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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"rapid rural appraisal"”.
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Prescribed Fire Perspectives of African American Landowners in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
… Analysis of these interviews was completed using rapid rural appraisal, a method used to quickly gather data from individuals in rural settings. The results suggested that 81% of the African American NIPLs interviewed used prescribed fire to accomplish specific land management objectives, such as …
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Human ecological analysis of land and forest use by the Hmong people for harmonising with the governmental reforestation program in Vietnam
… qualitative and quantitative methods, including Rapid Rural Appraisal, Land Use Inventory, Forest Inventory and Household Survey, is employed to capture the required data sets. The study results show the current patterns of land and forest use by the Hmong people in their village territories for …
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Sustainable livelihoods of forest fringe communities: forests, trees and household livelihood strategies in southern Ghana
Forests play fundamental roles in supporting rural livelihoods in Ghana. They form an integral part of the rural economy, providing subsistence goods and services as well as items of trade. Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) contribute in many ways to improving diets, combating hunger and …
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A survey of plants used to treat livestock diseases in the Mnisi community, Mpumalanga, South Africa, and investigation of their antimicrobial activity
… in Mpumalanga Province. Following the Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) guidelines, a survey was conducted to document the plant species that are used as ethnoveterinary medicine within the Mnisi community. It was found that older males from the age of 40 were more knowledgeable than females …
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Participatory rural appraisal approaches, to improve public participation in South African EIA
… to facilitate and mandate their participation. Rural Appraisals like Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), which originated in Africa and Asia, have been used in other research fields outside Environmental Management to reach the lower-class citizens. The aim of this research was to investigate …