These guidelines are for training research and extension personnel in rapid appraisal methods for development of agroforestry in peasant land use systems. The guidelines are illustrated through reference to a training and research exercise where an agropastoral farming system in Shurugwi Communal Area, Zimbabwe was appraised in 1998.
Four key principles underlie the methods used:
* agroforestry interventions are identified and developed through working with and learning from farmers and the local community, as well as through conventional research assessment - "interactive research"
* interactive research is best learned through real application not lectures or classroom exercises and simulations - "learning by doing"
* "interdisciplinary" is a key to successful interactive research
* agroforestry interventions are developed from an understanding of constraints and conflicts existing within the rural community over access to production resources.
Nick Abel is a Lecturer in Natural Resources at the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia with twenty years of research experience in rural East, Central and Southern Africa; Mike Drinkwater is a lecturer in Rural Sociology for Developing countries at the Agricultural University in Wageningen, The Netherlands and was formerly working with the Departments of Physical Planning and Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services in Zimbabwe; Julie Ingram is a soil scientist with experience in developing countries in Africa and Asia; Jonathan Okafor is the Chief Conservator of Forests in Enugu, Nigeria; and Roslyn Prinsley is the Project Officer for Agricultural Sciences at the Commonwealth Science Council in London, UK.
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
List of Examples from the Shurugwi Exercise
List of Figures
0. COURSE OUTLINE
0.1 Introduction
0.2 Course Objectives
0.3 The Organisation and Use of these Guidelines
0.4 Rapid Appraisal Philosophy
0.5 Working with Farmers - Some Principles
0.6 Group Activities and Discussions
0.7 Institutional Grounding and Course Preparation
0.8 Guidelines Style
0.9 Some Methodological Issues
0.9.1 Course Title
0.9.2 Farmer and Trainee Involvement
0.9.3 Learning By Doing
0.9.4 Interdisciplinarity
0.9.5 The Status of Information
0.9.6 Time
0.9.7 Composition of the Training Team
0.9.8 Equipment
STEP I: ORIENTATION
Activity 1. Introductory Briefing and Discussion
Activity 2. Introductory Talk on Agroforestry
Activity 3. Briefing Session on Local Background
Activity 4. Introduction to Government Staff
Activity 5. Field Reconnaissance
STEP II: REVIEW OF HISTORICAL AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Activity 1. Analysis of Social and Environmental Changes
Activity 2. Review of Secondary Information
STEP III: FORM OF PRODUCTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
Activity 1. Workshop on Rapid Appraisal Methods of Researching with Farmers
Activity 2. Introductory and Generative Meetings
Activity 3. First Farmer Interviews
Activity 4. Review
Activity 5. Informal Discussions with Key Informants
Activity 6. Resource Classification and Environmental Change
Activity 7. Working with Farmers/Participating in Group Activities
Activity 8. Review Workshop
Activity 9. Second Farmer Interviews
Activity 10. Plenary Synthesis of Meetings and Interviews
Activity 11. Natural Resource Assessment Methods Workshop
Activity 12. Soil Characterisation
Activity 13. Soil-Vegetation Relationships
Activity 14. Vegetation Survey
Activity 15. Land Use Mapping
Activity 16. Erosion Hazard Mapping
Activity 17. Plenary Synthesis of Meeting, Interview and Natural Resource Survey Information
STEP IV: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL AGROFORESTRY INTERVENTIONS
Activity 1. Workshop on Selection of Potential Agroforestry Interventions
Activity 2. Informal Discussions with Individuals and Groups
Activity 3. Workshop to Modify Interventions
Activity 4. Further Discussions with Individuals and Groups
STEP V: APPRAISAL OF POTENTIAL AGROFORESTRY INTERVENTIONS
Activity 1. Appraisal Workshop
Activity 2. Informal Discussions with Local People
Glossary: Latin - Shona Tree Names
