Draft. Objectives extracted from DOW version 18Dec2006. A new introduction is needed.

To evaluate model outputs with stakeholders and short-list remediation strategies for wider application by policy-makers and extensionists.

Model outputs and field trial results will be fed back to stakeholders in each site through focus group meetings with policy-makers and extensionists, to evaluate and short-list strategies. Building on the relationships developed through work with stakeholders in previous WBs, these focus groups will be facilitated by in-country staff employed on the project. In this way, we ensure sensitivity to local context, and avoid language and cultural barriers to effective communication (see section B.4.4). Model outputs will be developed into storyboards illustrated by GIS and/or digitally manipulated photographs to communicate them effectively to a range of stakeholders. The evaluation process will be structured using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation decision aid tool (Yager, 1993). Using this approach, stakeholders will identify (and potentially weight) criteria against which they think strategies should be evaluated. These criteria are then used to systematically evaluate each remediation option on the basis of evidence from trials and model outputs. Outcomes from these focus groups and the methodological approach and models that were used will be disseminated to extensionists, policy-makers and researchers in WB6.

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