Inter-Regional project for participatory upland conservation and development (Field Document 6/97) - NEPAL - A framework for a participatory economic evaluation of improved goat production by women groups in the Bhusunde Khola watershed













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Lise ANDREASEN & Helle QWIST-HOFFMANN

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Gorkha, August 1997

TCO: GCP/INT/542/ITA

This technical report is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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Acknowledgements

1. Project background

2. Objective and rationale

3. Method

4. The project area

5. Goat production in the project area

6. The role of trees in goat production

7. Economic analysis of improved goat production

8. The framework for a participatory economic evaluation process

9. Recommendations

10. Conclusion

11. References