods, now known as participatory learning and action pla, have been extensively used in development research, action.
Participatory rural appraisal, the origin of pra as coined by robert chambers as an approach to development planning and as a method of investigation evolved from many different sources. The methods that were adopted into pra from this method ini is the transek technique locational trace, mapping, seasonal calendar, venn diagram inter party. Rural appraisal rra and other field oriented methods to make them participatory. Using participatory appraisal methods can be useful here. In addition to the pra the programme has carried out and will carry out baseline studies on different topics such as markets, appropriate technology, ecology and economic viability. While the social map focuses on habitation, community facilities, roads, temples, etc. Participatory methods and tools in community development.
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