Networks for Agri-Food Transformation
This project aims to support the sustainable transformation of agri-food systems in three rural territories in Latin America, contributing to the rescue and enhancement of agri-food practices being developed by indigenous and peasant communities in Mexico, Guatemala and Bolivia.
Identification, awareness-raising and advocacy for the consolidation of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in Peru
To date, the implementation and consolidation of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) is being developed gradually, in accordance with the dynamics of each territory, and the work agenda includes actions such as the definition of the formal institutional framework; the development of their strategy and action plan; the leveraging of financial resources; and the design, communication, circulation and implementation of the services provided by each RDA in the territory.
Evaluation of Digital Route 2021. Closing connectivity gaps for rural women.
The project consists of an evaluation of the results of the Digital Route 2021 experience, implemented by the Foundation for the Promotion and Development of Women (PRODEMU) between February and December 2021, with the aim of improving the quality of participation of users of the Rural Women’s Programme
Reflections on Territorial Planning and Development in Colombia
This book addresses the country’s developments, advances and challenges for the consolidation of mechanisms that contribute to regional development, in particular those related to territorial planning, as well as territorial functionalities.
The different chapters were constructed with input from consultancies with RIMISP, Fedesarrollo and other consultants, thanks to the cooperation delegated by the European Union to GIZ in Colombia, in the framework of the project Strengthening and consolidation of local and regional capacities for planning, land-use planning and peacebuilding – ForPaz.
About Mexico. Temas de EconomĂa. New Epoch.
No. 1, year 1, January-June 2020 of this biannual electronic publication, edited by the Universidad Iberoamericana,
Fifteen years of rural territorial development in Latin America: what has the experience shown us?
The publication, edited by the doctor in Social Sciences, Julio BerdeguĂ©; the social anthropologist Constanza Christian; and the PhD in Environmental Sciences, Arilson Favareto; gathers the contribution of the Rural Territorial Development (RTD) approach – proposed in 2004 by BerdeguĂ© and Alexander Schejtman, which contemplates dynamics of productive transformation and institutional development – in the research and applied advocacy agenda of the last fifteen years in Latin America.
Perspectives for Latin American rural development. A Tribute to Alexander Schejtman
This book integrates ten papers presented at the seminar âPerspectives for Latin American Rural Developmentâ, with which Rimisp – Latin American Centre for Rural Development – wanted to pay a heartfelt tribute to Alexander Schejtman, its first emeritus researcher. The papers, by Latin American academics, reviewed Alexander’s trajectory on key issues of rural development, such as the peasant economy, food security and territorial development.
Masculinities on the move
The main objectives of this book are, on the one hand, to develop a theoretical and methodological perspective different from those predominant in rural studies and gender studies, and, on the other hand, to reveal as yet unknown aspects of the changes underway.