Farmer's Participation

Sources, Strategies and Outcomes

M. Phil. Máximo A. García and

M.C. Teresita de Jesús Santiago Vera

Context of farmer's participation Technical and local knowledge Resources and decisions Project, contract and assistance for rural

development

Institutional structure and power Institutional structure of social

organizations Individual, familiar and collective interests

Participation expressionFormats and mechanisms for participation: Interviews, questionnaires, charts,

checklists and excel sheets Workshop, courses and focal groups (PRA)

Cultural differences amongfarmers and professionals

Group lifestyle vision formation Way of work end

Professionals Urban Objective, specialized,

monothematic

Academic,

from teachers

and books

Subordination

Personal development

and their sector

search to probe in reality what

he already knows

Farmers rural SubjectiveDiverse and

holistic

Non formal

from relatives

and experiences

Coordination

Familiar and collective

development

Towards uncertainty

Discover something on

each step

What is an integral view? How we build relations, dependency and

aggregation of elements from experiences Professional and farmer's epistemology

How to analyze experiences Rationalism and

subjectivity

How to communicate experiences

•Communicate results or process: for whom and how.

Building up together Our interest as steps for dialogue Building dialogue Being there as premise for participation

Thank you very much