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Magazine article
Desafíos para una política de desarrollo de Internet en el Perú

Sociedad rural y sociedad de la información
Plantea los problemas por los que pasa la sociedad rural para poder integrarse a la sociedad de la información, puesto que dentro de la red no se encuentran herramientas ni contenidos para el ámbito rural.
Peru
2002 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)

Report
Farmers and Farm Families in Northern Ireland

With a shift in emphasis away from policies which concern mainly the traditional agricultural activities and towards those which address the social dimension of farm families, it became evident that there were significant gaps in the information basis on which decisions were taken. This gap was highlighted by two Northern...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2002

Case study
Measuring farmers’ agroecological resistance after Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua

A case study in participatory, sustainable land management impact monitoring
A study using a participatory research approach and simple field techniques found significant differences in agroecological resistance between plots on “conventional” and “sustainable” farms in Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch. On average, agroecological plots on sustainable farms had more topsoil, higher field moisture, more vegetation, less erosion and lower economic losses after...
Nicaragua
2002 - University of California

Journal article
Lechería caprina y procesos de reconversión productiva en explotaciones campesinas

Un estudio de caso en el área de riego de Santiago del Estero - Argentina
En éstos últimos años, la incidencia restringida del estado a través de los programas sociales orientados al pequeño productor rural, han modificado tanto el espacio tecnológico como el propio espacio local. Uno de éstos senderos de transformación lo constituyen los procesos de reconversión productiva. En un área rural de la...
Argentina
2002 - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Book
Crédito para el desarrollo rural en Nicaragua

Un enfoque institucional sobre la experiencia del Fondo de Desarrollo Local
Enfocado en el tema del desarrollo rural local, este libro quiere introducir una visión sobre los problemas y oportunidades de las finanzas rurales, inspirándose en las dos corrientes de pensamiento del desarrollo. En primera instancia, esto implica que se elaboró una síntesis crítica de los elementos claves del enfoque institucional...
Nicaragua
2002 - Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Nitlapán, Nicaragua

Report
The role of women in the conservation of the genetic resources of maize

Guatemala
uatemala is located in an area which contains one of the highest levels of plant genetic diversity in the world. Its particular geography and types of vegetation are characterised by the fact that the country has 14 life zones. In addition, the Maya population which inhabited Guatemala before the European...
Guatemala
2002 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Journal
LEISA Revista de Agroecología, octubre de 2002: Información y comunicación rural

Este número de la Revista de Agroecología LEISA, contiene los siguientes artículos: Información y comunicación rural Sostenibilidad e información Comunicación para el desarrollo endógeno Retos presentes y futuros en la extensión agrícola Comunicación rural para una agricultura familiar sostenible El acercamiento de los centros de información a los productores agrícolas. Apuntes de una experiencia La agenda de...
2002 - Asociación Ecología, Tecnología y Cultura en los Andes (ETC Andes)

Case study
Conservation Agriculture in development

The case of Africa
The rising world population is increasing the pressure on agriculture to produce more food. This is more so for the African continent, where it is not just about food supply, but also a critical factor in economic development, poverty alleviation and improving living standards especially in rural areas. On the...
Botswana - Brazil - Kenya - Namibia - South Africa - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2002 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

Conference/Meeting
Los pequeños productores y su participación en las agroexportaciones en Centroamérica

Documento del Taller Regional de la UNCTAD
El tema de la participación de los pequeños productores agropecuarios en el negocio de la agroexportación, es objeto de permanente preocupación y análisis. Sabiendo, o por lo menos asumiendo, que es una buena alternativa participar en los mercados externos, la pregunta es desde luego: Como lo pueden hacer los pequeños...
2001 - Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)

Website
Designing and Disseminating Ecological Production Systems for Perennials: Organic Olive Production in Crete

In Crete olives are cultivated since antiquity, as archaeological evidence form the Minoan era shows. Olive production today occupies around 70% of total agricultural cultivated land. The landscape in most of the olive cultivated areas varies considerably. Olives are cultivated in coastal areas and often in sloppy orchards at the...
Greece
2001

Book
Medio ambiente y pequeños productores

Conceptos básicos y operativos
Este documento presenta conceptos básicos susceptibles de ser utilizados en el análisis de la cuestión ambiental en relación a la pequeña producción agropecuaria.  Los primeros tres capítulos tienen como base el documento Capacitación, Cuestión Ambiental y Pequeña Producción Agropecuaria: Conceptos Básicos de Ecología y Economía, de Claudia Natenzon (1997), cuya revisión...
Argentina
2001 - Proyecto de Desarrollo de Pequeños Productores Agropecuarios (PROINDER)

Conference proceedings
Implications of Zero Tillage Based Cropping Systems on Socio-Economy and Policy in the Agricultural Mechanization Subsector

This document contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on Conservation Agriculture for Food Security and Environment Protection in Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems, February 2001, Lahore, Pakistan,
2001 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Conference proceedings
Workshop proceedings new trends in wood harvesting with cable systems for sustainable forest management in the mountains

The papers in this publication were presented at the Workshop on New Trends in Wood Harvesting with Cable Systems for Sustainable Forest Management in the Mountains which was held from 18 to 24 June 2001 at the Forestry Training Centre in Ossiach (Austria) at the invitation of the Government of Austria and...
2001 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Smoke in the Water: Problems and Prospects for Developing Artisanal Fish Trade in West Africa

Fisheries, and in particular, the artisanal fisheries sector, is a vital source of livelihood for the communities that live along the approximately 4,545 km long coastline of West Africa. There are around 1.8 Million people, mostly women, directly engaged in processing and marketing fish in the region. Nonetheless, despite the...
2001 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Ca Fume Sur La Cote ! Afrique de l’Ouest : un avenir pour le commerce du poisson transforme par le secteur artisanal

Pour les populations qui vivent sur les cotes d'Afrique de I'Ouest, longues de 4545km, la peche, tout particulierement la peche artisanale, est une activite vitale. Envirom 1.8 million de personnes, surtout des femmes, transforment et vendent le poisson. Ce secteur dynamique est toutefois confronte a de nombreux problems et les...
2001 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Video
Finca del Medio

En este canal, se encuentran una serie de videos sobre la experiencia de la Finca del Medio.  La Finca del Medio, está en en centro de Cuba, km 349 Autopista Nacional, Municipio Taguasco, provincia Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. Tiene un área de 12 ha y una familia conformada por 11 personas que...
Cuba
2001 - Finca del Medio

Book
Atelier sur les contraintes du développement du marché du poisson transformé en Afrique de l’ ouest – Rapport

En Afrique de l’Ouest, le Collectif international d’appui à la pêche artisanale (ICSF) collabore avec des organisations de pêcheurs et des Ong depuis 1986. Il a tenu un certain nombre de réunions et de stages ayant trait aux problèmes de la pêche artisanale dans divers pays de la région :...
2001 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Case study
Zero tillage development in tropical Brazil

The story of a successful NGO Activity
In this Case Study, John Landers, a No-Tillage expert working in the Cerrado region in Brazil, explains and discusses the human dimension of the introduction of the No-Tillage system in a tropical part of Brazil. It describes, with much perception, the activities of a small number of people working individually...
Brazil
2001 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Workshop on Problems and Prospects for Developing Artisanal Fish Trade in West Africa: Report, Centre Social, Derklé, Dakar, Senegal, 30 May to 1 June 2001

A long-standing demand of the women of fishing communities in the region has been towards enhancing regional fish trade. It is against this background that the Workshop on Problems and Prospects for Developing  Artisanal Fish Trade in West Africa was organized from 30 May to 1 June 2001,  followed by...
Gaza Strip
2001

Journal article
Changes in African Smallholder Agriculture in the Twentieth Century and the Challenges of the Twenty-First

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed profound changes in smallholder agriculture in many parts of Africa. There was a rapid spread of exotic staple food crops such as maize, cassava and sweet potatoes. In many cases the adoption of these crops led to increases in productivity as they...
2001
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