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Klingen, Klarien Elisabeth; De Graaff, Jan; Botelho, Maria Izabel Vieira; Kessler, Aad – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: Why do farmers not take better care of their soils? This article aims to give insight into how farmers look at soil quality management. Design/methodology/approach: It analyses diverse land management practices and visions on soils and soil quality of ten agroecological and 14 conventional smallholder farmers in Araponga, Minas Gerais,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Public Policy, Policy Formation
McNeil, Stephen – American Indian Journal, 1978
We may be involved in a replay of the Indian genocide and dislocation characteristic of early U.S. history through the workings of international economics. This historical account briefly outlines the recent economic developments in the Brazilian Amazon, the effects that those policies have on the natives, and the United States' involvement in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Economic Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1980
A summary of educational planning methodologies tested in Argentina, Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador, and Bolivia, the document offers opinions and proposals about integrated rural development. Integrated rural development is seen as a social, economic, political, and cultural process in rural areas, designed to improve living conditions. Chapters…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Garrison, John W., II – Grassroots Development, 1993
Amid the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil was the Global Forum, a gathering of representatives of more than 9,000 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Brazil's array of NGOs and grass-roots support organizations began developing in the early 1960s. The "pedagogy of the oppressed" developed by Paulo…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Action, Community Development, Conservation (Environment)
Black, Maggie, Ed. – UNICEF News, 1982
Articles collected in this issue of UNICEF News deal with different aspects of the theme of the child and its environment. Specifically, topics covered include (1) awareness of the kind of world our children will inherit; (2) the survival of an urban child; (3) the survival of a Sahelian rural child as a working member of his farming community;…
Descriptors: Children, Daily Living Skills, Developing Nations, Energy Conservation
Black, Maggie, Ed. – UNICEF News, 1982
Articles collected in this issue of UNICEF News deal with different aspects of the theme of communication in development programs. Specifically, topics covered include (1) communication as a total process and the role of communication in overcoming obstacles to social change; (2) a village education and resource center, in Bangladesh, committed to…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communications, Community Involvement, Developing Nations
Quesada, Gustavo M. – 1973
Personal interviews were conducted in July, 1967, with 315 farm operators in rural Brazil where the local extension service had been in operation for more than four years. Patron-dependence (PD) was described as the subscription to a value system, according to the individual's position in the status structure, which produces dependency at…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Communications
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Fonseca, Claudia – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1982
The rural primary school in Brazil could make important contributions to rural development through its potential to involve adults (parents) in democratic group decisions. The system as it now stands, however, is rigidly hierarchical and allows no space for participation of low income groups in upper-echelon decision making. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Decision Making, Democracy, Developing Nations
American Indian Journal, 1979
Brazil's Yanomamo Indians seem doomed to extinction by a government policy that seeks to develop and exploit their ancestral lands. This article describes the health, economic, and cultural dangers confronting the Yanomamo and discusses a proposed 16 million acre park to protect them from non-Indian encroachment. (DS)
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict
Kidd, Ross, Ed.; Colletta, Nat, Ed. – 1980
Case studies and seminar reports are provided that were presented at an international seminar to examine field experiences in using a culture-based approach to nonformal education. Part I, containing an introductory paper and nine case studies, focuses on indigenous institutions and processes in health, family planning, agriculture, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Programs, Cultural Context
McGivney, Veronica; Murray, Frances – 1991
The case studies described in this book provide examples of initiatives illustrating the role of adult education in development and its contribution to the process of change in developing countries. The book is organized in five sections. Case studies in Part 1, "Health Education," illustrate the links between primary health care and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations