Resources Tagged: Agricultural Development Projects
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Key Resource 1995-06-01 Effective agricultural improvement work grows out of years and years of trying one approach after another, of searching constantly for new, more effective ways of working. Each new approach must not only be tried out, but must be evaluated on the basis of generous amounts of feedback from the...
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This book documents some of the people that received the gift of livestock and training through the Heifer Project. 2 Copies
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1984-01-01 The purpose of this guide is to assist groups or individuals who have little or very limited experience with animals, but who wish to undertake a livestock project. It is intended for the person who is working with the small-holder, the landless or nearly landless rural family, or with women's or...
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1997-01-19 In the personal words of international development initiators,Reasons for Hopetells true stories of what can be done to improve the lives of those in rural communities. Read individually for specific guidance, or collectively for cumulative advice on how to promote the most desirable forms of...
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1998-01-19 This book was written as a companion volume to Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development, a collection of case studies of programs that have succeeded in improving the lives and prospects of large numbers of rural hosuseholds, often in very inhospitable settings. We draw...
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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...
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With shift of emphasis to growth-with-equity policies and the dissillusionment with central planning have contributed to the growing interest among developing countries in decentralizing some planning and management functions. This book speaks to balanced development, boosting mobilization of...
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With shift of emphasis to growth-with-equity policies and the dissillusionment with central planning have contributed to the growing interest among developing countries in decentralizing some planning and management functions. This book speaks to balanced development, boosting mobilization of...
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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... -
This review of actual and potential agricultural extension performance highlights the complex interlinkages between agency characteristics, a faulty technological base, the larger bureaucratic environment, and the constraints imposed by increasingly negative "development" trends.