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1979-04-01 This paper examines the potential role of tropical root crops as sources of human food, livestock feed and as raw materials for industrial processing and concludes that the most promising materials for industrial processing and concludes that the most promising immediate possibilities for...
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Using over 50 case studies from 22 countries which show how unconventional projects have developed women's earning power, this book is a source of ideas for all those helping to develop cash-producing work for women in developing countries.
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2000-01-01 *Available only in Spanish. Over the last 40 years, an impressive number of theories on different aspects of rural development have been formulated and then rejected. The few theories that have endured are, for the most part, those that were born out of practice. The survivors had to struggle for...
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1986-01-01 This book is a catalogue of information that supports the activities of village workers all over Papua New Guinea.
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2005-01-01 This study aims to understand the effect increased vegetable production has on the ruralpopulation beyond the direct farm level. The objectives of this project are to analyze the impact of vegetable commercialization and agribusiness developmnt on off-farm emplyment opportunities and wages,...
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1986-01-01 This manual, along with other World Neighbors educational materials, reflects this focus on encouraging self-sufficiency of persons in rural communities throughout the world. Communications staff and program personnel work together in developing ideas, writing texts and producing photographs and...
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Learning from Experience: A manual for organising, analysing and documenting field based information
2007-01-20 The book describes an attempt to develop a method which will help people to document their experiences, focusing on the detailed description and analysis of a set of activities carried out in the field and their results and impact. The method has proved to be adaptable enough to be relevant for... -
2006-01-01 Healthy Food, Farms and Families focuses on how we can address the hunger and poverty in rural America. 175 pages,photos
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In this sequel to "Rural Development: Putting the last first" Robert Chambers argues that central issues in development have been overlooked, and that many past errors have flowed from domination by those with power. Development professionals now need new approaches and methods for interacting,...
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1999-01-01 This is one of a series of Education Papers issued from time to time by the Education Division of the Department for International Development. Each paper represents a study or piece of commissioned research on some aspect of education and training in developing countries. Most of the studies...