Lessons learnt from India prove that people empowerment through self-help groups and target group orientation still matters for sustainable rural development. However, this is only true if economic, socio-cultural, political and environmental empowerment interlock. This article makes an argument for a grassroot-level and participative approach of people empowerment in regional rural development.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2010Global
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2010Bolivia
Smallholder communities in the Bolivian highlands have managed to conquer hunger: cheese production o? ers great hope to the people of the Peñas Valley. Cheese provides healthy nourishment for their children, generates additional income for families, and stimulates the local economy. Education is a decisive factor.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2010Africa
Nerica – New Rice for Africa is the name of the great biotechnological success in rice breeding. What scientists created in the lab using modern methods, namely hybrids of African rice and Asian rice, had already come into being decades ago by chance in West African ?elds.
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Library ResourceAgreements & ContractsJanuary, 2010Sierra Leone
This is a Memorandum of Understanding posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchInternational Conventions or TreatiesJanuary, 2010Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, South America
En este trabajo se analiza con un método teórico descriptivo la actitud asumida por la Argentina frente a los procesos UNASUR y MERCOSUR a través de tres acontecimientos que ilustrativos: la incorporación de Venezuela al Mercosur, la falta de articulación estratégica en el plano comercial externo por parte de Argentina y Brasil y el conflicto sobre las papeleras mantenido por Argentina con el Uruguay.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksReports & ResearchJanuary, 2010Brazil
A partir de una visión alternativa de la izquierda, que privilegia aquellos procesos colectivos no capturados por las lógicas sistémicas de los partidos, el mercado o el Estado, los authores presentan un recorrido de las conquistas y perspectivas del Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra (MST) a lo largo de sus 25 años de existencia, esbozando una interpretación de los límites, contradicciones y potencialidades de la actuación más reciente del MST, y de su compleja relación establecida con el gobierno de Lula.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2010Central Asia, Eastern Europe
The present study – looking at the land governance situation in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – has been prepared to provide a base for discussion for the regional consultation meetings on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.
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