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Rifkin, S.B. and Pridmore, P. 2001. Partners in Planning. Macmillan, London.
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Some useful information:
If you need help, or there is a section of the methodology that you do not understand, please contact:
Dr Guy Nantel
Food and
Nutrition Division (from January 2006: Nutrition and Consumer
Protection Division)
Food and Agriculture Organization
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00153 Rome
Italy
Email: [email protected]
If you would like to send comments on your experience of using this Assessment Tool, please send them to the above address.
The companion volume to this Assessment Tool, “Community-based Food and Nutrition Programmes: what Makes Them Successful. A Review and Analysis of Experience” (FAO, 2003) can also be obtained from the above address.
The recommended text for the participatory methodology is:
Partners in Planning by S. Rifkin and P. Pridmore. ISBN 0-333-79266-1
It can be obtained from:
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