Programme Planning, Implementation and Evalution

PROGRAMME PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 2(1+1)

Lesson 32 : Techniques of Participatory Rural Appraisal

Pair-wise Ranking

In pair-wise ranking, items of interest (trees, food, solutions etc.) are compared pair by pair. Informants are asked which is preferred of the two compared items and why? The reasons given by the respondent reveal the reason for the preferences of different persons / groups. The criteria are likely to change between groups (youth and old, men and women) to the criteria used to select between the items of interest. In this method, the socially important items relating to problems, preferences are separately presented to the participants in pairs. One item that is more relevant is selected from each pair.