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Journal Articles & Books
August 2013

Apart from direct economic impacts, development projects have complex social and environmental impacts among which sustainability plays a major role. The Gallito Ciego reservoir was built to increase and improve agricultural production at the Jequetepeque valley in Peru. Cost-benefit analysis of…

Policy Papers & Briefs
July 2013

Aunque parezca una verdad de Perogrullo, el título del presente artículo refleja la constatación de que los matices de análisis sobre la realidad de la actividad agrícola campesina varían según el punto geográfico desde el cual se realicen. Tal es el caso de esta mirada particular de un…

Peer-reviewed publication
June 2013

Estimating deforested areas and deforestation rates have become key steps for quantifying environmental services of tropical rain forests, particularly as linked to programs such as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). In Southeastern Peru, reliable estimates of…

Journal Articles & Books
June 2013

This article argues that there is a transformation in the relationship between land, peasant communities and its members or comuneros. In the case of the communities of the Peruvian northern coast, this transformation links with a double dynamic: (i) the increasing external pressure on the…

Journal Articles & Books
May 2013

Not only is biodiversity a valuable asset, but it also represents a possible source of income for rural communities. The article shows how Peru is making use of this potential in the context of the BioTrade concept to sustain both, rural livelihood and conservation of native biodiversity. It…

Policy Papers & Briefs
May 2013

 
A partir de la descripción general de una experiencia la autora aporta al planteamiento de nuevos desafíos de la capacitación - formación de equipos de ONG que trabajan en el ámbito del desarrollo rural, brindando algunas ideas metodológicas y prácticas para lograr que las acciones de…

Policy Papers & Briefs
May 2013

En este espacio y en varias oportunidades el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) ha sostenido que el debate y las propuestas sobre seguridad y Soberanía alimentaria tiene al menos dos dimensiones. Por una parte, aspectos generales de una concepción teórica basada en…

Legislation
April 2013

Law that facilitates the acquisition, expropriation and possession of real estate for infrastructure works

Peer-reviewed publication
March 2013

By 2050, 90% of the population in Latin America will live in cities, but there is a lack of up-to-date spatial information about the urban extent and patterns of urbanization in cities of this region. In this study, we analyzed population growth, urban density and urbanization dynamics between…

Policy Papers & Briefs
January 2013

Iniciamos nuestras actividades del año 2013 con la entrega del número 95 de la serie de artículos Diálogos.  En esta oportunidad el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) invitó a la investigadora boliviana Andrea Baudoin Farah a que comparta con los cinco mil suscriptores/as…