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Internalizing the Crisis of Cotton: Organizing Small Farmers in Eastern Paraguay.

Bray, David; Borda, Dionisio – Grassroots Development: Journal of the Inter-American Foundation, 1988

Describes history, organizational problems and activities of Paraguay's Asociacion de Agricultores de Alto Parana (ASAGRAPA) and Programa de Ayuda Cristiana (PAC), farmer organizations. Details how cotton production losses forced farmers to invent new, varied markets, turning subsistence crops (peanuts, corn, and rice) into cash crops, while…

Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Community Organizations, Cooperatives

Into Another Jungle: The Final Journey of the Matacos?

Dorfman, Ariel – Grassroots Development: Journal of the Inter-American Foundation, 1988

Reviews colonialist and authoritarian mistreatment of Argentina's aboriginal Mataco Indians. Describes founding and economic development of El Sauzalito, a Mataco village, and Indians' change from hunter-gatherers to sedentary community. Describes role of multicultural education in Indians' transition from dependency toward local autonomy.…

Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, Authoritarianism, Colonialism