Simon, D.McGregor, D.Nsiah-Gyabaah, K.Thompson, D.2016-04-192016-04-192003Development in Practice 13(1): 40-560961-45241364-9213http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65485Metadata only recordThis paper reflects critically on issues of North-South collaboration and participatory research arising from a project on participatory and sustainable local-level environmental management in the peri-urban area surrounding Kumasi, Ghana. Rapid immigration, uncoordinated conversion of farmland to housing, intensified resource exploitation, and declining water quality and availability are particularly pressing problems there. Collaborative research arrangements with local partners as well as sustained participatory relations with selected village communities were central to this project. More generally, the paper reflects on institutional issues relating to the dichotomy between research and development assistance projects, and their implications for project evaluations.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightRural developmentEcosystem managementEcosystemEnvironmental impactsSoil managementLivelihoodsCommunity developmentFood securityWaterSoilPovertyRural-urban migrationWater qualityNatural resource managementWater useRural-rural migrationPeri-urban areaCollaborative researchParticipatory researchSustainable natural resource management (SNRM)Ecosystem Governance WatershedAbstractCopyright 2003 by Taylor & Francis Grouphttps://doi.org/10.1080/0961452022000037973