1. 01/01/1984 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Helping to enhance the livelihood of people around the globe. This book discusses an integrated approach to development, executive/ legislative relationships, new business model for growth, changes in structure, base funding on long-term strategies, and the reform that is needed now.
  5. Key Resource 01/06/1995 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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.
  8. Foundations for Farming is not just a technology but a well balanced management and technological solution for the agricultural domain, equipping the poor to come out of poverty with what they have.
  9. 19/01/1981 We wrote this book to give people in the rural areas of South Africa some of the information they need to help organize their communities and improve their lives.
  10. 20/01/2007 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...