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TIGRAY Region In-Field Training & Mentoring Learning Workshop, June 20135.1 Participatory Extension Approaches (PEA)Defining PEA-Participatory Extension Approaches A learning approach for the strengthening of the individual and organisationalcapacities of rural people and their livelihoods to be able to deal with the dynamicchallenges and changes in development in a self-reliant way It facilitates a process of self-organisation of rural communities to enable people tobetter articulate their needs for agricultural and social services and representthemselves vis-à-vis service providers and authoritiesAs part of the project design, the development of PEA approach was integrated with otherstrategies that were focused on capacity building, case study development, and innovationsystem development and mainstreaming. Joe took the participants through the differentphases of the Participatory Extension Approach learning cycle. He shared that facilitatingPEA is about initiating change, reorientation, innovation, reflection and learning from theexperiences and re-planning for future actions.5.1.1 Phase I: Initiating changeThis stage is about building a trustful relationship with communities where previouspositive and negative experiences come into play. This stage is about starting on a cleanslate. The main components include Identification of local Organisations, Identification oflocal innovations and innovators, reflection and sharing. Important considerations in thisphase are:27 | P a g e
TIGRAY Region In-Field Training & Mentoring Learning Workshop, June 2013Facilitation skills – learnt from the workshopHousehold interviewsFocus group discussionsRole pays/ Codes – (e.g. Bus code)Participatory Rural Appraisal tools – (e.g. timelines)5.1.2 Phase II: Searching for alternative ways for doing thingsThis involves creating local ownership for problems and challenges, identifying andlearning about service providers, identifying and exploring solutions to learn aboutchange processes, external sources of innovation, and experiences of local innovatorsand closing the loop with reflection and sharing with communities. It is important toconsider the following for this phase: Facilitation skills (peer learning) Problem tree Ranking Role plays – e.g. river code Story telling Farmer to farmer sharing Exposure visits5.1.3 Phase III: Planning to Strengthen Local Organisation CapacityThis phase is about facilitating the development of plans with local organisations,developing strategies for Local Organisations Transformation, linking organisations withidentified sources of innovation. At this stage, Joe gave the example of an umbrella.For an umbrella to function properly the ribs have to be strong so the same goes for localorganisations. For the local organisations to be strong there is a need to ensure that theindividual groups (ribs) are functioning well.Joe also shared how a strong umbrella organisation can organise inputs on behalf thecommunity as shown below.Type offertilizerNo. farmers No. bags (50kg) Money contributed byfarmers (rand)99/00 00/01 01/02 99/00 00/01 01/02 99/00 00/01 01/0228 | P a g e
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