This brochure presents the UNDP approach to supporting capacity development and the policy statements that UNDP supports. These are backed up by ongoing research and analysis of capacity development theory, methods and applications. The services included are examples of capacity development initiatives that can be supported by UNDP or its partners. Additional UNDP resources on capacity development are listed at the end of the brochure.
The first part of the working document on the global strategy brings together the ideas of some 40 experts involved in gender and participatory research who took part in the workshop ‘Repositioning Participatory Research and Gender Analysis in Times of Change’ in Cali, Colombia (June 16–18, 2010).The workshop participants firmly believe that gender responsive participatory research (GRPR) offers some of the most powerful and useful approaches for achieving sustainable development, including alleviating poverty, improving well being, achieving sustainable levels of natural resource use, and
Este libro en cada uno de sus capítulos presenta un caso exitoso de tecnología generada y transferida por el INIFAP en el Norte Centro del país, resultado de proyectos que han transitado por diferentes estrategias de transferencia de tecnología.
Este ensayo aporta nuevos enfoques sobre el desarrollo rural, así como algunas estrategias para que éstos sean exitosos como proceso transdisciplinario en el cual la relación entre la entidad ejecutante, los profesionales de apoyo al agricultor y las organizaciones de productores funcionen colaborativamente y constituyan un punto de partida para un verdadero progreso de las comunidades rurales.
Participatory varietal selection (PVS) is a recent approach increasingly being used in developing countries to make the farmers choose the best suited variety for their locality. Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore implemented this participatory approach in M.R.K. Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd., Sethiathope, Tamil Nadu during 2002 to 2006. Participatory rural appraisal and agro-eco system analysis were done with the participation of farmers to assess the situation and identify the needs of sugarcane growers.
Agroforestry (AF) systems have been the focus of numerous research and development projects in southern Africa, yet their adoption rate generally remains low. Employing on-farm, participatory research techniques in southern Malawi, was compared the suitability of three AF-based systems that relay crop the dominant staple, maize (Zea mays), with the perennial legumes Sesbania sesban, Tephrosia vogelii, and Cajanus cajan (pigeonpea).
This presentation summarizes lessons learned as a result of developing Information and knowledge systems in Egypt in the last years. The lessons are classified on the main topics discussed in International Consultation on Agricultural Research for Development and Innovation held in December 2009 in ICRISAT. Th
This presentation at the GCARD Montpellier, in March 2010, focuses on the Danish model for agricultural advisory services.
This presentation on a FAO and GFRAS study, on occasion of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) held in March 2010 in Montpellier, deals with the core challenges to extension and the relationship between research and extension
En esta nota breve se analiza, desde una perspectiva crítica, la práctica de la extensión rural realizada por profesionales agrónomos en Mendoza, Argentina. En base a una amplia revisión bibliográfica y análisis documental sobre programas de desarrollo rural, analizamos los condicionamientos socio-culturales de dicha práctica, elementos que inciden sobre la concepción, ejecución y orientación de las estrategias de desarrollo promovidas por estos sujetos y sus instituciones