Villages in the Future: Crops, Jobs and Livelihood

Description

Life in rural communities is bound to change with historically unprecedented speed in the coming decades. How will this change be guided by local, national and global policies in order to enhance the livelihoods of rural inhabitants and to overcome the growing division of rural and urban areas? The contributions in this publication, ranging from scientific papers to short reports from practitioners, are grouped around four major themes: political and institutional frameworks to foster rural development; natural resources management and related actions; broadening the technological base of rural economies; and improved linkages between urban and rural areas. The overall message is unanimous: there is a promising future for the rural areas worldwide if adequate policies can be enforced and more efficient and fair institutions can be created. Front Matter....Pages I-XX Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Village Futures: Concept, Overview and Policy Implications....Pages 3-20 The Crucial Importance of Urban-Rural Linkages....Pages 21-24 The Independence of the Village....Pages 25-26 A New Vision of the Rural World’s Role in a Globalized Environment....Pages 27-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-32 Introductory Statement....Pages 33-34 The Need to Reconcile Village and Globalization....Pages 35-42 Policies to Stimulate Agricultural and Rural Growth....Pages 43-50 Decentralization and Active Community Participation in India....Pages 51-58 Gandhi and Village Governance....Pages 59-66 Rural Incomes and Employment in Russia’s Transition Phase....Pages 67-76 Policies to Manage Local Public Goods in an EU Context....Pages 77-84 German Policy for an Integrated Rural Development....Pages 85-89 Potsdam Declaration Rural21....Pages 91-92 Introductory Statement....Pages 93-96 The Active Rural Society in West and Central Africa....Pages 97-106 Akina Mama wa Afrika — a Women’s Development Organization....Pages 107-110 The Darewadi Watershed Development Project in Maharashtra, India....Pages 111-113 Grassroots Movements as a Means to Overcome Rural Financial Market Failures....Pages 115-117 The Barefoot Approach....Pages 119-121 IFOAM — the International Organic Grassroots Movement....Pages 123-124 Front Matter....Pages 31-32 SEKEM — an Egyptian Cultural and Economic Initiative....Pages 125-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-128 Introductory Statement....Pages 129-132 Rural Development and Sustainable Energy Systems....Pages 133-139 The Route to Sustainable Energy Systems in Germany....Pages 141-143 Renewable Energy Sources for Community Sustainability in India....Pages 145-148 Sustainable Energy Systems in Tanzania....Pages 149-154 Introductory Statement....Pages 155-156 Balanced Fertilization: Integral Part of Sustainable Soil Management....Pages 157-168 Land Degradation: Causes and Prevention....Pages 169-172 The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification....Pages 173-174 Do African Soils only Sustain Subsistence Agriculture?....Pages 175-184 Natural Resource Use in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Myths and Realities....Pages 185-188 Introductory Statement....Pages 189-190 Creating Institutional Arrangements for Managing Water-Scarce River Basins....Pages 191-202 More Water for Village-Based Irrigation....Pages 203-214 Access, Participatory Parity and Democracy in User Based Irrigation Organizations....Pages 215-221 Water Conservation and Demand Management in Africa....Pages 223-232 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Introductory Statement....Pages 235-236 The Role of Information in Rural Development....Pages 237-249 Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society....Pages 251-253 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Jobs, Livelihood and Information Technology....Pages 255-258 Worldwide Access to ICT: The Digital Divide....Pages 259-262 The Phone and the Future: Village Pay Phones in Bangladesh....Pages 263-274 Local Participation in the Information Society....Pages 275-275 Telecommunications in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 277-278 Introductory Statement....Pages 279-280 What Can We Expect from Agrotechnologies in the Future?....Pages 281-294 Declaration of Hamburg: Meeting Future Human Needs....Pages 295-296 The Future of Agriculture in the Industrialized World....Pages 297-304 Ensuring the Future of Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 305-320 Dresden Declaration: Towards a Global System for Agricultural Research for Development....Pages 321-322 Introductory Statement....Pages 323-324 The Impact of Biotechnology on Plant Breeding....Pages 325-328 Potential of Biotechnologies to Enhance Animal Production....Pages 329-338 Can India Afford to Ignore Biotechnological Applications?....Pages 339-344 The Conservation of Genetic Resources: A Global Effort....Pages 345-348 Front Matter....Pages 349-349 Introductory Statement....Pages 351-354 Urban-Rural Linkages in the Context of Decentralized Rural Development....Pages 355-365 Berlin Declaration on the Urban Future....Pages 367-368 Employment and Migration in the Urban Future of Southeast Asia....Pages 369-376 Front Matter....Pages 349-349 Employment and Migration Perspectives in Africa....Pages 377-384 Reunified Germany: Separate Rural Developments....Pages 385-389 Large-Scale Creation of Sustainable Livelihoods....Pages 391-396 Urban World — Rural World....Pages 397-399 Back Matter....Pages 401-410