Technology Integration through Agro-Eco System Analysis: Using Participatory Approaches

The vital need for capacity-building of numerous functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions is widely acknowledged. However, there has been no systemic approach to building capacities of the functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions across the 3-tiers and there is no book which comprehensively deals with training needs of different tiers of PRIs. This book is an attempt to fill in gap. The book provides for 10 modules together with a Base Module, each specially devised to meet the training needs of different functionaries in different tiers of Panchayati Raj system. These modules have been prepared after extensive assessment of training needs and consultations with experts and institutions across the country who are engaged in or are concerned with capacity-building of Panchayati Raj functionaries. The book for the first time provides for a road map to train functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions using Participatory Learning and Action methods (PLA methods). It provides for trainers' notes, content flow, diagrams, sketches, posters and games as necessary aids for imparting training to functionaries of PRIs who are adult learners keeping fully in mind learning theory.The book gives details of different steps to be followed by the trainer in separate modules and outlines an andragogy which is suitable for adult learners. Twenty coloured posters depicting 29 disciplines of Panchayati Raj, as incorporapted in elventh schedule of Indian Constitution, also make part of this book. The book will be an invaluable handbook for administrators, trainers, training institutions and scholars engaged in building capacity of PRI functionaries.

The vital need for capacity-building of numerous functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions is widely acknowledged. However, there has been no systemic approach to building capacities of the functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions across the 3-tiers and there is no book which comprehensively deals with training needs of different tiers of PRIs. This book is an attempt to fill in gap. The book provides for 10 modules together with a Base Module, each specially devised to meet the training needs of different functionaries in different tiers of Panchayati Raj system. These modules have been prepared after extensive assessment of training needs and consultations with experts and institutions across the country who are engaged in or are concerned with capacity-building of Panchayati Raj functionaries. The book for the first time provides for a road map to train functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions using Participatory Learning and Action methods (PLA methods). It provides for trainers' notes, content flow, diagrams, sketches, posters and games as necessary aids for imparting training to functionaries of PRIs who are adult learners keeping fully in mind learning theory.The book gives details of different steps to be followed by the trainer in separate modules and outlines an andragogy which is suitable for adult learners. Twenty coloured posters depicting 29 disciplines of Panchayati Raj, as incorporapted in elventh schedule of Indian Constitution, also make part of this book. The book will be an invaluable handbook for administrators, trainers, training institutions and scholars engaged in building capacity of PRI functionaries.