MODULE 6: RuralInvest 

Unit 6.1: PARTICIPATORY IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL INVESTMENT PRIORITIES

Coordinators: Tserendavaa Tseren, Mongolian University of Life Sciences

Lecturer:  Erdenechuluun Tumur, Tserendavaa Tseren, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, a Guest lecturer from the List of teachers within the AGRIMBA network (Annex 1)

Microeconomics and Agricultural economics

To learn a methodology for identifying local investment needs

• Participatory diagnostic study
• Systemic Analysis
• Planning local development
• Identification of local investment priorities

• E-course
• Lectures (2)
• Practice (2)
• Presentation and Discussion (2)

1. Define the current situation of the group or community, taking into account a range of aspects, including physical (the location of the community, availability of land and water, types of soils, slopes, etc.) environmental (forests, fishery, rainfall distribution), and socio-economic and cultural (availability of markets, current earnings of members of the community, migration, group solidarity, etc.);
2. Use this definition of the current situation to reach an agreement on key problems and potentials faced by the community or group;
3. Develop a local development plan that defines priorities for action according to the needs of the applicants;
4. Identify one or more possible broad investments that would contribute to carrying out and achieving this plan.

Practice on paper, group discussion

To identify local investment priorities

Module 1 RuralInvest handbook, 2007, FAO Investment Center