To ensure relevant contributions to improved livelihoods and environmental management in highland agro-ecosystems of East Africa, AHI is developing and promoting the use of participatory action research (PAR) as a key methodology for achieving change and improve-ment (action) and gaining understanding and knowledge(research) for managing interlinked social-economic-policy and technical dimensions of “integrated watershed man-agement.” The application ofscience within a participatorydevelopment process has chal-lenges and learning pointsrelated to managing the research process. Although AHI has recently embarked on this track,experience gained related to“frequently expressed concerns”about the strategic nature andquality of PAR as well as the paradigm shifts that it embodies can be shared.
Publication year
2003
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
development, participation, research, agro-ecosystems
