Participatory
Innovation
Development
A summaryoftheInnovation
steps
•Getting started (getting to know
each other);
•Joint analysis of the situation – the
problems and opportunities;
•Looking for things to try to improve
the local situation;
•Trying them out in community-led
participatory experimentation;
•Jointly analysis and sharing the
results; and
•Strengthening the process, often
through improving local
organization and linkages with other
actors, so that the innovation
process will continue.
Farmer led innovation builds on the PID
concepts to include local innovations into the
system and describes the interaction between
local communities and outside facilitators, as:
•Gaining a joint understanding of the main
characteristics and changes of that particular
agroecological system,
•Defining priority problems,
•Experimenting locally with a variety of options
derived both from indigenous knowledge … and
from formal science and
•Enhancing farmer’s experimental capacities
and farmer-to-farmer communication
PRESENT SITUATION
INTERVENTIONS AND PROCESSES TO BUILD
SOCIAL AGENCY
IMPROVED DECISION MAKING AND GOVERNANCE
OUTCOMES
Actions Joint analysis (Outcomes)Actions/Outcomes Co-learning (Outcomes)Actions/Outcomes
Joint decision making (Outcomes)
Focus group discussions and
mapping: socio
-ecological patches
Present situation in land use and
management, including needs and issues
(emerging from discussions)
Focus group discussions/ Thematic
workshop: CC, resource issues
(erosion, alien invasion, wetlands
and rivers, water access, grazing
management)
Socio
-ecological mapping:
Impact of human interventions
and climate on the environment
Adaptive planning workshop using
layered socio ecological maps
(expert and community combined)
Management plan for water and land
resources
Village walks for detailed resource
discussions and mapping (key
informants)
Community workshops on CC
impact (social, economic, farming,
resources). Adaptive strategies
(communities and stakeholders
combined)
CC impact and adaptive
strategies
Expert ecological mapping (GIS)
incl
EIA, Veld assessment, water resource
survey etc. (with key informants)
Prioritization of adaptive measures,
and practices
-
Village based learning groups
Further social organisations develop
( including markeintg, microfinance,
water livestock etc.)
Linked youth groups in resource
management and enterprise development
Experimentation with new practices
and innovations in Climate resilient
agriculture (Individual smallholders
and support organisations)
CRA experimentation and
implementation
Iterative experimentation with CRA
practices to tackle more complex
issues,
Improved land use and coordination at
community level
Seasonal review and re
-planning
Stakeholder engagement
-
innovation platforms and multi
stakeholder forums etc
Focus group discussions,individual
interviews
Local structures and decisions made by
them, including factors that influence
individual and community decision making
(emerging from discussions)
Thematic focus areas: water access
and management , livestock and
grazing management, natural
resources management,
Learning group discussions and
prioritization of urgent issues
Committees discuss, plan and
implement (with support) prioritized
actions in thematic areas
Community level structures develop for
improved governance
- with broader and
equitable community involvement linked
to local and traditional authorities
Further engagement with
stakeholders for expanded
implementation options around
water and resource management
LGs, committees and community
structures engage in resource
management projects with a range
of stakeholders
OUTCOMES
Improved participatory decision making to
support implementation and innovation
Improved governance
- new community
based structures
Improved governance improved rules and
logistics within community based
structures .
Improved governance
- coherent
collaboration with stakeholders and role
players.
Collect and
analyse
information
Identify
options and
implement
Build improved
systems and
social agency