Author: Gary N. Howe
Publisher: IICA
ISBN: 9789290392057
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The economic and political context of agrarian transformation; The position of the small-scale producer in the agricultural sector; Smallholdings and rural poverty; Smallholder agriculture ture in tthe northeast; Smallholders and development interventions in the northeast; Smallholders and the rural poor in national development; Towards an IFAD strategy in Brazil; Statistical annex.
Smallholders and Structural Change in the Brazilian Economy
Author: Gary N. Howe
Publisher: IICA
ISBN: 9789290392057
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The economic and political context of agrarian transformation; The position of the small-scale producer in the agricultural sector; Smallholdings and rural poverty; Smallholder agriculture ture in tthe northeast; Smallholders and development interventions in the northeast; Smallholders and the rural poor in national development; Towards an IFAD strategy in Brazil; Statistical annex.
Publisher: IICA
ISBN: 9789290392057
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The economic and political context of agrarian transformation; The position of the small-scale producer in the agricultural sector; Smallholdings and rural poverty; Smallholder agriculture ture in tthe northeast; Smallholders and development interventions in the northeast; Smallholders and the rural poor in national development; Towards an IFAD strategy in Brazil; Statistical annex.
Strategies for the Allebiation of Rural Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: G. Howe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The economic and political context of agrarian trnsformation; The position of the small-scale producer in the agricultural sector; Smallholdings and rural poverty; Smallholder agriculture in the Northeast; Smallholders and development interventions in the Northeast; Smallholders and the rural poor innational development; Towards an IFAD strategy in Brazil.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The economic and political context of agrarian trnsformation; The position of the small-scale producer in the agricultural sector; Smallholdings and rural poverty; Smallholder agriculture in the Northeast; Smallholders and development interventions in the Northeast; Smallholders and the rural poor innational development; Towards an IFAD strategy in Brazil.
Structure and Structural Change in the Brazilian Economy
Author: Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138712775
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This title was first published in 2001. Significant changes have occurred in the Brazilian economy over the last decade yet this is one of the first volumes to draw them together into a comprehensive discussion. It is suitable for development economists, regional scientists, policy analysts and those scholars with an interest in access to a wide range of economic analyses of structural changes in the Brazilian economy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138712775
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This title was first published in 2001. Significant changes have occurred in the Brazilian economy over the last decade yet this is one of the first volumes to draw them together into a comprehensive discussion. It is suitable for development economists, regional scientists, policy analysts and those scholars with an interest in access to a wide range of economic analyses of structural changes in the Brazilian economy.
Impacts of the Agricultural Sector Technological Change on Brazilian Economy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788573831757
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The objective of the research is to evaluate, from the quantitative standpoint, the long term impact of agricultural development on income generation, population growth and human development/living standards in selected geo-economic areas, focusing, in particular, on known cases of intense structural changes in the rural areas.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788573831757
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The objective of the research is to evaluate, from the quantitative standpoint, the long term impact of agricultural development on income generation, population growth and human development/living standards in selected geo-economic areas, focusing, in particular, on known cases of intense structural changes in the rural areas.
Strategies for the Alleviation of Rural Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development
Author: John Harriss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134727062
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Contributors to this volume address the significance of new institutional economics to third world development. It includes articles from Douglas North, political scientist Robert Bates and John Toye.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134727062
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Contributors to this volume address the significance of new institutional economics to third world development. It includes articles from Douglas North, political scientist Robert Bates and John Toye.
