TY - BOOK AU - Kanwat,Manish AU - Kumar, P Suresh TI - Participatory rural appraisal: tools and techniques for need assessment SN - 9788183212151 U1 - 631.3 PY - 2011/// CY - Udaipur PB - Agrotech Publishing KW - Participatory rural appraisal N1 - The book deals social surveys. Social surveys have been used widely for identifying the problems, resources, prospects in particular locality. The social survey usually is participatory process, the success of which depends on the participation of the people and the extension personnel in entire activities. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) provides a cost-effective and efficient method that reflects the local perceptions of disability and involves local people. This book introduces PRA, and illustrates some of its advantages. In this book the author tried to throw light on social surveys, the way it works and their merits and demerits besides why the social scientist and the extension personnel would like to go for PRA approach ER -