Participatory Research: CIALs Directory

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	13 Handbooks for the Local Agricultural Research Committee (CIAL)
	Logistic Preference Ranking Analysis for Evaluating Technology Options
	Farmer Evaluation of Technology: Methodology for Open-ended Evaluation
	Farmer Evaluations of Technology: Preference Ranking
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	The CIALs at a Glance
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	Data Base (in Spanish only)
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	Investing in Farmers as Researchers, Book
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	CIALs were first developed in Colombia in 1991, and more have since been established in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. By the end of 1999, more than 250 CIALs were operating.