Shows models and methods of participatory rural appraisal. This is a research report on land and water use management in Tanzania, with specific reference to the Chekereni area in Moshi District, Kilimanjaro Region. The document is of significant importance for those who want to know why aims and objectives of rural development in Tanzania are not realized. Also, it answers questions on what really happens when policies and plans for rural development are implemented. Majumdar critiques the belief that shunning indigenous techniques and adopting modern technology increases productivity and profitability.
New technology is often inappropriate for the conditions in which it is implemented.
Further, the high cost of technology makes it inaccessible to the poor, which leads them to become further marginalized. The impact of technology is examined with specific reference to rural and tribal women in India. Women are often denied access to machinery that is introduced to agricultural enterprises. Thus, they often lose their traditional jobs altogether, or they are relegated to more strenuous manual labour. Technology tends to make men's work easier, but there is little technological research conducted to ease women's labour.