CPEEL/AERD/UI/IMINI Community Renewable Energy Project Baseline Report

CPEEL/AERD/UI/IMINI Community Renewable Energy Project Baseline Report

The study relied primarily on both qualitative and quantitative primary data collection methods due to the nature of  the study. The major qualitative methods used were Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with groups of  men, women and youth and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) with key informants at community level. FGDs generally produce a consensus of  opinion from different groups in the community. The number of  discussants for each FGD varies, but none was less than 15 during the period of  data collection. The groups were separated by gender and generation; that is, into men, women and youth. This way, gender and generational differences in perception on various issues of  study were determined since it is known that in many localities, women cannot easily express themselves in mixed groups while their priorities and perspectives differ from those of  men and male youth.