The PET document series comprises manuals prepared by AA International Ltd staff to assist agencies and ministries in adding structure, objectivity and rigour to crop and livestock assessments.

PET manuals are in use in Ethiopia, in South Sudan and in Mozambique (cassava only within the UN FAO - Guidelines for Assessing Cassava). 

AA International Ltd has been requseted to produce similar manuals for use in Somalia. This first phase of this work ran during October and November 2009 and involved extensive field work in Somalia, recording and photographing samples of a range of crops and livetstock for inclusion in the manuals. A return visit took place in January 2010, which involved PET training of field staff and further collection of photos. 

Such manuals help to explain the process and to add rigour to a process which is frequently conducted by non- agriculturalists.

PET manuals and further information can be downloaded for free from the Pictorial Evalutaion Tools (PETs) page of this website by following the download manuals link.