Cultural background, gender, and institutional status have an effect on the evaluation of multi-disciplinary participatory action research.

ABSTRACT: Research and development increasingly apply participatory approaches that involve both stakeholders and scientists. This article presents an evaluation of German and Tanzanian researchers' perceptions during their activities as part of a large interdisciplinary research project in Tanzania. The project focused on prioritizing and implementing food-securing upgrading strategies across the components of rural food value chains. The participants involved during the course of the project were asked to provide feedback on 10 different research steps and to evaluate eight core features related to the functioning and potential shortcomings of the project. The study discriminated among evaluation differences linked to culture, gender, and institutional status. Perceptions differed between Tanzania

SUBMITTER: Graef F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5935386 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature