Finding new things and ways that work

A Manual for Introducing Participatory Innovation Development (PID)

This manual contains a collection of training modules for initiating Participatory Innovation Development (PID) activities.
 
PID is a process of finding new things and ways that work (successful innovations) in interaction between rural people, research and extension service providers. The very basic principle of PID is that the local, situational, often more intuitive knowledge of villagers and the formal knowledge of scientists (researchers or other subject matter specialists) are combined to experiment on innovations. The interaction between villagers and scientists often needs facilitation. Extension is well placed to take on the facilitation function, as extension workers have the required communicative skills and a broad understanding of the local conditions, practices and knowledge. PID has its roots in agricultural development; the concepts, however, are applicable also for innovation development in many other areas, in particular other fields of natural resource management, like forestry and range management.

Based on this principle a variety of understandings and concepts of PID has evolved. This manual builds on the pragmatic PID understanding of the LBL International Department, and is mainly based on the experiences of LBL gained, and modules used, during PID introduction workshops with different partners in different programmes and countries.

Download the manual in pdf format (there are 6 parts because the files are rather large)

Part I     Part II     Part III     Part IV     Part V     Part VI