ALCOM Report No. 11

ALCOM                                                                                         GCP/INT/555/SWE
Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme     GCP/RAF/277/BEL

ALCOM Report No. 11

RAPID APPRAISAL FOR SMALL WATER BODIES

by

Philip Townsley
Consultant Socio-Economist

Funding Agencies:
SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
BELGIUM ADMINISTRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION

Executing Agency:
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Harare, Zimbabwe, November 1992.

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The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimination of frontiers.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


SUMMARY

I.       BACKGROUND TO THE CONSULTANCY

1.       Small water bodies in Southern Africa

1.1 Small water bodies in Zimbabwe

1.2 Problems in small water body development

2.       Rapid Appraisal

2.1 Issues in Rapid Appraisal

2.2 Main features of Rapid Appraisal

2.3 Uses of Rapid Appraisal

2.4 ALCOM's requirements from Rapid Appraisal

II.       RAPID APPRAISAL AND SMALL WATER BODY DEVELOPMENT

1.       Outline of three Rapid Appraisals in Zimbabwe

1.1 Objectives of the appraisals

1.2 Selection of locations

1.3 Appraisal planning

2.       Appraisal findings

2.1 Chichewo Dam

2.2 Taru Dam

2.3 Mwenje Dam

2.4 Discussion of findings

3.       Lessons learnt

3.1 A Rapid Appraisal package

3.2 Training of ALCOM and counterpart staff

3.3 Training of trainers

3.4 Training materials for Rapid Appraisal

4.       What is Rapid Appraisal for ?

III.     RECOMMENDATIONS


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