Robert Chambers
The origins and practice of participatory rural appraisal
Brighton Hospital
participatory rural appraisal pra describes growing family approaches methods enable local people share enhance analyze knowledge life conditions plan act pra sources activist participatory research agroecosystem analysis applied anthropology field research farming systems rapid rural appraisal rra rra information elicited extracted outsiders pra shared owned local people participatory methods include mapping modeling transect walks matrix scoring seasonal calendars trend change analysis wellbeing wealth ranking grouping analytical diagramming pra applications include natural resources management agriculture poverty social programs health food security dominant behavior outsiders may explain taken 1990s analytical capabilities local people better recognized pra emerge grow spread