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Agroforestry Adoption In Mexico: Using Keynes To Better Understand Farmer Decision-Making, James F. Casey
Agroforestry Adoption In Mexico: Using Keynes To Better Understand Farmer Decision-Making, James F. Casey
James F Casey
The objective of this paper is to empirically test the hypothesis that reducing uncertainty for farmers through investment in human capital increases the likelihood of participation in an agroforestry development program. A model based on Keynes’s notion of profit expectations and “weight” is developed in order to gain some insight into agroforestry adoption behavior. Data was collected near the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in the state of Campeche in southeastern Mexico. One hundred seventy-five farmers were interviewed from January through March of 1998. Results support the hypothesis that human capital investment improves the likelihood of participation in an agroforestry development program.
Towards A Theory Of Indigenous Development, Ana Maria Peredo, Robert B. Anderson, Craig S. Galbraith, Benson Honig, Leo-Paul Dana
Towards A Theory Of Indigenous Development, Ana Maria Peredo, Robert B. Anderson, Craig S. Galbraith, Benson Honig, Leo-Paul Dana
Robert B Anderson
Indigenous populations throughout the world suffer from chronic poverty, lower education levels, and poor health. The ‘second wave’ of indigenous development, after direct economic assistance from outside, lies in indigenous efforts to rebuild their ‘nations’ and improve their lot through entrepreneurial enterprise. This paper suggests that there is a distinguishable kind of activity appropriately called ‘indigenous entrepreneurship’. We begin by defining the indigenous population and noting some general facts about their numbers and distribution. In an effort to discern the potential for development on indigenous peoples’ own terms, we then explore three frameworks for understanding efforts at development, including indigenous …
Aboriginal Economic Development And Entreprenership, Robert B. Anderson, Robert G. Giberson
Aboriginal Economic Development And Entreprenership, Robert B. Anderson, Robert G. Giberson
Robert B Anderson
This chapter explores economic development and entrepreneurship among Aboriginal' people in Canada as a particular instance of Indigenous entrepreneurship and development activity worldwide. In tum, Indigenous entrepreneurship, and the economic development that flows from it, can be considered a particular sub-set of ethnic entrepreneurship. What makes Indigenous entrepreneurship a particular and distinct instance of ethic entrepreneurship is the strong tie between the process and place - the historic lands of the particular Indigenous group involved. With Aboriginal populations there is also often a strong component of "nation-building," or more correctly re building. This is in contrast with instances of entrepreneurship …
Training And Development: An Adult Education Guide For Public Health Professionals, Susan R. Madsen
Training And Development: An Adult Education Guide For Public Health Professionals, Susan R. Madsen
Susan R. Madsen
The purpose of this publication is to provide and/or reference valuable tools to help public health workers deliver more effective training. Many trainers do not consider themselves trainers (hello, this might be you). In many cases, they were simply asked to conduct training “A”, or implement workshop “B”, without adequate tools, knowledge or an understanding of the purpose of the training. This scenario leaves many of us in the category of “reluctant trainer.” A common sentiment may be that, “I will train others because I was asked to, but I’d rather be at the dentist.” If a person is reluctant …
Moseley, W.G. "Environmental Degradation And ‘Poor’ Smallholders In The West African Sudano-Sahel: Global Discourses And Local Realities, William G. Moseley
Moseley, W.G. "Environmental Degradation And ‘Poor’ Smallholders In The West African Sudano-Sahel: Global Discourses And Local Realities, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
This chapter explores the 'poverty-induced environmental degradation' thesis in the West African Sudano-Sahel and the extent to which it may be considered an environmental development narrative. It examines: (1) the key elements of this discourse; (2) the degree by which this thesis has been internalized by policy makers in Mali; (3) whether there is empirical evidence to support the notion of poverty-induced environmental degradation in Mali's smallholder cotton zone; and (4) the alternative explanations for environmental degradation in southern Mali (e.g., unsustainable cotton production) and the reasons why these causal factors have been less prominent in environment-development discourse.
Peace & Well Being For All, Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa
Peace & Well Being For All, Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa
Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa
Peace is not only the absence of armed conflict, it is also a dynamic set of relationships of coexistence and co-operation among and within peoples, characterized by respect for human values and concern to provide the greatest possible well-being for all. Peace is increasingly threatened each day by the accumulation of weapons of mass destruction, by the great economic and social inequalities that divide mankind, and by contempt for basic human rights and the dignity of the individual, requiring a greater effort to overcome these evils. This is only possible in a world in which the observance of international law …