GENDER AND PARTICIPATION IN
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
LESSONS FROM SIKKIM- INDIA
Rome, October 1997
Lessons from Sikkim-India
PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
I. Introduction
II. BACKGROUND ON SIKKIM
The Policy Environment
III. THE Project rationale and design
IV. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Project preparations
Training in PRA and gender analysis for government counterparts
The participatory village assessments
PRA sites
Other training activities
Getting it right: re-orientation of the project
Participatory impact monitoring
Next steps
V. LESSONS LEARNED
The entry point
Tools and methods
Gender information
Capacity building
Linkages
Institutionalization
VI. CONCLUSIONS
ANNEXES
Annex 1: Summary Agricultural And Economic Statistics For Sikkim
Annex 2: Project Profile And Linkages
References
Endnotes