Community-based animal healthcare pages:
page 1: articles (full list), books, networks and other resources
(pages 2-7: Summaries of articles grouped by theme and linked to full articles where available:)
page 2: community animal healthcare
page 3: EVK / EVM / local knowledge
page 4: participatory methods
page 5: gender, children and building peace
page 6: policy
page 7: other
ARTICLES
Methods
on the move: a review of veterinary uses of participatory approaches and methods
focussing on experiences in dryland Africa 1991.
Monitoring
and impact assessment of community-based animal health projects in southern
Sudan: towards participatory approaches and methods 1999.
Stakeholder
workshops on animal health services, Jijiga, Degehabur, Fik And Shinile zones
1997.
Participation
in the 80's and 90's: who asks the questions in livestock development? 1991.
Methods on the move: a review of veterinary uses of participatory approaches
and methods focussing on experiences in dryland Africa. Participatory animal
health services: a literature review. 1999
Andy Catley, PAVE Project, Sustainable Agriculture and
Rural Livelihoods Programme, International Institute for Environment and
Development, London. 100 pages.
Catley, A. CAPE, OAU , 1999
This literature review describes the origins of participatory
approaches and methods, and discusses their application in animal health
services and research in less developed countries. The review focuses on
dryland areas of Africa, in particular pastoral and agropastoral areas of
the Greater Horn of Africa.
The article finds that:
in this area, most experience with veterinary uses
of participatory approaches and methods resides with community-based
animal health projects, some of which are involved in rinderpest control
this use of participation has proved to be effective relative to
conventional approaches to service delivery
other institutions are beginning to use community participation and
associated methods
support to developing improved field-level data collection methods
has been very limited
epidemiologists tend to use formal survey methods rather than contextually
sensitive or locally specific methodologies
participatory methods cannot necessarily be judged from a hard science
paradigm
options for combining methods and systems of evaluation should also
be investigated
full report
in .pdf format (download time might be prolonged)
Monitoring and impact assessment of community-based animal health projects
in southern Sudan.
Participatory approaches and methods: what role does it play in community-based
animal health projects in southern Sudan? 1999 (60 pages)
A Report for Vétérinaires Sans Frontières
Belgium and Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Switzerland.
Catley, A. CAPE, OAU , 1999
This report describes the development of participatory
monitoring and impact assessment systems in community-based animal health
projects in southern Sudan.
This report describes a process through which veterinary
workers and other livestock staff reviewed their current monitoring system,
were introduced to participatory approaches and methods, and then appraised
some new ways of working in the field.
full report in
.pdf format (download time might be prolonged)
full report
Stakeholder workshops on animal health services, Jijiga, Degehabur, Fik And
Shinile zones. 12th-15th August 1997. (22 pages; summarised English version).
Save the Children (UK)-Regional Bureau of Agriculture Veterinary
Services Support Project, Somali National Regional State.
The need and possible modalities of establishment of community
based delivery of veterinary services and inputs in the arid and semi arid
areas in Kenya
Available on request
Participation in the 80's and 90's: who asks the questions in livestock development?
1991
Leyland, T. CAPE, OAU , 1991
This dissertation has described the development and the
nature of both farming systems research and rapid rural appraisal.
The article concludes that:
participation is a valuable concept
participation at the appraisal stage of projects is particularly
important, because this is the time when the nature of the organisation
of any development should be planned
there appears to be a drift away from diagnosis through quantification
to diagnosis and planning through interaction of facilitators and farmers
and the subsequent increased understanding
because of the great range of different livestock systems, it must
be concluded that all the participatory rapid appraisal tools described
are equally suitable for livestock projects
the facilitators of the tools ought to understand the concept of
participation and that the facilitators are well versed in the problems
they will encounter
this will require further education for many development workers and
government officers, promoting such educating should be a priority in
livestock development. The participation of people in local level planning
will be the motivating force to stimulate such education
full report
in .pdf format (download time might be prolonged)