%O This workshop was organized with the active support of several organizations/institutions. Some of the notable ones are: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Indore, India; Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS), Bhopal, India; BAIF Development Research Foundation (BAIF), Bhopal, India; Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP), Government of Andhra Pradesh, India; Khon Kaen University (KKU), Khon Kaen, Thailand; Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Land Development (DLD), Khon Kaen, Thailand; Vietnam Agricultural Sciences Institute (VASI), Hanoi, Vietnam; International Water Management Institute (IWMI); and Center for Soil and Agroclimate Research (CSAR), Bogor, Indonesia. Many individuals contributed to the success of the workshop. We sincerely thank Dr Narongsak Senanarong, Deputy Director General, DOA and M/s Preecha Cheuwchoom, Chanvid Lusanandana, and Somchai Tongpoonpol, and their staff in Region III, DOA for all the logistical support for the Workshop. We are thankful to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for providing financial support through RETA 5812 “Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture” for conducting this workshop. The Organizing Committee sincerely thanks Dr William D Dar of ICRISAT for delivering the inaugural address and also for extending his full support. Our thanks to Dr Aran Patanothai of KKU for his help in identifying the faculty from KKU; and to Dr Amado R Maglinao of IWMI for supporting the participation of MSEC project scientist from Indonesia and also for acting as faculty for this training workshop. We thank all the faculty members who helped in conducting the workshop successfully. M/s K N V Satyanarayana and Y Prabhakara Rao undertook the various secretarial tasks graciously and their help is acknowledged. We are thankful to Ms Sheila Vijayakumar for invaluable assistance for editing the manuscripts and to Mr K N V Satyanarayana for formatting and page-setting the manuscript. %C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India %I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics %L icrisat2309 %S Proceedings of the Training Workshop on On-farm Participatory Research Methodology, 26–31 July 2001 %D 2002 %E S P Wani %E T J Rego %E P Pathak %T Improving Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture