Who views what? Impact assessment through the eyes of farmers, development organization staff and researchers

Autor:	Robert De Wulf, Patrick Van Damme, Hannes Cosyns
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Sustainable development Economic growth biology Impact assessment Geography Planning and Development Control (management) Ricinodendron Citizen journalism Management Monitoring Policy and Law biology.organism_classification Livelihood Commercialization Likert scale Business Marketing
Zdroj:	International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 20:287-301
ISSN:	1745-2627 1350-4509
DOI:	10.1080/13504509.2013.806372
Popis:	The present study assesses the impact of a rural development project on farmers' livelihoods, as perceived by farmers, development organization staff and researchers. The project concerned, aimed to increase small-scale farmers' financial benefits by promoting the commercialization of Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Pax kernels (njansang) in Cameroon. The three parties evaluated the impacts of the project, over the 2005–2010 period, through indicators embedded in the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (natural, financial, human, social and physical assets). Project households were compared with control households. Results show that farmers' and development organization staff's views were aligned regarding the relative importance of the indicators to measure success (with overlaps > 85%). The three stakeholders evaluated changes of farmers' livelihood indicators over the 2005–2010 period on 5-point Likert items. All three stated that most indicators improved significantly more in project than in ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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