Lecciones aprendidas de la pasantía agrícola sobre Acuerdos de Libre Comercio, organizada por el IICA y el MINAG a El Salvador y México

Este documento sistematiza y sintetiza el seminario-taller llevado a cabo para elaborar un resumen reflexivo de la visita realizaa a El Salvador y México, haciendo énfasis en la experiencia mexicana; tocándose el caso de El Salvador de manera breve, haciéndose hincapié en los procesos de negociación a los que estuvo sujeta la firma del acuerdo, atendiendo al diseño de un tratado que garantice una mayor prosperidad para el sector rural. Al respecto se presenta una visión general de lo que representan las negociaciones comerciales, sus objetivos, la organización del proceso, así como la síntesis de las experiencias de ambos paíse

Agricultural Employment in Russia 1990–2003

The transition from plan to market during the 1990s radically changed the agricultural employment patterns in Russia. The number of employed in large corporate farms (former kolkhozes and sovkhozes) declined dramatically, and rural labour shifted in large numbers to individual farming, including traditional household plots and emerging peasant farms. Household plots are becoming increasingly polarized between commercially oriented operations, which may employ some hired help, and subsistence operations, which continue to provide a safety net and employment of last resort to the rural population. The article describes the magnitude and the consequences of these transition-related changes and develops some policy recommendations. Comparative Economic Studies (2005) 47, 141–153. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100081

Metodología de investigación acción Guías didácticas

325 páginasSe presentan los resultados de experimentos en Educación de Adultos Campesinos, realizados en países Andinos; Venezuela, Perú y Ecuador. Con la Guía Analítica se detallan momentos, objetivos, fases, pasos, conceptos,técnicas y una recopilación de referencias de guías didácticas como como apoyo o complemento al material

Brazil and China in Mozambican Agriculture: Emerging Insights from the Field

Submitted version of Bulletin articleMozambique, a country undergoing rapid transformations driven by the recent discovery of mineral resources, is one of the top destinations of Chinese and Brazilian cooperation and investment in Africa. This article provides an account of the policies, narratives, operational modalities and underlying motivations of Brazilian and Chinese development cooperation in Mozambique. It is particularly interested in understanding how the engagements are perceived and talked about, what drives them and what formal and informal relations are emerging at the level of particular exchanges. The article draws on three cases (i) ProSavana, Brazil‟s current flagship programme in Mozambique, which aims to transform the country's savanna spreading along the Nacala corridor, drawing on Brazil‟s own experience in the Cerrado; (ii) the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) and (iii) a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme, which builds on a technical cooperation initiative. Commonalities and differences between the Brazilian and Chinese approaches are discussed.DFID, ESR

Downscaling climate projections for the Peruvian coastal Chancay-Huaral Basin to support river discharge modeling with WEAP

Study region: The Chancay-Huaral (CH) coastal river basin in the Lima Region, Peru, between the Pacific Ocean and the Andean Cordillera. Study focus: Climate change impacts on annual and monthly discharges in the CH Basin are assessed for the future period 2051–2080. Hydrological modeling is sensitive to biases in input variables. Therefore, bias-corrected time series of temperature and precipitation from 31 General Circulation Models (GCMs) with the emission scenarios RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 (Representative Concentration Pathways) were used as inputs for the Water Evaluation and Planning System model (WEAP). Bias correction and downscaling of the GCMs were implemented using a quantile mapping method. New hydrological insights for the region: On average, GCMs indicate increased annual mean temperatures by 3.1 °C (RCP4.5) and by 4.3 °C (RCP8.5) and precipitation sum by 20% (RCP4.5) and by 28% (RCP8.5). With increasing total precipitation, river discharges are also found to increase, but the variability among the GCMs is considerable. The largest increases in monthly discharge are projected to occur in the wet season (November − April) − with up to 31% increase of December multi-model mean. Despite the larger annual discharge for the mean multi-model result, discharges in the dry season may decrease according to some GCMs, showing the need for an adapted future water management

On-farm coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) Fertilizer trials with small hillside farmers in the Parish of St. Catherine

24 páginasContains figures, tables and appendix. references: page 10.This report is a description and analysis of on-farm fertilizer trials with cocos nucifera var. Maypan, out-planted between October 1991, and March, 1992, between 36 and 455 m elevation, grown under local farm conditions at three sites in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica.Este informe es una descripción y análisis de ensayos de fertilizantes en finca con Coconus nucifera var. Maypan, sembrado entre octubre de 1991 y marzo de 1992, entre 36 y 455 m de altitud, cultivado en condiciones agrícolas locales en tres sitios (Top Mountain, Berry Hill y Rose Hill) en la parroquia de St. Catherine, Jamaica. Se utilizó un diseño de bloques completos al azar para controlar la variabilidad en las condiciones de campo