Social analysis for agriculture and rural investment projects. Practitioner’s Guide
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The complete compendium is also available as a single publication: <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2816e.pdf"><i>Social Analysis for Agriculture and Rural Investment Projects.</i></a> The <i>Practitioner’s Guide</i> </a>deals with the ‘why and what’ questions, building on the conceptual approach in the <i>Manager’s Guide</i>. It describes: the sustainable livelihoods framework for understanding the dynamics of rural poverty and livelihoods, social diversity and gender in the context of agricu lture and rural development; main entry points for conducting social analysis; range of inputs that may be made to project design; how findings and recommendations are drawn together into a technical paper and summary matrices; and tools for tracking social aspects of development. The <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bl181e.pdf"><I>Manager’s Guide</I></a> addresses the needs of project managers and team leaders. It describes: the main parameters of social analysis in the context of agricultu ral and rural development investments, and the use of social analysis from three perspectives: international agencies; development approaches; programme cycle; and management aspects of conducting social analysis such as recruitment, roles and responsibilities. The <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bl183e.pdf"> <i>Field Guide</i> </a> provides guidance on the fieldwork aspects of social analysis, based on the <i>Practitioner’s Guide</i>. It considers: the practical aspects of integrating soci al analysis into missions; data collection activities and checklists for work at the national, regional and district levels and in community-based discussions, focus group discussions and individual household interviews; and participatory tools for social analysis fieldwork.