The Trans-Himalayan region encompasses a number of countries situated in the midland and highland areas of the Himalayas, Karakoram, and in a broad sense also in Hindu Kush and Pamir. The mountains are characterized by a very low level of human development, with full exploitation or overexploitation of the natural...

El trabajo analiza cómo se vinculan las agriculturas orgánica e industrial con la diversificación productiva y la seguridad alimentaria. A partir de un estudio de caso, se aborda el problema en relación a dos grupos de campesinos del NE de Argentina (uno de ellos vinculado con la producción orgánica de...

El diagnóstico rural participativo (DRP) es visto en este trabajo como un paradigma alternativo útil en la investigación agrícola. El mismo se preparó a partir de un conjunto de propuestas metodológicas de investigadores, los cuales han contribuido a fomentar la participación de productores y productoras agrícolas en todo lo que...

The design of a rural sustainable development program by a multi-disciplinary team from the Division of Forestry, Geographical, Farming-Animal and Environmental Services and Projects (UFORGA), attached to the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Science of the University of Los Andes, is presented in this essay. The program was created with...

This journal article from Leisa Magazine illustrates examples of Conservation Agriculture in Africa. Considerable efforts have been made in Africa to try to arrest the tendency towards soil degradation, loss of fertility and frequently declining yields. These have focused on better ways to conserve soil moisture, to prevent soil loss,...

Organic agriculture is defined as an environmentally and socially sensitive food supply system. This publication examines its many facets, looking at the contribution of organic agriculture to ecological health, international markets and local food security. It builds on empirical experiences throughout the world and analyses the prospects for a wider...

This paper searches for the most effective technology for agricultural growth in Africa on the basis of FAO data available during the last forty years. The paper discusses the challenges for agricultural growth and evaluates the development assistance that was made by donors to the agricultural sector in Africa in...

Present-day Central and Eastern European agriculture is characterized by a high incidence of small-scale farmers who are not producing for the market. This is partly the result of land reform procedures practiced in these countries. Post-communist land reforms predominantly restituted land to pre-communist owners, resulting in an extremely fragmented ownership...

Nowhere is the linkage between the environment and poverty more pronounced than in the fragile ecosystems where inhabitants are often compelled to degrade their natural resources and struggle for survival. IFAD’s drive to break this vicious cycle has often led to the development of innovative, replicable models. A striking example is...

In the winter of October 1999, as part of a programme of ICSF, three persons converged on the Treasure Guest House in Accra, Ghana. They came from three very distinct parts of the world, each bringing along a different baggage of culture and upbringing. What they shared, however, was a...

Throughout the developing world, resource-poor farmers (about 1.4 billion people) located in risk-prone, marginal environments, remain untouched by modern agricultural technology. A new approach to natural resource management must be developed so that new management systems can be tailored and adapted in a site-specific way to highly variable and diverse...

Throughout the developing world, resource-poor farmers (about 1.4 billion people) located in risk-prone, marginal environments, remain untouched by modern agricultural technology. A new approach to natural resource management must be developed so that new management systems can be tailored and adapted in a site-specific way to highly variable and diverse...

El 19 de febrero se concretó la reunión de la dirigencia de CONVEAGRO con el Presidente de la República, Alejandro Toledo, ministro de Agricultura, Alvaro Quijandría, Economía P.P. Kuczynski y del PROMUDEH, Cecilia Blondet. El objetivo fue presentar propuestas orientadas a superar la falta de mercado y rentabilidad para la...

Informe acerca de la derogatoria del DS 053 por el cual se autoriza entregar rebaños de vicuñas a particulares, misma que perjudica las comunidades campesinas altoandinas en cuyas tierras habita la especie.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...