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- A smorgasbord of agricultural technologies: farmers’ choices and lessons from Chalite, Panama
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Patronato de Nutrición introduced a range of 18 optional agricultural technologies in the indigenous community of Chalite, Panama. Three of the technologies were adopted by more than half of the farmers surveyed, while an additional eight technologies wer ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Four steps to community media as a development tool
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Community media represent a crucial input in development processes, playing an important role in democratisation, social struggles, and awareness raising. But they often face difficulties on the financial and legal levels due to the constraints created ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:29
- Crop diversity and livelihood security in the Andes
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Andean farmers have traditionally adapted and selected varieties of quinoa and potatoes to reduce their vulnerability to a range of environmental risks. Data suggest that this strategy is being undermined. Market pressures, particularly the requirements f ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:45
- Self-determination in practice: the critical making of indigenous media
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The article examines the notion of development as self-determination in the context of current politicisation of indigenous peoples’ affairs. It looks at the links between development studies, indigenous social movements, and community media pract ...
Abstract - anna - 2009-10-01 16:58
- Constructing alternatives to globalisation: strengthening tradition through innovation
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Full-text sample article FREE from Taylor & Francis With the inability of international economic integration to create opportunities for important segments of society, many Mexicans are searching for ways to forge their own alternatives. These ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:46
- Digital technology uses for sustainable management of natural resources in multicultural contexts
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This article questions the notion that the use of digital technologies guarantees better policy development for the sustainable management of natural resources, particularly in multicultural contexts. It is argued that input of digital technologies coul ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 11:42
- Identifying barriers to GIS-based land management in Guatemala
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The development of a cadastral system for the Republic of Guatemala was one of the priorities of the 1997 Peace Accord that ended 30 years of civil war. While uncertainty of land ownership and land title are contentious issues, the development of a nati ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52
- Mapping the road to development: a methodology for scaling up
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Understanding local variability in context and mobilising local participation to define development agendas are widely accepted development strategies. There remain, hoUnderstanding local variability in context and mobilising local participation to defi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Reconstruction in El Salvador: the social relations of community self-build
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When the civil war in El Salvador ended in 1992, the Spanish government put forward money for a resettlement project (the ASPA project) which was designed and implemented by a Northern NGO for which the author worked as a construction adviser. The project ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Technological change among peasants in Central Argentina
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Drawing on a case study from Central Argentina, this article suggests that researchers can be too cautious about introducing technologies of which farmers have no previous experience. In particular, it challenges the notion that the only technology approp ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
