Summary

The project documented the experiences of participatory livestock research in an issues paper and a series of case studies. Some of the most important findings were:

Clarity of objectives has been a constant theme in the research. Not all research can, or should be, highly participatory: what is important is to match methodologies to objectives. For much research, particularly funded by research budgets, this is likely to mean nudging research slightly from a consultative towards a collaborative mode.

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Final Technical Report

There are important reasons why participatory methodologies are less developed for livestock research, and these must be understood. However, many of the most important constraints to participatory research are institutional, are shared with participatory research in any sub-sector, but also vary greatly between the institutional hosts of research and the funding sources. There remains important work to be done in reflecting further on analytical techniques that can be used with participatory data, and most importantly in documenting participatory methodologies for on-farm livestock trials from around the world.