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Participatory Agricultural Research: Approaches, Design and Evaluation
Expert Meeting
Oxford, 9-11 December 2013
Meeting objectives
- Take stock of and review tools and approaches used in participatory agricultural research including their strengths and weaknesses, capacity requirements, when to use them, etc. (with particular focus on certain newly emerging tools and approaches).
- Discuss the ways in which the tools and their use could be improved, (i.e. potential for using them in combination with quantitative diagnostic and biophysical research approaches, potential methods for documenting and monitoring the use of such tools, the data they produce and their impact).
- Identify ‘thorny issues’ hindering the use of participatory research approaches/tools within the CGIAR and suggestions for addressing these issues.
- Develop a community of practice to advocate for greater incorporation of participatory and social science approaches in CGIAR research activities.
Monday
0800 - 0900 | Breakfast | |
0930 | Arrivals, registration | Euforic and IIED |
1000 | Opening Aims, objectives, process Introductions |
Beth Cullen Katherine Snyder Peter Ballantyne |
1030 | Humidtropics and Africa RISING – Why participatory methods? | PRESENTATION] Peter Thorne - PRESENTATION |
1100 | Short Break | |
1130 | Setting the scene 1: Understanding and unpacking Participatory Agricultural Research (PAR): Overview | PRESENTATION] - BLOGPOST - KEYNOTE FULLTEXT: |
1215 | Setting the scene 2: PAR within the CGIAR: how these approaches (and challenges) are, or are not, new |
PRESENTATION] - BLOGPOST - CULLEN - BLOGPOST - SNYDER |
1300 | Lunch | |
1400 | PAR Tools and Approaches ‘Bus stop’ session | Interactive space for participants to discuss and share ‘tools and approaches’ XLS file: File:product_profiles_busstops.xlsx |
1530 | Break | |
1600 | Bus stops (continued) | Interactive space for participants to discuss and share ‘tools and approaches’ |
1730 | Review day 1; preview day 2 | Facilitators |
1745 | Close | |
1830 - 2100 | Reception and Dinner |
Tuesday
0800 - 0900 | Breakfast | |
0900 | ||
0930 | Mapping PAR tools and approaches: * Gaps * ‘thorny issues’ * When and where PAR tools work * Critical success factors |
Facilitators Reflecting on the marketplace Drawing on the surveymonkey results Defining critical/thorny issues to work on |
1100 | Break | |
1130 | PAR tools and approaches – Deeper dive into opportunities, critical success factors, thorny issues and challenges and how to overcome/resolve them. Zoom in on wider/bigger issues critical to uptake of PAR approaches |
Facilitators |
1300 | Lunch | |
1400 | Open space on tools and approaches | Space for people do spend time discussing/assessing/comparing approaches and tools and issues/opportunities arising |
1530 | Break | |
1600 | PAR Panel: Testing Hypotheses (such as): * PAR approaches apply across scales – households to landscapes * PAR approaches enable us to better achieve development outcomes * We can integrate biophysical and social disciplinary approaches through PAR * PAR approaches deliver ‘real’ science and development results * PAR approaches catalyze engagement and partnerships for better impact * Lively ‘food for thought and action’ panel * Examining evidence and use cases for PAR |
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1645 | Moving the PAR agenda forward: Constraints, opportunities, priorities Initial zoom in on actions and products likely to make a difference/be useful in uptake of PAR approaches |
Quick brainstorm and work on activities, such as: * Inventory * guided resource kit/Toolkit * Community of practice * Mainstreaming PAR * thorny issues briefs and cases * forming collaborations |
1730 | Review day 2; preview day 3 | |
1745 | Close | |
Evening | Free |
Wednesday
0800 - 0900 | Breakfast | |
0900 | PAR tools and approaches – Deeper dive into critical success factors, thorny issues and challenges and how to overcome/resolve them. Zoom in on wider/bigger issues critical to uptake of PAR approaches |
Facilitators |
1100 | Break | |
1130 | Moving the PAR agenda forward: Constraints, opportunities, priorities, actions, products Zoom in on actions and products likely to make a difference/be useful in uptake of PAR approaches |
Brainstorm and work on activities, such as: * Inventory * guided resource kit/Toolkit * Community of practice * Mainstreaming PAR * thorny issues briefs and cases * forming collaborations |
1300 | Lunch | |
1400 | Moving the PAR agenda forward – next steps | * Overall next steps * Agenda for the coming 2 days |
1515 | Close | |
1530 | Break | |
1600-1700 | Days 4/5 small planning group | |
Evening | Free |