Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

Question 1

approach
uses a multi-sectoral teams
to join with village leaders to
assess village needs and
priorities and subsequently,
to create village resource
management plans.

Answer 1

Participatory Rural
Appraisal (PRA)

Question 2

a method used by
researchers who wants to
plan their work in close
collaboration with a rural
community .

Answer 2

Participatory
Rural
Appraisal

Question 3

sometimes known as Participatory
Rapid Appraisal

Answer 3

Participatory
Rural
Appraisal

Question 4

Five Key Principles of PRA

Answer 4

!Participation
!Flexibility
!Teamwork
!Cost and Time Efficient
!Systematic

Question 5

common elements found in a PRA approach

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1. Self-aware responsibility
2. Equity and empowerment
3. Diversity

Question 6

PRA METHODS
* simply a method of linking different survey
methods in order to crosscheck the
information collected from each method.
* particular use when employing techniques,
as these involve group participation which
may require some verification.

Answer 6

Triangulation

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• researchers should act on what they see,
  and recognize distinctions in gender, age,
  and wealth etc. amongst the community.
• also aids improvisation, particularly when
  carrying out diagramming techniques,
  allowing household implements for example
  to be used in the PRA methods.

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Observation

Question 8

• have long been used to assess people’s
  expectations, beliefs, attitudes, preferences and
  opinions. Ranking and scoring means placing
  something in order:
• Ranking: putting in order
• Scoring: weighting differences

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Ranking and scoring techniques

Question 9

-a way of quickly identifying main preferences as
experienced by individual villagers or village
groups. A set of categories is identified, and ranked
in order of priority with a score.

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Preference ranking

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Matrices can be used to express other issues, where a two dimensional comparison is useful, such as where frequency or occurrence can be illustrated in the same
way as preference scoring.

Answer 10

Matrix Ranking

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villagers to divide
households in the community according to
economic and other ‘well-being’ categories.

Answer 11

Wealth Ranking

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*Diagrams, including maps, sketches and transects, summarize data in such a way that they can be used for different purposes such as planning, field discussion, analysis and problem identification.

Answer 12

DIAGRAMMING

Question 13

• Provide a framework for discussion over the relative
  location of resources
• Highlight resources of importance, using maps as a
  spatial guide

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Participatory mapping

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used for the systematic analysis of a wide range of issues whereby a whole series of cause and effect rel are examined

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Flow diagrams

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depict key institutions, org, and individuals, and interaction of local community

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Venn Diagrams

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Methods required in PRA

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• Key Informant Interviews
• Focus group Discussions
• Community/group interviews
• Structured direct observation
• Informal interviews