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  Good practices in participatory mapping: a review prepared for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2009

  Participatory mapping, commonly used in participatory development, plays an important role in helping marginalised groups by making visible the association between land and local communities, highlighting important social, historical and cultural knowledge as well as presenting geographical feature information.
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  FAO animal health manual 10: manual on participatory epidemiology - method for the collection of action-oriented epidemiological intelligence

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000

  This report describes the evolving role of participatory and rapid rural appraisal techniques in veterinary epidemiology with particular reference to disease surveillance. A number of participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools are presented that have been applied in animal health reconnaissance. Other tools that may merit application are also suggested.
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  The livestock and poverty assessment methodology: a toolkit for practitioners

  Livestock Development Group, 2003

  This manual describes the Livestock and Poverty Assessment Methodology. The methodology is a collection of participatory tools to assess poverty and well-being among poor livestock keepers.
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  Methods on the move: a review of veterinary uses of participatory approaches and methods focussing on experiences in dryland Africa

  Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 1999

  This literature review describes the origins of participatory approaches and methods, and discusses their application in animal health services and research in less developed countries.
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  Supporting pastoral associations in Wajir: a manual for development practitioners

  Oxfam, 2000

  This manual was written in order to capture the wide body of knowledge and experience on development of Pastoral Associations which has emerged in Wajir (Kenya).This manual aims to:serve as a comprehensive ‘one stop’ reference on practical aspects of assisting PA formation and working with PAsshare experience and best practice for use by development practitioners in Wajir and other
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  W here there is no data: participatory approaches to veterinary epidemiology in pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2001

  This paper provides an overview of recent experiences with the use of participatory approaches and methods to understand livestock diseases in pastoral areas.