Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development

TRAMA

Inadequate quantities and inequities in food production and supply in poor countries need to be addressed as problems of both agricultural resource management and rural democratization. "Reluctant Partners" combines comprehensive empirical insights into the work of non-governmental organizations in agriculture with wider considerations of their relationships with the government and their contribution to democratic pluralism. <BR> This overview volume for the "Non-Governmental Organisations" series contextualizes and synthesizes the case study material in the three regional volumes on Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It presents data from more than sixty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation. The contributors examine the performance of NGOs in promoting technological innovation and their role in addressing constraints to change in peasant agriculture. They also explore the effectiveness of NGOs at strengthening grassroots/local organizations, and how donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to government.

NOTE EDITORE

Reluctant Partners? combines comprehensive empirical insights into NGOs' work in agriculture with wider considerations of their relations with the State and their contribution to democratic pluralism. This overview volume for the Non-Governmental Organizations series contextualizes and synthesizes the case study material in the three regional volumes on Africa, Asia and Latin America, where over sixty specially commissioned case studies of farmer-participatory approaches to agricultural innovation are presented.Specific questions are raised. How good/bad are NGOs at promoting technological innovation and addressing contraints to change in peasant culture? How effective are NGOs at strengthening local organizations? How do/will donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the State?

AUTORE

Anthony Bebbington, John Farrington, David J. Lewis, Kate Wellard

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415088435
• Collana: Non-Governmental Organizations series
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 1.25 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 256