Community Participation and the Integration of Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability Concerns into Practical Decision Making - Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - page 62

table 3.1
sequencing of learning tools in the Initial Workshops

tool objectives output

1. Self-

introduction and
icebreakers

Develop rapport
Know participants by name
Workshop logistics (venue, meals, time)

List of participants by gender
Workshop logistics

2. Social and

resource
mapping

Village boundaries
Natural resource inventory
Land-use patterns
Problem identification

Social map
Resource map
Lists of identified problems

3. Historical

background

Major events and their impacts
Problem identification and coping
strategies

Historical profile
Lists of identified problems
Coping strategies

4. Time lines and

trend analysis

Resource availability and distribution over
time and space
Disease and pest dynamics

Graphs of trends and time lines

5. Seasonal

calendar

Yearly schedules of activities
Yearly trends in climate, agriculture, and
pests and diseases

Graphs

6. Transect walks

and SSIs

Triangulate resource inventories, problem
identification, and social maps
Farming system and land use

Graphs of transect profiles
showing resource location and
land-use characteristics

7. Livelihood

analysis

Sources and amount of incomes, types and
amount of expenditure

Lists of income and expenditure
types

8. Mobility charts Sources, types, and quantities of goods and

services bought or sold

Key inputs and outputs

9. Institutional

analysis

Relationships with institutions in the area,
their roles and responsibilities
Information flow

Venn (chapati) diagrams

10. Daily calendars Schedule of activities by age and gender

Time usage by age and gender
Labor distribution by gender

Charts of daily activities by
gender and age

11. Health analysis Health concerns by gender and age

Causal structure and coping strategies

Lists of health concerns, their
causes, and coping strategies

12. Access and
control matrix

Ownership, access, and control of key
resources by gender and age

Lists of resources, their
ownership, access and control

13. Problem
analysis

Types of problems (needs), their causes,
and coping strategies

Ranking matrix
Causal structure
Coping strategies

14. Action planning Opportunities for remedial action

Required inputs, responsibilities, and time
frame

Action plans

SSI, semistructured interview