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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446340803321

Titolo

Sustainable poverty reduction in less-favoured areas / / edited by Ruerd Ruben, John Pender and Arie Kuyvenhoven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., 2007

ISBN

9786611004408

9781281004406

1281004405

9781845932787

1845932781

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (484 p.)

Collana

Cabi Publishing

Altri autori (Persone)

RubenRuerd

PenderJohn

KuyvenhovenArie

Disciplina

339.4/6091724

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Developing countries

Agricultural development projects - Developing countries

Rural development - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured Areas: Problems, Options and Strategies; Part I: Development Strategies for Poor People in Less-favoured Areas; Part II: Resource Management Options; Part III: Livelihoods and Food Security; Part IV: Markets and Institutional Development; Part V: Strategies and Policy Priorities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through the study of less-favoured areas in Africa, Latin America, and South and East Asia, this work explores the development pathways allowing for the careful adjustment of resource use strategies at the field, farm-household and village level.