This presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory
approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America. Beginning with a …

Gender planning is not an end in itself but a means by which women, through a process of
empowerment, can emancipate themselves. Ultimately, its success depends on the capacity …

Land reforms are laws that are intended, and likely, to cut poverty by raising the poor's share
of land rights. That raises questions about property rights as old as moral philosophy, and …

In his introduction to Peasam and Peasant Societies, Teodor Shanin (1987, p. 8) warns us
that “any images of peasant household or a peasant community with no 'external'ties are …

This essay revisits aspects of the 'Lenin–Chayanov debate'which was so prominent in the
formative period of The Journal of Peasant Studies: to distinguish some of its various …

Recent assessments of the performance and prospects of African economies portray a
deepening economic crisis centered on the problem of food supplies. During the last ten …

This book is about interconnections-those among the historical, geographic, demographic,
social, economic, and ecological aspects of development-as well as how Central Americans …

This paper is a critical review of recent contributions to the literature on agriculture in
development theory. It considers and compares the main lines of advance made within …

This paper explores how men and women's roles in society are reflected in the way they use
and perceive energy in Kenya. Drawing on qualitative data collected from 75 in-depth …

Disaggregation of farming regions, conditions, and production systems is necessary to
unravel the current status of family labor farms in the US and their future in competition with …