Participatory Rural Appraisal Technique for Enhancing Rural Participation in the Implementation of Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Abstract

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is a technique for enhancing rural participation in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intends to offer a bottom-up strategy through which rural dwellers could make inputs necessary for successful implementation of SDGs. The paper therefore forges a synergy between PRA and SDGs where the former could be used as a matrix for engaging rural dwellers in the implementation of the later. Secondary data through descriptive presentation and analysis was adopted. The paper concludes that PRA when fully tapped possesses relevant potentials that can bring rural populace into the heart of the implementation of SDGs.