Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
table 2.1
chronology of activities carried out in a Process to assess the Health
of a tropical agroecosystem in the central Highlands of Kenya
timescale
action
outputs
actors
April 1997
Secondary data search,
collation, and analyses
Hierarchy structure of the
Kiambu agroecosystem;
choice of scales and
sampling strategy
Researchers
May 1997
PAR training
Expertise in PAR methods,
visual aids (researchers
and assistants)
Research team
June 1997
Sampling study sites
List of study sites,
workshop schedules
Researchers and
resource persons
July-October
1997
Initial village workshops
in the ISS
System descriptions,
problem analysis,
community action plans
Communities,
researchers, and
resource persons
September 1997
Multidisciplinary team
meeting
System description;
problem analysis
Researchers,
multidisciplinary
team
October-
November 1997
Village workshops
Influence diagrams,
problem analyses, soft
system models
Communities,
researchers, resource
persons
December 1997
Multidisciplinary team
meeting
List of potential research-
based indicators
Researchers and
resource persons
January-March
1997
Census of land-use units
Typology of land-use units
Communities,
resource persons
April 1997
Statistical and system
analyses
System attributes, models,
and potential indicators
Researchers
May 1998
Multidisciplinary team
meeting
A suite of research-based
indicators
Researchers,
multidisciplinary
team
May 1998
Leadership training and
intervillage workshop
Understanding of AESH
and monitoring and
evaluation concepts
Community leaders,
researchers, resource
persons
June 1998
Multidisciplinary team
meeting
Methods for measuring
research-based indicators
Researchers,
multidisciplinary
team
July 1998
Village workshops
Community-driven
indicators, AESH training
materials
Communities,
researchers, and
resource persons
August-October
1998
Village workshops
Analyses of community-
based indicators data;
overall evaluation
Communities
October 1998-
January 1999
Development of
measurement tools
Questionnaires,
semistructured interviews,
participatory tools
Researchers,
multidisciplinary
team
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