Land, Protest, and Politics
Author: Gabriel Ondetti
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271047844
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Brazil is a country of extreme inequalities, one of the most important of which is the acute concentration of rural land ownership. In recent decades, however, poor landless workers have mounted a major challenge to this state of affairs. A broad grassroots social movement led by the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) has mobilized hundreds of thousands of families to pressure authorities for land reform through mass protest. This book explores the evolution of the landless movement from its birth during the twilight years of Brazil&’s military dictatorship through the first government of Luiz In&ácio Lula da Silva. It uses this case to test a number of major theoretical perspectives on social movements and engages in a critical dialogue with both contemporary political opportunity theory and Mancur Olson&’s classic economic theory of collective action. Ondetti seeks to explain the major moments of change in the landless movement's growth trajectory: its initial emergence in the late 1970s and early 80s, its rapid takeoff in the mid-1990s, its acute but ultimately temporary crisis in the early 2000s, and its resurgence during Lula's first term in office. He finds strong support for the influential, but much-criticized political opportunity perspective. At the same time, however, he underscores some of the problems with how political opportunity has been conceptualized in the past. The book also seeks to shed light on the anomalous fact that the landless movement continued to expand in the decade following the restoration of Brazilian democracy in 1985 despite the general trend toward social-movement decline. His argument, which highlights the unusual structure of incentives involved in the struggle for land in Brazil, casts doubt on a key assumption underlying Olson's theory.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271047844
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Brazil is a country of extreme inequalities, one of the most important of which is the acute concentration of rural land ownership. In recent decades, however, poor landless workers have mounted a major challenge to this state of affairs. A broad grassroots social movement led by the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) has mobilized hundreds of thousands of families to pressure authorities for land reform through mass protest. This book explores the evolution of the landless movement from its birth during the twilight years of Brazil&’s military dictatorship through the first government of Luiz In&ácio Lula da Silva. It uses this case to test a number of major theoretical perspectives on social movements and engages in a critical dialogue with both contemporary political opportunity theory and Mancur Olson&’s classic economic theory of collective action. Ondetti seeks to explain the major moments of change in the landless movement's growth trajectory: its initial emergence in the late 1970s and early 80s, its rapid takeoff in the mid-1990s, its acute but ultimately temporary crisis in the early 2000s, and its resurgence during Lula's first term in office. He finds strong support for the influential, but much-criticized political opportunity perspective. At the same time, however, he underscores some of the problems with how political opportunity has been conceptualized in the past. The book also seeks to shed light on the anomalous fact that the landless movement continued to expand in the decade following the restoration of Brazilian democracy in 1985 despite the general trend toward social-movement decline. His argument, which highlights the unusual structure of incentives involved in the struggle for land in Brazil, casts doubt on a key assumption underlying Olson's theory.
Feeding a Hungry Planet
Author: James Lang
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807862711
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Rice is the food crop the world depends on most. In Feeding a Hungry Planet, James Lang demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. He describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. Focusing on Asia and Latin America, Lang explores lowland and upland rice systems, genetics, sustainable agriculture, and efforts to narrow the gap between yields at research stations and those on working farms. Ultimately, says Lang, the ability to feed growing populations and protect fragile ecologies depends as much on the sustainable on-site farm technologies as on high-yielding crop varieties. Lang views agriculture as a chain of events linking the farmer's field with the scientist's laboratory, and he argues that rice cultivation is shaped by different social systems, cultures, and environments. Describing research conducted by the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia, he shows how national programs tailor research to their own production problems. According to Lang, the interaction of research programs, practical problem solving, and local extension efforts suggests a new model for international development.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807862711
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Rice is the food crop the world depends on most. In Feeding a Hungry Planet, James Lang demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. He describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. Focusing on Asia and Latin America, Lang explores lowland and upland rice systems, genetics, sustainable agriculture, and efforts to narrow the gap between yields at research stations and those on working farms. Ultimately, says Lang, the ability to feed growing populations and protect fragile ecologies depends as much on the sustainable on-site farm technologies as on high-yielding crop varieties. Lang views agriculture as a chain of events linking the farmer's field with the scientist's laboratory, and he argues that rice cultivation is shaped by different social systems, cultures, and environments. Describing research conducted by the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia, he shows how national programs tailor research to their own production problems. According to Lang, the interaction of research programs, practical problem solving, and local extension efforts suggests a new model for international development.
Bibliographie Mensuelle. Partie I, Livres, Documents Officiels, Publications en Série
Author: United Nations Library (Geneva, Switzerland)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
The Deepest Wounds
Author: Thomas D. Rogers
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Renowned Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, whose home state was Pernambuco, observed, "Monoculture, slavery, and concentrated land ownership--but principally monoculture--opened here, in the life, the landscape, and the character of our people, the deepest wounds." Inspired by Freyre's insight, Rogers tells the story of Pernambuco's wounds, describing the connections among changing agricultural technologies, landscapes and human perceptions of them, labor practices, and agricultural and economic policy. This web of interrelated factors, Rogers argues, both shaped economic progress and left extensive environmental and human damage.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Renowned Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, whose home state was Pernambuco, observed, "Monoculture, slavery, and concentrated land ownership--but principally monoculture--opened here, in the life, the landscape, and the character of our people, the deepest wounds." Inspired by Freyre's insight, Rogers tells the story of Pernambuco's wounds, describing the connections among changing agricultural technologies, landscapes and human perceptions of them, labor practices, and agricultural and economic policy. This web of interrelated factors, Rogers argues, both shaped economic progress and left extensive environmental and human damage.