Abstract
AbstractThis paper analyzes the design, implementation, and challenges associated with mixing methods within a baseline study involving the collaboration of rural women smallholders and their families in three regions of Papua New Guinea. We first describe the context of the research and how the baseline study was conceptualized as part of a participatory research and development project designed to provide a rich collaborative learning exchange between participants and researchers. We explain how three qualitative participatory techniques used alongside a small-scale quantitative livelihoods survey to gain an understanding of the social, economic, and agricultural factors impacting upon the lives women smallholders and their families. We follow this with a critical discussion of the challenges and benefits of utilizing mixed methods in an international development context
Highlights
This paper reports on a four-year research and development project incorporating mixed methods into the baseline phase of a study designed to examine, develop, and facilitate ways to build the business acumen of women smallholder subsistence food crop farmers in three geographically
The paper outlines how the study was conducted in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) context and discusses the quantitative small-scale livelihood survey followed by some of the participatory qualitative methods used in the community workshops (Ten Seed Technique, Talking Tables, and A Day in the Life of a Smallholder Farmer)
Study methods The following sections discuss in more detail the livelihood survey and some of the qualitative participatory methods used in the community workshops, Ten Seed Technique, Talking Tables, and A Day in the Life of a Smallholder Farmer
Summary
1. Introduction This paper reports on a four-year research and development project incorporating mixed methods into the baseline phase of a study designed to examine, develop, and facilitate ways to build the business acumen of women smallholder subsistence food crop farmers in three geographically The collaborative participatory activities gave us important data that we could analyze immediately with our local partners while the survey provided details of key differences between communities.
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