Participatory rural appraisal

UNIVERSITA ' DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
FACOLTA’ DI AGRARIA
DIPARTIMENTO TERRITORIO E SISTEMI AGRO-FORESTALI
MASTER IN COOPERAZIONE ALLO SVILUPPO NELLE AREE RURALI

P.R.A. - Participatory Rural Appraisal
Concepts
Methodologies and Techniques

Luigi Cavestro
10 October 2003

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INDEX
1.

PRA - PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL....................................................................... 3

1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.
2.

INTRODUCTION TO PRA. .............................................................................................................. 3
RRA - RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL ................................................................................................ 4
SOME PRINCIPLES THAT ARE SHARED BY PRA AND RRA:........................................................ 5
ROLE DESCRIPTIONS OF PRA TEAM MEMBERS: ....................................................................... 6
SOME PRA TECHNIQUES .......................................................................................................... 9

2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
3.

METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................. 9
PRA TECHNIQUES:...................................................................................................................... 10
ORGANIZATION OF PRA............................................................................................................. 12
PRA TOOLS.................................................................................................................................. 16

3.1.
3.2.
3.2.1.
3.2.2.
3.3.
3.4.
3.4.1.
3.4.2.
3.5.
3.6.
3.7.
3.8.
3.9.

SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW (SSI)........................................................................................ 16
MAPS

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