GonsalvesJ; Becker T; Braun A; Campilan D; De Chavez H; Fajber E; Kapiriri M; Rivaca-Caminade J;= and Vernooy R. (ed). Participatory Research and Development for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: a Sourcebook Three-volume Set. VOLUME 1: Understanding Participatory Research and Development. VOLUME 2: Enabling Participatory Research and Development. VOLUME 3: Doing Participatory Research and Development . International Potato Center - User's Perspectives with Agricultural Research and Development (CIP-UPWARD), Laguna, The Philippines and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada.

Gonsalves, J; Becker, T; Braun, A; Campilan, D; Chavez, H; Fajber, E; Kapiriri, M; Rivaca-Caminade, J; and Vernooy, R. 2005. 248 pp. Three-volume SetResearch and development can no longer be the exclusive domain of scientists. To find sustainable solutions to development problems, a wider range of actors must be involved. It is crucial, for example, that local stakeholders provide input to the process. Participatory research and development (PR&D) offers such an inclusive model.This three-volume sourcebook provides easy access to field-tested PR&D concepts and practices for practitioners, researchers, and academic. As well, it presents a comprehensive overview of PR&D and will serve as a general reference for trainers, policymakers, donors, and development professionals. The sourcebook captures and examines PR&D experiences from over 30 countries, illustrating applications in sustainable crop and animal production, forest and watershed management, soil and water conservation, and postharvest and utilization.

McDougall, C and Braun, A. 2003. Navigating Complexity, Diversity and Dynamism: Reflections on Research for Natural Resource Management. In: Pound B; Snapp S; Mcdougall C; Braun A (ed) Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and Participation. Earthscan/IDRC.

Pound, P; Snapp, S; McDougall, C and Braun, A. 2003. 260 Management of local resources has a greater chance of a sustainable outcome when there is partnership between local people and external agencies, and agendas relevant to their aspirations and circumstances. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods analyses and extends this premise to show unequivocally that the process of research for improving natural resource management must incorporate participatory and user-focused approaches, leading to development based on the needs and knowledge of local resource users. Drawing on extensive and highly relevant case studies, this book presents innovative approaches for establishing and sustaining participation and collective decision-making, good practice for research, and challenges for future developments. It covers a wide range of natural resources – including forests and soils, and water and management units such as watersheds and common property areas and provides practical lessons from analysis and meta-analysis of cases from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It offers insights on how to make research participatory while maintaining rigour and high-quality biological science, different forms of participation, and ways to scale up and extend participatory approaches and successful initiatives. This book will be invaluable for those professionally involved in natural resource management for sustainable development, and an essential resource for teachers and students of both the biophysical and social science aspects of natural resource management.

CGIAR Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis. 2000. Equity, Well-Being, and Ecosystem Health. 62 pp. ISBN 958694-035-7. (text only version)