The ten case studies synthesized for this paper result from the work of so many people, over so many years, that it is impossible to acknowledge them all. However, it is worth recalling that the principal actors were the farmers, women and men, who shared information about their constraints and opportunities for equitable and sustainable livelihoods. A second important group of actors was those rural development and extension agents who, together with project staff, were responsible for facilitating the processes described here. A third group of actors were those who analysed, synthesized and wrote about these experiences, those who edited the original case studies, and those who translated them into English, French and Spanish. I thank them all.
Jeanne Koopman · Author
Friends and colleagues have provided helpful comments and insights. My first debt is to the participants of the From Farmer to Planner and Back workshop. They were the greatest source of inspiration and ideas. I also want to thank Frank Butcher (IFAD), LoyVan Crowder (SDRE), Jeanette Denholm Gurung (ICIMOD), Nancy Hart (Consultant), Tiina Huvio (SDWW), Lieke Koenraadt (SDWW), Maria Grazia Quieti (TCAS) and Sally Sontheimer (SDWW), for reviewing the first draft and pointing out the holes and mistakes. They also gave me a lot of encouragement. The remaining holes and mistakes are my own.
Vicki Wilde · Author
The Women in Development Service would like to thank the authors for their efforts in providing such a wealth of information about the projects. Afghanistan-Catherine Hill; Costa Rica-Patricia Bifani; Ethiopia-Rachel Percy; Honduras-Mabel Saiz; Namibia-Sally Sontheimer; Nepal-Sally Sontheimer; Pakistan-Marilee Kane; Senegal-Oumy Kairy Ndiane; Tunesia-Abderrahmane Ben Boubaker; India-Karlyn Eckman.
The Women in Development Service would like to thank Nancy Hart for leading the editing team, Roberto Magini for spot illustrations and Maxtudio for the design.
A special acknowledgement goes to the Government of Norway which provided the financial support for the workshop itself, the case studies and this publication.
Detailed accounts of the activities of the individual projects that contributed to the Key Issues Paper and were present at the From Farmer to Planner and Back workshop are available in the case studies. Each case study is available in English, French or Spanish. Electronic versions are available through the FAO websites (see below).
The Workshop Report provides information about the daily workings of the From Farmer to Planner and Back workshop. It also provides a summary of the participants' definitions of development concepts as well as their overall best practices and recommendations for PGRAD planning (English).
This work will be of special interest to trainers looking for new ways to build the capacities of staff involved in PGRAD processes. It contains a compilation and analysis of the various training materials and methodologies developed by trainers in the participating projects of the From Farmer to Planner and Back workshop (English).
The From Farmer to Planner and Back video is a visual introduction to The Responsive Planner. It features the story of one workshop participant, an agricultural worker from Sikkim, India, and documents her experience with gender-responsive participatory planning for small-scale livestock development. The documentary follows her to Rome where she attends the From Farmer to Planner and Back workshop to share her experiences and to learn from others, and then returns with her to Sikkim where she can put her new ideas into practice (English). The video is available in PAL, NTSC or SECAM formats.
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