4. Guiding principles of the PIP
approach
The three guiding principles conceptualized in this section –
empowerment, integration and collaboration – aim at organisations and
staff involved in the PIP approach, and how they work with local actors.
Rather than extension agents transferring knowledge, PIP staff arefacilitators of change ; and farmers, rather than
beneficiaries of a project, are agents of change . In this
bottom-up process, PIP staff creates a level playing field with other
stakeholders, with the three guiding principles enabling
resilience-based stewardship to become firmly rooted in the foundation.