El presente artículo está basado en una presentación ofrecida en el seminario "La agricultura latinoamericana frente a las negociaciones comerciales (OMCbilaterales): movilización social y articulación internacional", convocado por el Grupo de Trabajo en Agricultura de la Alianza Social Continental y otras organizaciones en Rio de Janeiro (21-22 agosto 2008).

The year 2005 was an important milestone in the efforts of ICARDA and its partners in meeting the global challenges of agriculture in dry areas through the application of science. In an assessment of all 15 CGIAR Centers (based on science quality and relevance, impacts, partnerships, and financial and institutional health), conducted by the CGIAR in collaboration with the Science Council and the World Bank, ICARDA was rated outstanding" - one of only two centers to receive this rating.

The variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in development is unclear, especially without convincing evidence of their impact—and little research has been conducted on the direct and indirect links between ICTs and poverty reduction. This book, addresses several pressing questions surrounding ICTs. How do ICTs affect economic development in low-income countries? How do they affect poor people in these countries and in rural areas in particular? What policies and programs facilitate their potential to enhance development and the inclusion of poor constituents?

This paper follows the 2005 Dhaka workshop on "Peri-urban aquatic production and improvement of the livelihoods of the urban poor in south east Asia". It aims to raise awareness and create dialogue amongst policy-makers and development practitioners concerning the nature, extent and potential of urban and peri-urban aquaculture in Bangladesh and West Bengal, in support of the Bengal Platform established at the workshop.

This collection of briefing papers summarises select papers presented at the workshop: "Land Rights for African Development: From Knowledge to Action" held in November 2005.

Using county data for West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, estimation of a system of simultaneous equations shows that population growth, higher taxes, high farmland value, and high initial per capita income accelerate farmland development, but return on farmland, government assistance to farmers, farmland conservation, and farming agglomeration reduce development pressure.

Volgens Timmermans is de emancipatie van het groen in de stad voltooid: groen is een integraal onderdeel van de stad geworden. De kracht van Alterra is verschoven naar het bij elkaar brengen van kennis bij ontwikkelingsprojecten; het ontwikkelen van nieuwe concepten en innovaties. Concepten van duurzame stedelijke ontwikkeling zijn op deze manier terug te vinden in voorbeelden als Waalsprong en IJpenburg

Since 1991, Moldova has carried out a wide range of radical reforms affecting its social and economic system. The land reform, which was practically completed in 2000, created over 1 million landowners among the rural population. Many of them entrusted their land to managers of newly created corporate farms. Others used their privately owned land to establish independent family farms. The creation of independent family farms (so-called "peasant farms") was one of the primary goals of the land reform. More than 280,000 peasant farms have been created, averaging 1,86 hectares in size.

This paper focused on managing land based resources for sustainable development: highlights on the status of sustainable development in Africa.