Chapter V covers participatory field work methods and techniques, with examples from actual project experiences built into a generic field investigation. The focus initially is on generating spatial and temporal data as a foundation on which to build a preliminary identification of adaptive strategies. This then leads to the identification of knowledge gaps, or special topics for investigation in order to describe the adaptive strategies, and finally to the articulation of adaptive strategies. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of the selection of community-based indicators for sustainable livelihoods. Chapter VI deals with the second key and closely related dimension of project execution a policy analysis that covers matters of socio-economic conditions, the total external environment impinging on the community s livelihood system.
Policy is conceived here in very broad terms as the entire external institutional environment.
Chapter VII turns to the various outputs expected from the project and the use of these outputs at local, national and international level or products.