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RAINFED RICE A SOURCEBOOK OF BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES IN EASTERN INDIA
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This initial effort to develop farmer-centered research methods involved the
use of multi-disciplinary teams, setting the stage for the use of participatory
methods in research. Further methodology testing was undertaken in
collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD)- and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-supported
rainfed rice project. This led to a remarkable increase in the use of this
approach in the technology development process for the rainfed regions of
eastern India. All the participating centres applied these measures
throughout the course of research and technology synthesis. More than a
hundred case studies are available.
This section provides an overview of the framework for participatory
technology development used and highlights two cases where the
involvement; of farmers influenced the research objective or its outcome.
Basket of participatory tools and techniques
used in the participatory research
Participatory tools
Mapping
Location specificity of resources,
target people and place for
technology adaptation and
dissemination, trial site and farmer
cooperators, evaluation
Transect
Land type, enterprise, socio-
economic parameters, problems and
opportunities
Seasonality
Time-related information and
analysis
Problem tree
Cause analysis and intervention
point
Matrix
Prioritisation of problems and
options