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Participation: the Way Forward for Development?
Participatory Rural Appraisal is the new buzz phrase in international development
Top-down development has widely failed to reduce poverty and raise farm incomes. The new Participatory Rural Appraisal approach could change this, says Robert Chambers of the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University. Agroforestry in Brazil, plus how the Indonesian sago palm is making comeback in sustainable farming systems.