Las prácticas de extensión rural constituyen uno de los elementos medulares de distintos programas y proyectos de desarrollo rural orientados a pequeños productores agropecuarios. Pese a la importancia de estas iniciativas y a la clara influencia de la dimensión psicosocial en su decurso, llama la atención que la psicología haya realizado escasas contribuciones a esta área temática.
Con este documento, el MAGAP y el IICA buscan difundir una metodología que permite fortalecer las capacidades de comercialización de pequeños productores, comparar las lecciones aprendidas de su implementación y apoyar así el esfuerzo de instituciones públicas, gobiernos autónomos descentralizados y entidades que persiguen el desarrollo de sus territorios.
La Red Nacional de Programas de Desarrollo y Paz, Redprodepaz, ha venido reflexionando sobre la importancia y el gran papel de la educación en la apuesta del Desarrollo Humano Integral y Sostenible liderada por los Programas y ha reconocido su vinculación con los aspectos relacionados con la democracia, el respeto a los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales, las aspiraciones de desarrollo económico, social, tecnológico y cultural, y el fortalecimiento de la propia identidad de los habitantes de un territorio.Los Programas Regionales de Desarrollo y Paz, PDP, han rechazado la exist
Les conventions locales peuvent être définies comme des accords légitimes négociés entre plusieurs parties prenantes (stakeholders) dans une perspective de régulation des ressources naturelles – en termes de contrôle, d’accès, d’appropriation, d’usage et d’exploitation – et de l’environnement. Au Sahel, bien qu’elles soient en vogue et jouissent davantage d’attention chez les décideurs, elles constituent des instruments encore peu exploités dans le contexte actuel de la décentralisation (Diallo, 2003).
Le semis direct est un système de production fondé sur le non-travail du sol. Il intègre une série de pratiques agricoles qui permettent de protéger les sols cultivés de l’érosion, de réduire les consommations de carburants, voire d’augmenter les rendements. Le large succès du semis direct au Brésil, contribue à la compétitivité et à la forte croissance de ses productions tout en préservant les sols. Le système complet du semis direct sous couvert est fondé sur trois principes : le non-labour, la couverture permanente du sol et des rotations culturales.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) partnered with the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) in 2011 to conduct a series of policy dialogues on the prioritization of demand-driven agricultural research for development in South Asia. Dialogues were conducted with a wide range of stakeholders in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal in mid-2012 and this report captures feedback from those dialogues.
Intersectoral partnerships mirror the changing nature of the relationships among state, business and civil society organizations, and are often considered innovative mechanisms to overcome single actor failure in the context of globalization. This article analyzes the capacity of partnerships to promote sustainable change in global agrifood chains from a governance and a development perspective. The global coffee, cotton, and cocoa chains serve as main fields of application.
This article describes a holistic approach to organisational development that promotes learning and its integration into everyday work practice. It presents the approach and how it leads to genuine organisational transformation, increased organisational efficiency, and resilience during change. When an organisation is both willing and able to engage with a holistic approach, the results are significantly better than any that external one-off interventions or standalone training programmes can produce.
This book is about the challenges and practical realities of building the capacity to innovate. It describes the experiences of the Research Into Use (RIU) programme, a five-year, multi-country investment by DFID that aimed to extract development impact from past investments in agricultural research. Specifically, it explores different approaches through which innovation capacities were built.
Based on international literature, preliminary experiences in a three-country West African research programme, and on the disappointing impact of agricultural research on African farm innovation, the current paper argues that institutional change demands rethinking the pathways to innovation so as to acknowledge the role of rules, distribution of power and wealth, interaction and positions. The time is opportune: climate change, food insecurity, high food prices and concomitant riots are turning national food production into a political issue also for African leaders.