1. Ressource principale 19/01/1983 Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and validity of rural people's knowledge or the hidden nature of rural poverty. This is a challenging book for all...
  2. This volume addresses the social and practical considerations involved in the design and implementation of effective rural development projects. Contributors stress the need to take account of the socio-cultural characteristics of the people of an area under development; their papers provide...
  3. This study combines both extensive and intensive analysis of development assistance programs in Asia, and focuses specifically on five case studies which provide the basis for the author's strong conviction that Third World development assistance programs must be part of a holistically perceived...
  4. This report is one of a series detailing results from the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme, a system-wide initiative of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. The programs seeks to reconcile agricultural production and development with mitigation of the adverse...
  5. 01/01/1984 These guidelines present procuedures for conducting land evaluation with particular reference to forestry. The principles and methods described here will be found applicable to most forest land use planning situations. These could deal with choices among kinds and intensities of land uses.
  6. This report covers the contractual requirement of ASB to the Global Environment Facility to meet Goal2 "Assessment of the impact on biodiversity of different land uses" as outlined in the aims and objectives of Phase 2. It also meets the broader goals of the the ASB consortium to explore the...
  7. 01/01/1986 This book is a catalogue of information that supports the activities of village workers all over Papua New Guinea.
  8. 01/01/2002 This book 2 examines the role of the development organization in supporting farm families who cope with the economic and environmental realities of rural economic growth. 104 pages, illustrated, photos
  9. Abstract, Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 2014 There is scarce research and programmatic evidence on the effect of poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions of the physical environment on early child cognitive, sensorimotor, and socioemotional development. Furthermore,...
  10. 01/01/1972 Rice is the most widely consumed and ecologically adaptable cereal on earth, and in the first part of the book Hanks provides us with a synthesizing account of its history, the nature of its cultivation, its adaptablility, and the social and energy requirements necessary for its production. The...