Gender and participation in agricultural development planning -

Gender and participation in agricultural development planning

KEY ISSUES FROM TEN CASE STUDIES

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Women in Development Service
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, 1997

03/12/97

10:40

WORKING DOCUMENT

This review of ten case studies produced for the "Workshop on Gender and Participation in Agricultural Development Planning: Harvesting Best Practices" sponsored by the Women in Development Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and held in Rome, 8-12 December 1997, was written by Jeanne Koopman, International Consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Contents

Acknowledgements

I. Introduction

II. Gender and participation in agricultural planning

What is agricultural planning?

Participation

Participatory rural appraisal: PRA and MARP

III. Comparative analysis of the case studies

Project goals, approaches, methods, and tools

The projects and their policy environments

Entry points: Determining at what level to start and how to proceed

Tools and methods

Capacity building: Whose capacities were enhanced and what methods worked best?

Gender information: Major findings with relevance for agricultural planning

Linkages: How did projects connect with the various levels of agricultural planning?

Institutionalisation: Creating an enabling environment for gender-responsive participatory approaches to agricultural planning

IV. Best practices

Annex: A brief review of the agricultural planning literature

References