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During 1990 and 1991, participatory rural appraisal (PRA) spread rapidly through non-governmental and some government organizations in India. The spread has not been of a single approach or method: once exposed to the culture of learning from and with rural people, more and more organizations are trying out the methods and developing their own variations and additions. This has produced a wealth of practical experience of how things work at a practical level. In February 1991, MYRADA, an NGO based in Bangalore, convened a three-day workshop to enable practitioners to come together to share their experiences. The workshop was attended by 35 PRA trainers representing 18 institutions who had conducted PRA field exercises throughout India. This publication brings together some of the thoughts and findings of the participants. The first section is an overview of the major issues arising during …